[3] The book discusses Mueller's life in John Waters' Baltimore from 1966–1969, the "hippie commune" Provincetown, Massachusetts, from 1969–1976, and New York City from 1976–1988.

[1] Griffin interviewed Mueller's friend Gabriel Rotello who told her, "Her memorial was incredibly well attended for a time when people were really getting tired of them.

[1] Steve Desroches lauded the book for being "impeccable in its artistry, its biography, and in its attention to, sifting through an unruly archive of Mueller's life that has yet to be assembled and cataloged".

[6] Pati Hertling of Bomb magazine praised Edgewise for being a "a sensitive and thrilling oral history that captures her life from her childhood in suburban Maryland, through the wild times with John Waters, Divine, Sue Lowe, Mink Stole, and others in Baltimore".

[2] Travis Jeppesen wrote that Griffin "has synthesized a detail-rich biographical tapestry woven of the voices that knew Mueller best".

extolled Griffin for "penn[ing] an amazing tribute to the late icon" and found the book to be "an exhilarating read".