"Vivid, at times unbearable testimonies . . . In an act of rare humility and generosity, Slimani offers [these women] what they've been deprived of: a space to tell their stories, to exist."
         -- San Francisco Chronicle

"Potent . . . An ensemble portrait of women drawn together through the force of pressures they all face . . . Slimani keeps a light presence in the interviews, not unlike Svetlana Alexievich's conversations with former Soviet women soldiers."
         -- John Freeman, Lit Hub

"A passionate, candid, and convincing narrative of unmasking and revelation."
         -- Kirkus Reviews

"I salute Leila Slimani for writing this important, honest and brave book. . . . As a writer from a Turkish background, I am moved by Slimani's words. The women she talks to could just as well have been Lebanese, Syrian, Jordanian, Palestinian, Iranian, Turkish." ­ --Elif Shafak, New Statesman

"Like Adèle did before it, this slim book of impassioned pleas, and of human impulses that resonate, is one step to more women breaking free."
         -- Evening Standard

"Challenge[s] one of the Arab world's great taboos . . . [and] provides a rare, and perhaps unique, look into a patriarchal Arab society laden with hypocrisy."
         -- The Times (U.K.)

"Slimani deserves credit for giving a voice to those for whom 'just being myself is activism.' '' -- The Spectator

" Sex and Lies does not lack for passion [and] raises legitimate questions."
         -- Financial Times

"Well executed: the novelist paints vivid portraits of her interviewees."
         -- Sunday Times (U.K.)

"An original book."
         -- Cosmopolitan (U.K.)

"Searing . . . Page-turning."
         -- AnOther Magazine

"Fascinating and surprising."
         -- Elle (France )

"A nuanced and pragmatic reflection on the situation of women in Morocco and in the Arab-Muslim world."
         -- L'Express