"[Sucker Punch's] essays . . . are deftly written, they are humorous and cutting, but perhaps their greatest strength lies in the margins. . . . Koul finds her momentum in reflecting on the interior details of her family. What are the cultural conditions that make us think divorce is a measure of failure, she asks, and how do we negotiate ourselves out of them?" --The New York Times

"A beautiful, painful, funny, and ultimately inspiring account of a marriage crumbling, told through Koul's distinct voice and trademark sense of humour. Brilliant." --Jennette McCurdy, author of I'm Glad My Mom Died

"Sucker Punch is a generous and gutting book about marriage and mothers and the inheritances we all carry. Scaachi Koul's genius here is stacking moments where you'll burst out laughing, then pulling her own sucker punch: just when your heart is open, she sneaks in a turn that will make you weep. It's a magic trick every time." --Elamin Abdelmahmoud, author of Son of Elsewhere

"Probing and strikingly candid, this is another winner from Koul." --Publishers Weekly

"Hilarious and heartfelt, Koul's essays create one of the early standout collections of the year." --Book Riot

"A brilliant essay collection . . . funny as hell, but also devastating. I'm a big fan of Scaachi." --Omar El Akkad, author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

"Koul offers another collection of incisive essays on love and marriage in her unmistakable blend of acerbic wit and sardonic humor. . . . Unflinchingly honest." --Booklist

"These essays beautifully braid cultural and traditional perspectives of marriage and divorce with Koul's own experience with both. . . . Koul is indeed funny, as anyone familiar with her work well knows. But the humour here is sharper, more cutting and more sparing." --Winnipeg Free Press

"Scaachi Koul is known for her acerbic and sharp cultural observations, and her latest book Sucker Punch is no exception. Koul contains that unique ability to make you laugh out loud, gasp at her audacity, and then get punched in the gut with her writing, usually all on the same page."
--Glamour

"Koul delivers a story that is honest and on-point, sarcastic, sometimes heartbreaking, and downright side-splitting. . . . Her voice is fresh and wry, her sharp wit evenly dispensed. Sucker Punch is a welcome companion to read when life keeps coming at you, and you just can't seem to catch a break." --Paste Magazine

"With a sharp wit and even sharper writing, Scaachi Koul writes a compulsively readable memoir that journeys into the dark heart of heterosexual love. This book will have you howling with laughter, weeping with rage, and furiously turning every page. Sucker Punch is an unapologetic story of one woman's fierce fight to keep those beautiful loud, funny, raw, tender, pugilistic pieces of herself in a world that wants to yank them away. This book is a beautiful bruiser." --Lyz Lenz, author of This American Ex-Wife

"An absolute knockout. Koul's essays are packed full of diamond-sharp writing, exemplary wit, eviscerating truths, and--most importantly--a rib-shattering amount of heart. Here is Scaachi Koul at her most vulnerable, while somehow still casually holding onto her rightfully-earned crown as one of America's funniest living writers (which makes it all the more frustrating that she's from Canada)." --Isaac Fitzgerald, author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts