Jollimore 2018: "Jesus' Son, which contains multiple interlocking stories of drug addicts and their associates… Like much of Johnson's work, the book displayed a deep fascination with the flamboyant desperation of society's rogues, people unable or unwilling to conform to contemporary America's overly narrow and spiritually hollow vision of the good life." Jollimore, Troy (January 11, 2018). "Denis Johnson's legacy of grace evident in new, posthumous story collection". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
Lennon 2018: "Even more striking were the book's sudden swerves in diction, from the straightforward and unadorned to the wildly metaphorical and self-conscious." Lennon, J. Robert (May 9, 2018). "The Intersection of Souls". The Nation. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
Walsh 2000: "In the end, the worst feature of Johnson's approach is that it directs the attention of the reader or viewer toward finding the Beautiful, albeit grotesque and unlikely, in existing reality...[this] represents an accommodation with the world, not a protest." Walsh, David (July 19, 2000). "They'll wait and see". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
