 Both criticized Fulvimari's illustrations with Rosen describing them as "odious pictures".Emily Nussbaum of "New York" magazine found Binah's character was "the blandest, most passive good-girl on Earth, the opposite of Madonna" and felt that by writing the book, the singer was in a way admonishing her older provocative self.Madonna's narration was described by Ginny Dougary as "bossy".