Kirkus Reviews wrote that "although the characters draw their only life from the frenetic, stabbing speechways echoing down Price's mean streets, this does not diminish the validity or impact of men on the march to nowhere."
Kirkus Reviews stated that despite the characters' limited existence being sustained solely by the intense, slashing verbal exchanges that echo through Price's tough streets, this does not detract from the significance or influence of males participating in their futile quest.