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You probably don’t want this, actually.

You Know You Want This by Kristen Roupenian

October 29, 2019 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

Remember ‘Cat Person’? The viral short story published in The New Yorker last year that literally everyone you know sent to you with the message ‘Oh my god, you HAVE to read this!’? Well the author, Kristen Roupenian, has published a collection of short stories with the tempting title ‘You Know You Want This’. I heard about the book via a podcast interview with the author herself. It centered on Roupenian’s shock and amazement at the juggernaut that Cat Person became, and her new book […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: horror, Kirsten Roupenian, short stories, you know you want this

Caesar's Wife's CBR11 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: horror, Kirsten Roupenian, short stories, you know you want this ·
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“It’s O.K.—you can murder me if you want,”

You Know You Want This by Kristen Roupenian

January 19, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I don’t know who’s ultimately responsible for this one, but they definitely threw Kristen Roupenian to the sharks here. You’ll notice I linked to several other reviewers and more or less agree with most of what each of them says. For me, I agree with Lydia Kiesling that even the best story in this book, the now famous “Cat Person” has a glaring weakness at its very heart that is also unfortunately what made so many people want to read it. That Robert sends that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: kristen roupenian, you know you want this

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: kristen roupenian, you know you want this ·
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