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You Know You Want This by Kristen Roupenian

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cammie13's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-paced

2.0

kaje's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

mcatsambas's review

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3.0

Cat Person was the best story of this collection. The rest were not particularly memorable, and the supernatural ones weren't very immersive and felt a little forced, from what I remember.

laurenbird's review against another edition

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4.0

Short and punchy and dark and pretty fucked up but I was engaged!!

jeremyjfloyd's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

ddillon154's review

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4.0

Very well written and unpredictable. Every character is deeply dysfunctional, which I suppose is the point. Still, one or two of the stories seemed dark for the sake of darkness.

katellison's review against another edition

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3.0

idk 3 instead of 4 feels willfully cruel for some reason but very few of these stories stuck the landing to me

loved the setups of many of them (The Good Guy is prime example) but the endings are deflating

a case study in how hard short stories are to write -- roupenian's original premises and strong voice aren't enough to take most of these beyond "interesting" and "fun"

bummer the publisher demanded resting on Cat Person marketing laurels- the original title You Know You Want This is perfect for the collection !