You Know You Want This

Great stories about love, relationships, sex and people that are complicated and a little on the horror side of storytelling

Alright, so Cat Person is amazing, and the rest is... Not so.

This is a collection of very unpleasant stories somewhat worthy of the bad reviews they got. They're too honest, too raw, too melancholic - they are, generally speaking, too much. They annoy and distrupt. They also carry a unique literary blueprint. I personally found them thought-provoking, not just because of the emotional content, but also because of the blog-like way in which they were styled - a style that had pissed me off at times, but still i thought was very unique.

This is a short story that enthralled me. It's modern, current, and singular, in the sense that it captures readers of all ages. For me, a 42-year-old male, it made my hairs stand on end, nearly ashamed for how men can behave. As a Western book at its core, this is a Shakespearian up-and-downfall of folly.

This story definitely made me want to read the author's short-story collection that came out this month.

She's great on the small stuff. I mean description, dialog, psychology, relationship. When it comes to the big picture--plot, pacing, direction, endings, she's mostly lost, but sometimes it didn't matter. I especially liked Look at your Game, Girl.