You Know You Want This

You Know You Want This: "Cat Person" and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Kristen Roupenian.

You Know You Want This
AuthorKristen Roupenian
PublishedJanuary 15, 2019
PublisherGallery/Scout Press[1]

Following the viral success of the short story Cat Person, Roupenian secured a seven figure deal with Scout Press for her debut book, and was the subject of a bidding war in the American market, with offers exceeding $1m.[2] She received a $1.2 million advance for the book.[3]

Reception

The review aggregator website Book Marks reported that 16% of critics gave the book a "rave" review, whilst 38% and 30% of the critics expressed "positive" or "mixed" impressions, respectively. Another 16% of the critics "panned" the book, based on a sample of 37 reviews.[1]

gollark: No.
gollark: Luckily my friend group is generally reachable over SMS.
gollark: Probably not and I don't like WhatsApp.
gollark: Text messages.
gollark: My current project is a phone SMS to web bridge, so I can send and receive texts from the interweb instead of my phone.

References
  1. "You Know You Want This: "Cat Person" and Other Stories". Book Marks. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  2. "Cat Person author Kristen Roupenian lands seven-figure US book deal". The Guardian. 20 December 2017.
  3. Brockes, Emma (2019-01-26). "Cat Person author Kristen Roupenian: 'Dating is caught up in ego, power and control'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-01-26.


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