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A review by amandar9fa2f
Cat Person: Storys by Kristen Roupenian
5.0
Girl (Margot) meets older man (Robert), they message each other for a while and eventually go on a date...which goes very wrong. Told in fascinating, horrifying and uncomfortable detail, this is a commentary on the use of social media/electronic communication in relationships. Oh, and the cat(s) may or may not exist.
If, like me, you think the cover photo has a touch of the 50 shades about it, do not be deceived. This short story is the reverse of the coin to that genre. But, this story has proved to be just as much a publishing phenomenon as E L James's trilogy. When it appeared in The New Yorker, Cat Person went viral. It even inspired a form of 'fan fiction' with a Twitter account (Men React To Cat Person @MenCatPerson) through which male writers put forward Robert's story (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/d0ef8a0d-82c6-4df7-acb4-8688b514cd32).
Cat Person will be included in Roupenian's debut collection, You Know You Want This, out Spring 2019.
If, like me, you think the cover photo has a touch of the 50 shades about it, do not be deceived. This short story is the reverse of the coin to that genre. But, this story has proved to be just as much a publishing phenomenon as E L James's trilogy. When it appeared in The New Yorker, Cat Person went viral. It even inspired a form of 'fan fiction' with a Twitter account (Men React To Cat Person @MenCatPerson) through which male writers put forward Robert's story (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/d0ef8a0d-82c6-4df7-acb4-8688b514cd32).
Cat Person will be included in Roupenian's debut collection, You Know You Want This, out Spring 2019.