Le iba a poner 3 estrellitas, pero la última historia me dejó un buen sabor de boca.

Lo estás deseando es un libro de historias extrañas, no podría decir que son terroríficas, o feas, pero definitivamente todas comparten un ambiente o una sensación similar, quizá de incomodidad, de cosas que desearíamos que hubieran terminado diferente.

Mención especial para “Cat Person” que, en mi opinión, es una historia corta con la que gran parte de las mujeres podemos sentirnos identificadas, para mí incluso describe bastante bien mis intentos de encajar en la heterosexualidad.

3.5
Con este libro no tengo idea de qué sentir. Está tan bien escrito y son relatos en los que piensas y te puedes identificar porque o te han pasado o has escuchado alguna historia similar. Son sumamente perturbadoras. Eso sí, muy adictivas. Es como esas cosas que te causan horror, pero simplemente no puedes dejar de verlas. Creo que justamente eso lo hace un libro tan bueno, por la habilidad que tiene la autora de transmitir justamente todas esas sensaciones incómodas, extrañas y desagradables.

70/100

That was genuinely okay, but not much more. I was quite interested in almost every story's premise in this book, but nearly all of them concluded with nothing, and I felt every time that I was kinda betrayed with this one, but the following one should surely do better, or the next one, or the next one..
I also don't get the hype with 'The Cat Person' - it could have been a relatable twitter thread with ~2k likes, but being the most read short story in the New Yorker - are you kidding me?

Hubo cuentos que me gustaron mucho.

Ms. Roupenian’s ability to tap into humans’ worst impulses and write some of the most damaged, ugly, yet eminently relatable characters out there is uncanny. I couldn’t put this collection down. One of the book jacket blurbs calls these stories transgressive and darkly electric, and I think that’s a perfect description.

I will give a story collection five stars as long as it has two or three outstanding stories and no bad ones. There are a couple serious misfires but the standouts more than make up for it. Most of these are dark, disturbing, chilling, haunting and I’m still freaked out by the one about the parasite. Her writing is exactly what I want out of short stories and for me this collection showed that Cat Person was no fluke.

Dall’autrice di Cat Person mi aspettavo tutti racconti simili incentrati su coppie, e invece no, abbiamo anche principesse, libri di magia e paranormale.
Non che manchino i giochi di potere tra uomini e donne. Infatti è proprio nel marcio delle relazioni che Roupenian dà il meglio di sé.

Recensione completa qui: https://eustachio.wordpress.com/2019/02/25/you-know-you-want-this-il-marcio-delle-relazioni/

Bad Boy: ***
Look at Your Game, Girl: ***
Sardines: **
The Night Runner: ***
The Mirror, the Bucket, and the Old Thigh Bone: ***
Cat Person: *****
The Good Guy: ****
The Boy in the Pool: ****
Scarred: ***
The Matchbox Sign: ***
Death Wish: ***
Biter: ****