Cat Person, By Kristen Roupenian (2017)

Cat Person, By Kristen Roupenian (2017)

Rating: 8.5/10

Reading my first Roupenian story, one thing I realized was that Kristen Roupenian shares a similar writing style with Shirley Jackson. The simplistic and clear plot that both authors show as they unfold the story's message. They both develop the story in a very short scene of life with a minimum amount of characters. I personally thought this style of writing shown in <Cat Person> was the reason why many men hated this story. There are both pros and cons of this style, the pros are that it delivers the message to the audience very directly, but the cons are that it's too delivered too simply and without any deeper explanation that audiences can also misinterpret the message. For this case, it only reflected Margot's point of view that male readers misunderstood the message as if Roupenian is trying to criticize males, that in the end, Roupenian only seems as trying to induce social conflicts. As I said, this story had pros and cons, the point it emphasized was necessary for our society, but we need to be aware of the fact that we can cause another problem even if we were trying to solve one in the first place.