PanJezebelThanks to Sittenfeld, there are now over 200 pages of speculative fiction that attempts to inject some humanity and nuance into the public understanding of Hillary ... I was bogged down by the unshakeable feeling that I was reading the scribblings of a Hillary super-fan who felt it necessary to add some sex appeal to Clinton’s early life ... Revealing what happens at the end of this book would be a disservice to those willing to sit through 100 pages of bad sex, but the ending is predictable enough that it doesn’t take much imagination to figure out where Hillary eventually ends up ... Unfortunately, though, the novel fails to address any real-life factors that might have played into Hillary’s eventual defeat, instead placing an enormous amount of importance on her relationship with Bill and how her steadfast dedication to her marriage was, in Sittenfeld’s eyes, a mistake ... there’s something unseemly about the amount of scrutiny this book invites into the real-life Hillary’s emotions ... a weak rallying cry for Hillary devotees who, four years later, still hold out hope for her ascendancy.
Kristen Roupenian
MixedJezebel\"I absorbed the stories, marveling largely at their readability. I liked the book; I recommended the book to friends. Then, I sat down and read the book again, unable to shake the feeling that its readability—its few demands on me as a reader—was the only thing to recommend the collection of stories ... There are elements of the grotesque and the fantastical... but it’s an empty fantasy that, at times, lacks the substance to make the stories stick ... Perhaps because of the response [to \'Cat Person\'], You Know You Want This, is a short story collection with tremendous expectations that doesn’t quite live up to its hype ... The trouble [with the book\'s style] is: shock is a limited resource and its effectiveness dwindles with each story.\
