[Review] Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott

Part short story anthology, part bestiary. This book was quite experimental in format and very literary/academic in content.

The writing, itself, is very competent and composed. But reading this book is best approached as an intellectual endeavor. While I did enjoy some of the stories, others were just too esoteric. There was some good social commentary that I managed to parse out, but I'm pretty sure there was much more that went over my head.

Slow. Thought provoking. And strange, in an unsettling sort of way.

Note: I received this book as an ARC. It is scheduled to be released Feb 6, 2024.

3 stars