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Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott
2 reviews
river_jean_sterling's review
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Bullying, Child death, Death, and Emotional abuse
karenreadsbooks's review
dark
3.5
First, I'm not usually a short story reader because I like to get a lot deeper into stories with more development so the short form doesn't work as well for me. I read this slowly, with a story here and there, usually one sitting per story. The author did a lot of different types of storytelling as far as formats and such, which I appreciated. Here are my thoughts on each story:
Sundown at the Eternal Staircase - neat concept; letdown in the telling
A Diviner's Abrecedarian - interesting storytelling format; too much mean girls
The Thread Boy - succinct, symbolic, good
Fox Jaw - completely unmemorable
The War of Fog - I think this one would have a lot to say if I spent more time unpacking it
Drowning Lessons - I was really enjoying this one but it just ended without any type of resolution
The Autumn Kill - really short and a bit gruesome, but I liked it; has a developed character
Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart - inventive; sometimes disturbing illustrations; enjoyed the story within the entries
A Lily Is a Lily - I liked this one; am I supposed to connect it to the Tristan and Isolde (of the White Hands) story?
Dear Henrietta - creepy in a mostly good way
Possessions - cynical or realistic? probably not good for someone who has recently lost a loved one
Homebody - extremely symbolic
A Haunted Calendar - amusing snippets
The Plums at the End of the World - disturbing ... too disturbing
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an electronic ARC for review
Sundown at the Eternal Staircase - neat concept; letdown in the telling
A Diviner's Abrecedarian - interesting storytelling format; too much mean girls
The Thread Boy - succinct, symbolic, good
Fox Jaw - completely unmemorable
The War of Fog - I think this one would have a lot to say if I spent more time unpacking it
Drowning Lessons - I was really enjoying this one but it just ended without any type of resolution
The Autumn Kill - really short and a bit gruesome, but I liked it; has a developed character
Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart - inventive; sometimes disturbing illustrations; enjoyed the story within the entries
A Lily Is a Lily - I liked this one; am I supposed to connect it to the Tristan and Isolde (of the White Hands) story?
Dear Henrietta - creepy in a mostly good way
Possessions - cynical or realistic? probably not good for someone who has recently lost a loved one
Homebody - extremely symbolic
A Haunted Calendar - amusing snippets
The Plums at the End of the World - disturbing ... too disturbing
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an electronic ARC for review
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Animal death, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Misogyny, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, and Bullying
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