A review by antisocialinfluencer
Wild, Fearless Chests by Mandy Beaumont

4.0

I’m not usually one for short stories but ‘Wild Fearless Chests’ was something else. It is compulsive, contradictory, challenging and credible. An accomplished collection full of striking, visceral and indelible stories about the serrated and painful edges of the human condition. I was so taken by many of the characters - their making and unmaking, their motivations, the mitigating circumstances of their pasts, their whole selves - I always wanted to know them better. In this collection, Beaumont leans into some thoroughly taxing topics and she pushed me far out of my comfort zone and into tough but illuminating perspectives, like the best writers do. (Think Nabokov in ‘Lolita’.) This slim volume is worthy of plump praise. Thank you to @hachetteaus for my #gifted review copy.