Daughters of BigBoobenstein

Bigboobenstein #3

by Jeff O'Brien

Once again, all was well in the Carlson household. Better than ever, perhaps. Mary and Maddy, the twin daughters of Adelaide and Ron had grown into beautiful, independent women......only much faster than expected. In five years they had aged what appeared to be twenty. It was not the fact that they had become strippers and bragged about their love of sex toys that distressed their parents. Instead it was the thought of living forever only to see their daughters die well before their time. And yet another terror had presented itself: Xartasia. She came back, and this time she wasn't alone. With Janice out of the picture, performing her role as a top CIA agent, and the seemingly absent trolls, will the Carlson clan be forced to rely on their own devices to battle the Martian evil? Perhaps not. Two friendly visitors from the Red Planet have come to assist, and a pack of angry Mormons may have some role to play in all of this too.

Genres: Bizarro Fiction

136 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2014

About the author

I'm a bassist who writes books. Or a writer who plays bass. Depends on the day.

Reviews

[Yrik Valentonis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The third BigBooenstein book was an enjoyable treat. This book can be read without having read the first two books. The descriptions of the characters, locations, and back stories were nicely flushed out. Jeff O’Brien has shown himself to be a good writer who continually improves his style and narrative capabilities. The cast grows by leaps and bounds in this installment and the plots get even more complex, yet it is easy to follow each sub-plot and twist and new character without feeling lost. In building such a rich interconnected world Mr. O’Brien has pulled characters and back stories from his other books most notably, “Vampire Dominatrices From Mars Vs. The Zombies of Christ”. I have not read that book yet and it did not hamper my enjoyment of the story nor characters, it did however, add that book to my “Must Read” list. Well played Jeff, well played.

From my readings of this series I have realized that Jeff typically has an overall theme or message in each book which he explores and this book has also followed that trend; this topic is lasciviousness or sexual liberation. This builds so nicely and accurately with two preceding books that in reflection it is the only natural order of ideas. In a campy, B-Horror movie way (which are high acclaims from me) Jeff O’Brien falls in with the writers who have explored the idea of love, sexuality, and self-acceptance: Simone de Beauvoir, Marquis de Sade, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Anais Nin, and Anonymous. Jeff O’Brien is listed and self-proclaimed “Bizarro” writer and although I do see him in that genre, I personally file him in the “Comedic Horror” category with Jeff Strand, A. Lee Martinez, and Christopher Moore. Enough comparisons, read this book if you want a funny, irreverent, bizarre, horror book.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes trilogies don't always end well. I'm sure there's a lot of pressure to end everything in a way to make your readers not only happy but say; "Holy shit! Did you read that?" O'Brien has managed to deliver the third book and yeah, there's a holy shit moment and while I won't include spoilers let's just say you're in for a huge surprise.

Of all three books this one is more horror based but still has a sense of humor about it. With each book we see that O'Brien's gotten a bit better and with the third book he's confident enough in his abilities as a writer to take a few risks. As you read this keep in mind that only five years have passed yet Ad's kids have the bodies of seventeen year old girls. The twins are strippers and yep, see you were worried that this would show a more serious side to the series.

This is the book where everything that can happen does happen and the book does a great job of ending the series the way you would expect, well almost. You have to read all three of these books one after the other to see how the series evolves and grows. These are books for people with a sense of humor, and the ability to laugh at things that others may find offensive. The Boobenstein trilogy was a lot of fun to read and while I love splatterpunk I'm also a fan of weird fiction if it's done well and this series is done well. Congrats to O'Brien for crafting a great trilogy and I hope we see more from these characters.

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

The living dead, huge boobs, Martians, 5-yr-old twins who are strippers, vampire dominatrixes (not sure what the plural is for Dominatrix) Weretrolls and Mormons, this book has it all. Unfortunately it has too much, too many characters and too many subplots and not enough pages to fit all that in.

It is all very rushed and at times it is confusing as things happen with no explanation. A real shame the trilogy has ended like this, I have loved the characters and previous books and highly recommend you read those as they are great fun.

[Jan · Rating 5 out of 5]

not finished yet but I felt at home again on the first page...

A bit later I'm finished and again I've to bow before Jeffs writing skills, funny, intense...just brilliant.
I've to say I missed the rhyming Trolls a bit, they are not gone but they just don't rhyme.




on page 30something I felt strongly remembered about this:

They're zombies.
No. They're strippers.
They're zombie strippers!

so who ever can guess from wich "brilliant" movie that is wins....uhmmm....nothing :P

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the first chapter, I loved Bigboobenstein. But I don't think I realized how much I would actually be engrossed in the characters, beyond Adelaide DeCarlo's journey to unlife and self-acceptance and awesomeness. Throughout the three books there grows an entire paradise of weirdos and monsters and the people that love them. And they just want to be happy. And I want a happy ending for all of them. Good job, Jeff O'Brien, you made me have feelings.

[Dion Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is book 3 in the Bigboobenstein series, so you would be better off reading the others first, these books are weird, but fun, and when reading them you are better off just going with it, that asking why the alien from mars is a vampire dominatrix?

Now on the the 4th and last book A BigBoobenstein Family Christmas