"Oddly feminist...100% hilarious."- Laura Roberts, author of the Naked Montreal series.
"Imagine a PSA on self acceptance as produced by Troma."- Terry M. West, author of Night Things
Is it really necrophilia if the corpse you're f***ing has been reanimated? You just might find the answer to such a question within these pages.
Aside from supposed necrophiliacs, you will also find porn-obsessed bridge trolls, talking hernias, reanimated corpses with tremendous skills in the art of cunnilingus, evil pimps, asshole local musicians, teenage boys who can't stop playing with themselves, horny hunchbacks and more in this new novel from Jeff O'Brien. Who could ask for more in a book?
Bigboobenstein is the dark and humorous tale of Adelaide De Carlo and her sordid quest for self-acceptance and utopia that involves a botched breast implantation surgery, death and resurrection.
1100 reviews! And what better way to celebrate than with a book called Bigboobenstein. Ah, the power of breasts…doesn’t matter what your sexual orientation is, your ethnicity, or what age you are. Everyone loves breasts. They provide nutrition for infants, play toys for adults, influence all wakes of life, and can even be used to help keep a person afloat. And, now that I think of it, if you’re much older, they can even be used to sweep the floor. So versatile and graceful. Swing low, sweet chariots. But they’re so great and that’s why God gave each woman two instead of one. Double the pleasure, double the fun. Now, I laughed my ass off reading the preface. Jeff O’Brien just laid it all out for the reader and I loved it. He didn’t take this story too seriously, but still put a lot of thought into it. Now what we have here is a diabolical character named Doctor Kuntz (Yes, you read it right) and our lead, Adelaide. She wants breast implants to be more desirable for her dirtbag boyfriend, Johnny, and Kuntz (Lol!) is happy to oblige. That is, with a few strings attached...like to a dead body. Now this is presented as a very silly story, which is the main charm it carries, but there are definitely some underlying concepts involving female empowerment, codependency, abuse and trauma, and even some shapeshifting trolls. The author put a very fun spin on the traditional Frankenstein lore and had a blast writing this, which was clear as day. I’m guilty of always reverting back to my dark, serious horror stories, but there’s a lot to be said for writing a book that uses plenty of horror elements, but in a comical fashion. Some thinking is involved, but not much. Just pure spectacle and enjoyment, which is what this experience boasted. This is my first read from Jeff O’Brien, but hopefully not my last. …boobs…
My first read by O'Brien, but certainly not my last. I had an absolute blast with this one. I'm looking forward to more from O'Brien. Highly recommended!
I get this is satirical, I get it’s over the top. I’m sorry. I hated it. I hated almost everything about this book. I hated the writing and the story, the characters and lack of anything other than the author wanting to write a story about tiddies. I appreciate he’s kept the book up to date, removing slurs and keeping things pc as possible in a book like this but it was still bad.
Is the “oddly feminist” in the room with us? I like the really feminist part of having her younger brother killing (?) the ex boyfriend instead of her, with the most masculine possible thing he could do?
The feminist bit where the shit doctor is named after (the most) derogatory term for female anatomy? Err
The feminist bit where instead of working on herself our main character immediately got married to the next man in line.
There was no punishment for the mayor who kept (literal) sex slaves (???) , oh my main slave wants to stay with me in a consensual relationship. You sure about that mayor? You sure bout that?
Lest we forget how feminist porn is, mentioned in every other chapter.
Whyd she kill the random drummer from the band?
Can’t recommend, even as a fun jokey read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.