Everybody Loves Large Chests, Book 2: Fizzlesprocket
Spoiler-free first, full thoughts second.
The short version (spoiler-free)
Book two definitely turns the weirdness up. There are a lot more sex scenes in this one. I mean a lot, and some of them get strange in a way that may be too much depending on what you want from this series.
Even with that, I still thought it was okay. The part that kept me interested was seeing Boxxy meet someone new that it actually seems to take a liking to, plus some hints that there might be character development starting. I am not sure yet if that is real growth or just the story teasing it, but I do want to see how far it goes.
I still expect Boxxy to be evil, but I would really like to see whether it can grow toward any kind of empathy over the books. The ending did a good job building anticipation for the next one, and that helped leave me more interested than I expected after so many sex scenes.
- Rating: 7/10
- Narration: Jeff Hays
- Series: Everybody Loves Large Chests, Book 2 (Fizzlesprocket)
- Read it if: you want more of Boxxy's chaotic-evil weirdness and are curious whether it starts developing beyond pure monster instincts · Skip it if: a lot of explicit and very weird sex scenes will wear you out
Content note: frequent explicit sexual content, including some strange death-and-revival scenes.
▶ Full thoughts (spoilers, click to expand)
The deep dive
The sex scenes were the biggest thing that stood out in this book. There were so many of them, and some got especially weird, including the dying and revived kind of scene. That part made the book feel a lot more uneven for me.
What worked better was the new person Boxxy took a liking to. That gave the story a little more room to breathe and made me wonder if there is actual character growth coming, or if Boxxy is just going to stay mostly the same monster with a few new habits.
The ending was strong enough that I do want to continue. It left me with good anticipation for the next book, even if this one had a lot that was not fully my thing.
