Reviews - This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us

267 reviews for:

This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us

Edgar Cantero

3.77 AVERAGE

candybearbooks's review against another edition

2.0

This was creative and intriguing but a little too weird for me. Just didn’t enjoy it like i thought i would.

captainsneakers's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

pinenoodle's review against another edition

2.0

This book takes a running leap into it's humor, forcing the reader it grab hold of the humor that's being shoved in their face. If the humor without a doubt works for you, great.

But if not, or if you need some warm up to get into the mood of the book, then sorry.

And the opening was just too much for me. The stylistic weirdness of this opening actually settles down later on into a much less in your face style. I might have enjoyed this if it built up instead of starting in overdrive and slamming on the breaks to become an almost normal book (at least compared to the opening), instead this book was fighting an uphill battle after leaving me grumpy. (Though I'm not sure a better disposed me would have been happy with main characters' misogyny and other personality issue--they are supposed to be humorous, so there's a chance I could have rolled with it, but maybe not).

zerocrane's review against another edition

3.75

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

addicted_reads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kylajaynebooks's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

brookhorse's review against another edition

4.0

This book had a hell of an opening, a hell of a middle, and a hell of an ending. Cantero has a very bombastic and exaggerated sense of plot and character, which makes sense given his cartoonist background--but he pulls it off extremely well. His writing is very clever and self-aware, but not in a way that's annoying or pretentious. He's not afraid to experiment and jump around with style and presentation, which I enjoyed, though it did make the book feel choppy at points.

I absolutely sailed through this book--the pace was very quick, and the tension was always high. It never felt rushed, but I also wouldn't have minded if he gave his characters some time to stretch and breathe, because they were such wonderful characters. His cast is rich and intriguing, and I would have liked a little time to get to know them better, despite how caught I was by the constant turns of the plot. Overall, a very enjoyable read.