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5.0 out of 5 stars A definate "Must Read", Jan 8 2004

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"bek-" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kiss The Girls And Make Them Spy: An Original Jane Bond Parody (Paperback)

This was the first of Mabel Maneys books I read, and I have to say that I fell in love with it right from the start. It is unlike any other book I have read. It is extremely witty and I couln't stop reading it! I felt like I was riding the story with Jane and when it ended, I sat for a moment expecting another page or two to turn up out of nowhere. Bring on a sequel!

Just remember, this is a spoof. It's a parody of James Bond. In fact, Jane Bond is James Bonds twin and she has to step in for him on "awfully important" official business for the queen whilst her brother is indisposed...

This book has everything we love about James Bond movies; girls, unbelievable inventions, girls, twists and turns, girls, disguises, girls, intrigue, girls, sex and have I mentioned girls? BUT in this James/Jane Bond story, instead of Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery or Roger Moore, the hero is in fact a herione who does not dissapoint.

I read this book again and again and each time I found some clue that I missed in the previous readings. It is pure genius the way she sets this out. WELL DONE!!!

Read it before you read any other Mabel Maney books (The Case of the Good for Nothing Girlfriend, Hardly Boys, etc).

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not at all what I expected, but still fun., Sep 14 2003

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James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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What I expected out of this book was "In this book, the part of James Bond will be played by a tall, dark, handsome lesbian."

What I got was "In this book, the part of the normal person pressed into service trying to impersonate James Bond will be played by a tall, dark, handsome lesbian."

A good concept, but I'd rather have seen the other. Still, I must say that this book does a marvellous job of parodying the James Bond novels, something that's hard to do considering that the originals are so close to self-parody. How often can one claim, in all honesty, that the characters in a parody are better-developed and less cardboard than those in the original? One can here; granted, the peripheral characters, like Agents Pumpernickel and 008 and Chief "N" are two-dimensional, but not really any more so than typical characters in a James Bond novel, while Jane and her friend Simon are significantly better-rounded than anyone likely to appear in those books. And while names like "Pumpernickel" and "Tupenny" seem like sufficiently silly names to qualify for parody, are they really any sillier than "Moneypenny"? (To say nothing of names from the movies, like "Pussy Galore"; I don't know whether that one made it into the book, since I've never read the book version of "Goldfinger".) Still, the plot was silly enough to be clearly a parody, and I suppose that that is why the book succeeds.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing - Bond fans beware, Oct 11 2002

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After enjoying Mabel Maney's previous books (Nancy Clue, Hardly Boys), I was excited to see a spy parody novel and looked forward to my weekend alone with the book. Unfortunately, the book didn't live up to my expectations. Partly this is because I love spy movies, and so while I wanted humor and parody, I also wanted Jane Bond to be at least somewhat competent and interesting (she was not). I wanted some cleverness to the storyline. I wanted the characters to speak with different voices, not all sound like an aspect of the same person. It comes off as rather smug humor after a while. I sort of felt as though Maney was doing her imitation of Armistead Maupin (author of Tales of the City).

Check out the Nancy Clue books before picking up Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy -- because I want you to see that Maney does have a fun sense of humor. I just don't find it in this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars GET IT NOW!!!
I picked the book up at the library and started to read it and could not put it down. I loved the whole thing It starts out a bit confusing but things fit together later on. Read more

Published on Mar 1 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Move over Austin Powers...
I seem to be the first English reviewer, but I had to write - I finished this in a day (not a hard read!), and felt lost at the end. Read more

Published on Oct 9 2001 by Greycat