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Summary: Pitiful Excuse for a Book
Review: This book does not even rate one star but that was the lowest choice that I had. All I can say is this is a pitiful excuse for any kind of a book. It is written by someone who was obviously hoping that by using the name of Ms. Braun and her book series he might somehow sell his book. If you can't do it on your own, don't do it. This is one book that I consider worthy of a bonfire.
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Summary: DELIVERS THE GOODS!
Review: I've been listening to the Arte Johnson audiobook version of this story as I drive to work, and it's all I can do but keep from driving off the road. I'm laughing that much. It's a funny reading of a very funny story. Definitely not for the grannies or the weak of heart. But genuinely hilarious.
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Summary: I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY, TOO!
Review: I was given this novel for a Christmas present by a friend in San Diego and, honestly, I have never read Lilian Jackson Braun, but I started the book, and I found myself laughing aloud. There's a blurb on the back of the jacket from the co-executive producer of THE SIMPSONS, and I think THE SIMPSONS is a perfect point of reference. The novel is a quickly paced satire of pop culture: sort of Mad Magazine Meets Richard Pryor Live. It's very bawdy and silly, but it's truthful and genuinely funny. It was the best present I got. Much better than THE DA VINCI CODE.
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Summary: Artful Annihilation!
Review: Written with stylistic grace and a quietly sardonic tone, this delicious satire hits its target dead on. Surprising at every turn, Kaplow's relentless eye for hypocrisy sweetly destroys anything in its path, and does it with such humor and effortlessless that it literary leaves you breathless. Definitely not for everyone, but if you've got a sense of satire that enjoys "pushing the envelope" this one is for you!
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Summary: Made Me Laugh
Review: I thought this book was pretty humorous. It had some overly graphic sexual stuff and story didn't make a whole lot of sense, but it made me laugh. And since it's a parody, it doesn't have to make sense. Therefore, despite the criticisms some other people have posted here, I think this book fullfills the author's intended goal, to be funny.
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Summary: This is no satire
Review: It is wildly extravagant to call this book a satire or parody of the Lilian Jackson Braun "The Cat Who..." books. Braun's books may be formulaic, especially in her more recent tomes, but they are always very good reading. Braun is very convincing in her male voice of the central character, James Quilleran, former newspaper reporter, now murder-mystery-solving philanthropist. Her descriptions of catly behavior, north central American places, and small town mores are colorfully and engagingly written. Her characters are well- developed and carry over from book to book, creating a village of characters, which Braun fans feel they know like old friends. On the other hand, "The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun" is very poorly written. It cannot stand on its own as a book worth reading. It relies on heavily the reader's knowledge of Braun's writings for meaning and so-called humor. There is no humor, no satire, no parody in this trash. There are many disgusting sexual and perverse situations and charaterizations in Kaplow's book. The tone is pure trash novel sleaze. Braun's favorite characters are made into absurd and obscene cartoons. A heavy hand serves up vulgar attempts to be funny, but they fall flat again and again. I am no prude and do not object to the language, but here the attempt to gross out readers is so obvious and so grotesque, that it interferes with the attempted satire. It does not "flow" -- it barks! I threw the book down in disgust. I was not irate because Kaplow tried to rip Braun's genre (cat lovers' murder mysteries), but because the book was slapped together in about one day, with little thought or care. I must have been dreaming to think this book was going to be a humorous satire! It ain't. I wasted my money. Don't waste yours.
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Summary: Raunchy and Riotous!
Review: This book is a celebration of the craziness of life: of lust, of madness, of jealousy, of friendship. It's deliciously funny and deliciously alive.
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Summary: Warning for under-age readers!
Review: I purchased this book because I enjoy parody and humorous fiction. However, I was utterly horrified by the graphic sex scenes throughout the book! It worried me that someone might buy this book for an underage reader not knowing the contents. The book was funny, but....
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Summary: Funniest Book I've Ever Read
Review: I'm a book editor from San Francisco. I read a lot of manscripts. A friend pushed this novel into my reluctant hands, insisted that I read it. I did. Here's the verdict without any adornment. This is the funniest book I have ever read.
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Summary: The Perfect Gift from "Bad Santa"!
Review: I was given this novel as a gift, and it was a delightful antidote to the suffocating sentimentality of the season. It's raucous and racey and very much alive, and it made me forget all the woes of the world for a few hilarious hours. Just what the doctor ordered!
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