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by Peter Benchley
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Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 6 years ago
The shark was cool, but according to my husband all of the research it relied on was outdated: turns out sharks have a regular route around the sees, and regular appearances at specific locales (basically they show up after the baby seals do). But the characters, the Peyton Place drama of it all: ...
Let's Talk About Books
Let's Talk About Books rated it 6 years ago
I listened to this one on audiobook via Overdrive, which I highly recommend. The narrator did awsome. He kind of sounded like Edward Norton, but that's not who it was. The book has a lot of differences between it and the movie, and honestly, I think this is one of the few times the movie is bette...
Bookish Blerd
Bookish Blerd rated it 6 years ago
This book was a nightmare. An utter disaster. I went into it expecting it to be far better than the movies, because that is typically the case. It was not. At least the movie got it mostly right. It was about the shark and it's unexplainable appearance and extended stay in the waters of the s...
Leigha's Little Library
Leigha's Little Library rated it 7 years ago
**There is one spoiler below regarding a character death. It is marked with a spoiler tag** There were a few things that I found highly unnecessary. I know this is written in a time period much different from today, but some of the outdated stuff in this did bother me a little bit. Also the thing ...
Lillelara
Lillelara rated it 8 years ago
I guess there must be something wrong with the book when the reader is rooting for the shark instead of the characters. I have to admit I was secretly hoping that the shark would eat all of the characters at some point in the story, because the shark is awesome and the most intelligent being in the ...
What I am reading
What I am reading rated it 8 years ago
I really had pretty high hopes or Jaws. I don’t know, how often I have seen the movie and although I love sharks (and I am actually trying to find a location for my next holiday where I can go shark diving to see those beauties at close quarters) I could watch it over and over again. So I couldn’t i...
It's a Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad World rated it 9 years ago
First I want to thank Steven Spielberg for ruining the fun with swimming in lakes as a child. because of course there could be sharks in lakes...in Sweden. Second, I want to thank him for letting Ellen Brody be a background character in the movie so the movie wasn't ruined by that F*****g bitch. ...
mollysmommyreads
mollysmommyreads rated it 9 years ago
A movie novelization is a book written based on the screenplay of a film. I have loved movie novelizations since I was in middle school. It's very different from reading a book that a movie is based on. Movie novelizations usually end up being pretty close to what you see on the screen though you wi...
Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents
Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents rated it 9 years ago
I didn't like anyone in this book. Usually if I don't like the characters, I don't like the book. It didn't work out that way this time because the fallout was very interesting. I don't know how similar it is to the movie, but I'm thinking of checking it out.
Sarah's Library
Sarah's Library rated it 10 years ago
2/7 - 50 pages in and I'm enjoying the book more than I did the movie. I've only seen it once, but I distinctly remember laughing when the shark ate Chrissie Watkins. The look of her zipping back and forth in the water, supposedly being dragged by the shark was so fake looking I couldn't help but fi...
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