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by Peter Benchley

Death by Book Avalanche rated it

11 years ago

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I remember sneaking off and reading this when I was younger, maybe a little too young... however, I was always into things that were way above my age range. I very much enjoyed this but I believe I need to re-read it as I was perhaps too young to understand some of it...I did enjoy the gory bits.

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Aren's Library rated it

11 years ago

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Good book, scary a bit, but good. One of the few times I enjoy the movie over the book. That being said there were parts I was a bit surprised over.

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Farnaz rated it

11 years ago

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My favorite book! Read somewhere between 2005-2010! )))Have you pray'd to-night, Desdemona? No??? then I'm coming for you, to tear you apart! HAM HAM HAM ))))

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Portable Magic rated it

11 years ago

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My feelings about this book are inextricably linked with my memories of 1975 and how it affected me personally. I was a child, not even a pre-teen, and much more naïve than I think is even possible for children anymore, in this age of cable TV, google, and movies on demand. Jaws was everywhere. Ever...

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Lisa (Harmony) rated it

11 years ago

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I have a great deal of nostalgic fondness for this book about a great white shark stalking the beaches of a small summer island of Amity off the Atlantic. My mother loaned the novel to me when I was about twelve. But she struck out words with black marker and tore out pages. So naturally I made no...

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Well-Lucubrated rated it

11 years ago

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I never would have read this book had I not been watching Fawlty Towers last week and noticed this:Getting literature recommendations from Basil? Risky, very risky, I know, but I decided it was worth a shot.I assume a lot of people in the past few decades have come to this book after seeing the mass...

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Tasseled Booklikes rated it

11 years ago

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It would have been a five-star book, if the finale wasn't so lackluster. Seriously shark, after all that you're just gonna go ahead and die like that?

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Overloaded Bookshelf rated it

12 years ago

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A tawdry and poorly written novel - the film is a zillion times better!

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The Reading Perusals of Rose Summers rated it

12 years ago

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There's no way on this ever-loving earth I'm reading any part or anything to do with this series.

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JeffreyKeeten rated it

12 years ago

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”Duuun dun duuun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun BOM BOM dun dun dun dun dun dun doo dedoo doo dedoo dede doo dede doo dededoo.”Has there ever been theme music used in a film more effectively than for the 1975 blockbuster movie Jaws? A movie so powerful that there are legions of people that have refused...

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