Jaws
Ratings67
Average rating3.5
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Ratings67
Average rating3.5
With the 1974 publication of the novel Jaws and the release a year later of the film based on the book, an American cultural phe- nomenon was born. Today, the remarkable bestseller by Peter Benchley still towers as a thrilling classic of suspense, drama, and the eternal conflicts of man against nature . and man against himself.
As the movie continues to be broadcast all over the world, entire generations may know the Jaws story only through its cinematic rendition. Those unfamiliar with the literary forerunner are in for a wonderful surprise, for the novel contains many twists of plot and character that were omitted in the film. The marine biologist Matt Hooper, for example, shows a predatory side that threatens to destroy the marriage of Police Chief Martin Brody. And the town of Amity and its residents are menaced by even more than the gigantic great white shark.
As all novels should be, Peter Benchley's Jaws is an extraordinary experience of its own, a masterpiece as mesmerizing today as it was in 1974, when it first took us into the watery world of a creature designed by nature to kill ... and into the terror it brings rushing up with him from the silent darkness of the deep.
--front flap
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liked the relationship drama more than the chapters about the shark if i'm honest
i saw the movie in 2006, the shark looked way too fake to me so the movie made me giggle but the book is very gory so it did actually scare me lol
i live in Australia so i live 5 minutes away from a couple beaches but that also means i never go in the water because Australian sea life is deadly (like tf is a blue ring octopus? tinier than a finger nail but can kill 26 men in a matter of minutes.. yeah it's a no from me)
The last time i went into the ocean i was 15 and a string ray with a huge barb swam past me and i cried.
i love sharks and think them killing people is valid because they are animals.. obviously. So many sad stories have come from shark attacks but if you go into the ocean..you basically signed a contract that you might die in there. No need to demonize sharks or water itself but just don't enter the water if you don't want that chance of dying. Water doesn't fuck around
So very different, and better, than the film, far more about the characters relationships
This book will tell you a lot about how movies are actually made.
Could have been a lot better if the whole narrative was told from the point of view of Martin. With a strong introduction and strong ending, the second act drags and filled with parts that I couldn't even begin to think are necessary to this story.
