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"Relentless terror." The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating terror that inspired the Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again -- or for the first time!
The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating terror that inspired the Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again -- or for the first time!
About the Author
Peter Benchley was born in New York City in 1940 and is the son of novelist Nathaniel Benchley and grandson of humorist Robert Benchley. He has worked as a reporter for the Washington Post, as associate editor of Newsweek and as a speech-writer for President Johnson. His stories and articles have appeared in numerous magazines, including the New Yorker and National Geographic. Jaws is his first novel.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Does Not Conflict with Movie,
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This review is from: Jaws (Mass Market Paperback)
My older brother took me to the movie "Jaws" in 1975 when I was ten years old. My fingers had to be pried off the arm rests at the end of it - I was scared, engrossed and could not even think about eating candy during it. I have probably seen the movie twenty times since and can quote the dialogue. So I was a little nervous picking up the book thirty-five years later for fear of it impacting the movie.But there are significant differences between the movie and the novel that make reading it fun. The main characters are entirely different than the movie and there is more detail in the plot that the movie could not honor so you will not envision Scheider, Shaw and Dreyfuss as you read it. The novel is a bit cheesy now and some of the character interplay unnecessary but worth reading. I would recommend Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence, a non-fiction book by journalist Michael Capuzzo, about the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 that influenced Benchley's novel.
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW,
This review is from: Jaws (Hardcover)
This book is great. I was expecting a couple of differences here and there from the movie. But this is a completly different story all together.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Better than the movie as always,
By Mary Jane (Ontario, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jaws (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a great read...the main character "Brody" is very likable...the attacks were described really well...even everything that happened outside of the shark attacks were great...I don't want to give anything away but all I can say is that I read this book in 2 days...it was hard to put down.
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