Jaws
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4.2 • 134 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
With the 1974 publication of the novel Jaws and the release a year later of the film based on the book, an American cultural phenomenon 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 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. 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 from the silent darkness of the deep.
Customer Reviews
Nostalgic Reread
You know the story. Big fish eats people. I read this decades ago and thought it the best. Not so much now but still entertaining. Some differences in plot to the movie, and a rare example where the movie is better than the book. But still worth reading. Enjoy the nostalgia.
Love the Audiobook
The narrating is fantastic, love the story of Jaws. So well done.
Genius Movie Made From Hack Book
The beginning of the book is very interesting, but then Darrell’s into unlikable characters doing unlikable things unlike the movie. Makes you understand how genius the movie was that it was based off of this half of a book. One of the worst lines I ever read; “an ejaculate of sadness.”