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Jaws

By: Peter Benchley
Narrated by: Erik Steele
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Jaws is the classic blockbuster thriller that inspired the three-time Academy Award-winning 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!

Jaws was number 48 in the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies, and the film earned the coveted number-one spot on the Bravo network's 100 Scariest Movie Moments countdown.

This timeless tale of man-eating terror that spawned a movie franchise, two video games, a Universal Studios theme park attraction, and two musicals is finally available on audio for the first time ever!

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Very good performance of a very good book. Differs from the movie in a number of ways that I wont spoil, enough to make it a worth while venture even if like me you've watched the movie multiple times.

the movie is great...the book is very good

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It was interesting to learn more about the characters and motives behind the story and how different the book is from the Movie. Jaws is a wonderful twisted Moby Dick, man versus beast story.
Very enjoyable.

Jaws forever

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The book is so much better than the film, and I love the film, so that's saying something.



You go much deeper into the relationship of Chief Brody and his wife; and how the summer people differ from the winter residents. Hooper is also completely different, had they included the animosity between Brody and him in the film, the 'out at sea' parts would have been much more claustrophobic and threatening.



A great listen if you know the film, also for those who don't, the shark is just as sinister and will continue to make you scared to go in the water!

In Amity they say yahd

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If you are expecting this to be anything like the movie, you will be disappointed. It will offend you, if you are that way inclined, It is racist, misogynistic, and is unnecessarily sexualised. Having said that, I enjoyed it. The narration was good, the book flows nicely, and there really isn't anything taxing about listening to it, so it makes a good driving companion.

Not a book if you are easily offended.

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Having seen the movie many times I know this story pretty well, so it was interesting to see how the book differs. It more similar than many book to movie translations, and in all honesty the areas where it differs were weaker aspects which Spielberg was right to remove or change.

The characters we all know from the movie are all present, although they're generally less likeable, Hooper especially. The book really takes its time though, with very little happening right up until the end, dare I say it, there's a lot of filler in here. Again, Spielberg corrected this weakness in the movie and added several action sequences to raise the tension.

Taken on its own merits this is a solid book, but the movie is superior in every way. It's read very well though.

Is it a book about a shark? No, not really. The movie is about a shark though.

A rare case where the film is superior

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