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Tiburón

Peter Benchley

3.49 AVERAGE

brycei's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sadgirlsidney's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

“An ejaculation of hopelessness”

What a fucking line.

Of course I’m comparing this all to the movie that 7 year old me watched at a friend's house when I was far too young. The first kill was arguably more horrifying because you get to hear the inner dialogue of the woman being attacked and her realizing she’s being attacked. The remainder of the book is a bit slow for my liking.

saraaaaaah's review against another edition

3.0

Loveable characters: No

disappointed at the affair and the lack of a bloodbath on july 4th esp since they kept referring to it

booksonawire's review against another edition

3.0

The movie messed me up as a kid, so I was eager to jump into the book and its Shark Week, so perfect timing. And like the film, you barely see the shark. It's just lingering on the periphery while most of the book is about class struggles, midlife crises, and an adulterous relationship, so special thanks to Spielberg for streamlining this. I was expecting more time on the boat with Brody, Hooper, and Quint, this threesome made the movie so I was just expecting more of them in the book. It abruptly ended and I was left wanting more.