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A review by the_sunken_library
Jaws by Peter Benchley
2.0
The film was significantly better.
I get it's an old book but the casual racism, homophobia and sexism is jarring.
Peter Benchley has the seed of a good idea, hence such an iconic movie being spawned from it, but his writing is dull in my opinion. I didn't find it scary or tense. The attacks are fast and unimpressive. The shark simply sounds like a shark and every character in the book is awful. The descriptions of abject animal cruelty are quite frankly disgusting. I had hoped they would all get eaten and the shark would triumph.
What a boring ending as well. Beyond disappointing.
I get it's an old book but the casual racism, homophobia and sexism is jarring.
Peter Benchley has the seed of a good idea, hence such an iconic movie being spawned from it, but his writing is dull in my opinion. I didn't find it scary or tense. The attacks are fast and unimpressive. The shark simply sounds like a shark and every character in the book is awful. The descriptions of abject animal cruelty are quite frankly disgusting. I had hoped they would all get eaten and the shark would triumph.
What a boring ending as well. Beyond disappointing.