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thereadingbee 's review for:
Jaws
by Peter Benchley
Boy, oh boy am I glad I have watched the movie a million times before reading this book. That's not to say that the book itself is bad, its just radically different than the movie.
The big shark that is wrecking havoc around the small summer town of Amity is overshadowed by adultery, political agendas and mafia influences. The characters that you know and love in the movie are totally unlikeable in the novel.
I can see where for its time Peter Benchley wrote something that was new and exciting to everyone, but in todays society it would never hold up.
Not many people would tell you to go see the movie instead of reading the book, but this is one instance I would say to go run to the theater!
The big shark that is wrecking havoc around the small summer town of Amity is overshadowed by adultery, political agendas and mafia influences. The characters that you know and love in the movie are totally unlikeable in the novel.
I can see where for its time Peter Benchley wrote something that was new and exciting to everyone, but in todays society it would never hold up.
Not many people would tell you to go see the movie instead of reading the book, but this is one instance I would say to go run to the theater!