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Summary: What are you going to do??? Its his first book.
Review: Well as for a quick read, it sure is. As for interesting, possibly. As for making any major influence on me, definitely not. But it was interesting and kept me reading just to see what happened. Alten seems to have taken a good first step on hopefully a promising career, but if not there have been more shameful "one hit wonders."
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Summary: Alten's Meg should have thought twice about surfacing
Review: Meg by Steve Alten is not very good. I give the author credit for his accurate information about the Carcharodon Megalodon and other undersea interests, but the problem comes from the fact that the characters are not very entertaining. I didn't find too much difference between this book and Jaws by Peter Benchley. However, for a first novel, Alten makes a fine attempt.
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Summary: Decent Airplane reading...
Review: This is a quick-read.It's not quite the scientifically-sound "thinking man's story" that the reviews in the book would have you believe. Still, I thought it was entertaining and not quite as predictable as the other "Predator in Deep water" type books. Here's something you may find useful: I thought this one was less predictable and an overall stronger story than "Extinct" (which is the other Megalodon story).
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Summary: Excellent summer read !!!!!!!!!!
Review: THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT READ, AND I RECOMEND THAT YOU CONSIDER READING IT. NOT JUST A BIG FISH.
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Summary: EXCELENT
Review: EXCELENT EXCELENT EXCELENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: One best novels I ever read
Review: It like Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park meets Peter Benchley's Jaws. VERY well writen, if this is a preview of what yet to come, i can't to read his next novel.
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Summary: PEOPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE IT IS FICTION
Review: Come on PEOPLE it is a fiction book. Who cares if research is accurate or not. It is an imagination that makes a book good. There are some improvements that could be made, but you have to consider that he is a first time writer. I am appalled that people could bash a first time writer. I have considered writing a science fiction book about our solar system, but I certainly wouldn't give up for bad reviews, so if anyone wants to discuss further about this book or my ideas for a book PLEASE E-MAIL me. I would most interested.
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Summary: This book was good for a first time writer..
Review: I tought the book was real good. There was alot of action to keep it interesting. I read alot of horror novels, but this book acually kept me more involved than most scary books. I guess the only complaint I would have would be that it could have been longer; what happens next? The other thing would be that the killing of the mother Meg. I think it could have been done different...maybe it could have been put in the Institute's tank, then it could have broken out only to be then killed later, possibly by its offspring. Overall I liked it and the end calls for another book about the offspring..
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Summary: A good summer time read.
Review: I thought MEG was a decent book. If you want to read something that is entertaining, and nothing more, than MEG is the book you want.
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Summary: Throw it back!
Review: I've just been reading some of the reader comments (and, Lord, I wish I'd read them BEFORE I bought the book), and many reviewers who rated the book highly tell the rest of us: "lighten up, it's just a summer read." True. But, speaking for myself, that's why I'm so angry at the author--and at Doubleday, for killing the trees to make this book--he can't even meet my minimum requirements for a summer read: an interesting premise, sympathetic characters, a plausible plot, and dialogue that doesn't induce nausea, sleep, or hysterical laughter. Ok, so I wasn't expecting an enduring literary classic, but COME ON! The premise is pretty good...I'm willing to suspend disbelief. But the character development is nonexistent, the plot is laughable, and my cat could write better dialogue. Worst of all, the book was filled with scientific errors so glaring that even I could spot them--and the closest I've ever gotten to deep sea diving is admiring the bathysphere at the Coney Island aquarium. The writer swears he did extensive research for this book! In what bar? He could have eliminated half his errors if he'd only watched Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.
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