Jaws

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Summary: Bad books do make great movies
Review: It's an old adage among screenwriters that good books often make bad movies, while bad ones often make great movies. And here's the proof. JAWS is a horrendous novel written in cheap and artificial prose, filled with boring stereotype characters, loaded with dopey descriptions of gore, and miserably structured. And just look what Spielberg did with it! Read the book only as a lesson about how to adapt bestsellers to the screen.

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Summary: Jaws: A Fantastic, Well-Written Novel By Peter Benchley
Review: Jaws is a wonderful novel. It didn't scare me at all, but the writing tecnique Peter Benchley uses makes you want to read it without putting it down. It was a hundred times better than the movie, although the movie was great. I loved this book so much that I can't wait to read Beast, another novel by Peter Benchley.

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Summary: A sudden chiller from the beginning to the end!!!
Review: I read the book Jaws for a book report project. I thought the book was very well written and very descriptive. The book was about something that many people are scared of and don't know much about. The book was interesting from when Brody found the dead girl on the beach to when Quinn went down with the shark. A lot of people might not like to read about something they don't understand, but I liked it. The book was better than the movie because the book was more descriptive. This is a book is for anybody that likes a good horror story.

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Summary: awsome book,hell of a lot better than the movie
Review: I love this book but the end always leaves me hanging.I read this book when I was 9 and I still read it from time to time.I loved it when the shark broke the cage and ate Hooper.It was so intense.This book is original.The ending is a different story.I read this book 3 times and I still cant figure out what happened.Besides that swwet book.

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Summary: awsome book but confusing ending.
Review: I loved this book but the ending left me hanging. I also would have liked it if it described the attack of the old man like it did with Chrissie. This is my favorite book but I wish the ending would have been better. It was so tense. I wish Benchley will write a book about the whites big brother the carcharodon megalodon.

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Summary: Forget the movie, this is the real deal.
Review: I first read Peter Benchley's "Jaws" back in the 1970's, several month before the movie was released. The story gripped me at that time and I still find myself re-reading the book every few years. I like the movie also, but the book is a far different experience. All the basic characters and plot are in the movie, but the book has a vastly different pace and an a rather enigmatic ending that may confuse readers. The central portion of the book involves a love affair between oceanographer Matt Hooper and Chief Brody's wife and you'll wonder what this has to do with the shark, but keep reading. This is a mini morality play in the making. If you can keep an open mind you might notice that this story is far more realistic. The shark is slightly smaller, less acrobatic and not as vicious as its film version. And if the ending puzzles you, then re-read the book's first paragraph. It hints at what really happens to the shark in the end. No, this isn't "great" literature. There is no deep or hidden meanings here. But it is a great time-capsule of classic 1970's pulp fiction at its best.

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Summary: JAWS is a great story leading to a horrid ending.
Review: I got really into the main body which built up to the truly boring and unbelievable ending.

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Summary: The book that still make me fear to go in the water.
Review: Benchley's is one of the best books I have ever read to date. Not only is it pack full of facts of great whites, but keeps the reader on the edge of his/her sit. I liked the story line of this novel. It keeps building and building till you are reading page after page. Benchley is a master of underwater terror, and he proves it with his first of many novels that still makes me not want to go in the water

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Summary: Jaws ROCKS!!!
Review: The best thriller I've read for a long while. This novel not only deals with the relationship between man and the beast, but also between man and man. Heart-poundingly fun. Prepare for an all-nighter. The ending was a bit hurried, though. A great book and a great movie

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Summary: 25 FEET LONG!!!WHOA!!!
Review: Good main plot, lame ending