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Narrated by:
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Erik Steele
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By:
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Peter Benchley
Jaws is the classic blockbuster thriller that inspired the three-time Academy Award-winning Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again—or for the first time!
Jaws was number 48 in the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies, and the film earned the coveted number-one spot on the Bravo network's 100 Scariest Movie Moments countdown.
This timeless tale of man-eating terror that spawned a movie franchise, two video games, a Universal Studios theme park attraction, and two musicals is finally available on audio for the first time ever!
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Watch the movie it’s way better
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Jaws
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fast moving, fun, great for a road trip
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
YesWhat was one of the most memorable moments of Jaws?
Near the end, we see an unexpected ''personality'' in the fish.Any additional comments?
There is a weird sort of parallel to Moby Dick here. The characters were real, and you get to know them better than in the film. I do remember that the first few lines were pretty hokey.'' It was a dark and stormy night'' kind of thing , but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised.Different from the film.
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Better as a movie...
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A classic, suspenseful read
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The good: the book presents an excellent cultural study of small-town America and the tension between intellectual/economic and working class people in 1974 that mirrors the Trump-era rise in anti-intellectual ire today. To wit: toxic masculinity enmeshed in class, or as Chief Brody says, “reverse snobbism,” as “an attitude that equates [college education] with effeteness, simplicity with goodness, and [white] poverty with honesty...” while Brody finds the attitude “repugnant,” he reaches for it “like a “carapace” when he feels threatened by the younger, richer, well-educated Hooper (doesn’t exactly match the Richard Dreyfus character, but Spielberg made some good choices for his film—especially with that character). But I digress.
I liked that there is an entire section of the book dedicated to Ellen Brody’s POV—her perspective of discontent and agency—it surprised me. Now, it was so clearly written by a dude it was laughable (to me), but points to Benchley for giving her some airtime. It wasn’t enough and fell apart quickly. It was a dumb foil instead of a meaningful reflection. Again, Spielberg erased her detachment and Brody’s insecurity from the plot altogether, which made the Chief a community hero more than an insecure middle-aged sad-face. It wasn’t horrible to read, but just prepare yourself for some heavy eye rolling.
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Different from the movie
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better than the movie
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Jaws by Peter Benchley
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