Honest Book Reviews by Namsu: Natural

JAWS

Published: 1974

Author: Peter Benchley

Genres: Classic, Action, Adventure, Sea Adventures, Mystery, Horror, Natural Horror, thriller, Suspense

Review:

My most recent review was for the book "Jaws of Darkness," and as I was writing it, I remembered this classic book of natural horror by Mr. Peter Benchley.

My original intention was to write a review of "BEAST," another great book by the same author, but I changed my mind and will now review this book first because it is a true classic and what better way to introduce Mr. Peter Benchley.

I was about four years old, and my brother was about two and a half, but we were both intelligent children who were aware of what was going on around us. My uncle asked if we wanted to go see a movie with him, and we agreed. It was one of the best sea adventures I'd ever had, but it left my brother with lifelong trauma, aquaphobia, and galeophobia. He still can't go in the water, not even a two-foot-deep swimming pool, and he can't sit in a bathtub. And if he sees a shark on television, he has nightmares and can't breathe properly that night...do you get the picture of how terrifying that movie was for him? It was a film based on the book "JAWS."

Update on my brother's condition: Later, my brother devised a fantastic method of watching these types of films: he closed his eyes and watched all of the "JAWS" parts and almost all shark movies.

As soon as you open the book, it grabs your legs and doesn't let go until the last page, and even then you're clinging on to the book, wondering whether it's truly dead. The book sheds light on some things that you can't get in a movie and subplots that were completely removed to focus entirely on the shark, plus there are some differences in the book with missing stories and character traits, and in some cases the reasons for why someone did something in the movie was not mentioned, but you can read about all of it in the book, so if you only watched the movie and never read this book, you must read it and re-live the horror, suspense, and anguish and the renowned background music by the legendary John Williams is the only thing lacking from this book.

FACT: Peter Benchley was inspired by a shark being captured in Montauk, New York.

Warning: Do not read this book at the beach or near a swimming pool.

It may get boring for the people who want action on every page. Keep in mind it is way longer and explains a lot more than the movie that was made out of this novel.

Synopsis:

“It was just another day in the life of a small Atlantic resort until the terror from the deep came to prey on unwary holiday makers. The first sign of trouble – a warning of what was to come – took the form of a young woman's body, or what was left of it, washed up on the long, white stretch of beach . . .

A summer of terror has begun . . .”

Rating: 100/100

Recommended: 100/100 YES.

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