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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thoughts while reading Jaws:
1. I understand now why women complain about men writing female characters.
2. Chapter 8 🤢🥴đź«
3. Men are dumb, science is cool!
4. Brody deserves better
5. I understand the shark's motives. The humans in this book are the worst.
6. This book was addicting and maybe I am becoming a "horror" book girlie.
1. I understand now why women complain about men writing female characters.
2. Chapter 8 🤢🥴đź«
3. Men are dumb, science is cool!
4. Brody deserves better
5. I understand the shark's motives. The humans in this book are the worst.
6. This book was addicting and maybe I am becoming a "horror" book girlie.
why is there SO MUCH RAPE?! one mention would’ve been too many, but there are SO many mentions of it that it’s incredibly clear that the author has a rape fetish
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
Initially, I intended to write a lengthy post and compare it to the film since it has been a seminal part of my phobia of sharks. There are many parallels, but I was surprised by the book and surprised that I hadn't heard more about it in the past. It was much more in depth than the film and while the shark is a villain, it is not the only one. There are humans equally as villainous and for reasons that will surprise enthusiasts of the film. For those who love the movie, I recommend the book. It is not a huge departure from the story told in the movie, but something that added to my appreciation of it.
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This may be the only time I will say that the movie was definitively better than the book… The characters were much less likable
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Jaws is my favorite film ever - it’s just about perfect. Reading this was a massive disappointment and I believe this is a rare example of “the movie did it better”. Characters are poorly developed, the mayor/mob subplot is unnecessary. Only Ellen seems to have some any kind of growth.
I can’t name a single book to film change I disagree with, save for excluding more of the average people in Amity. This novel is Long Island’s version of An Enemy of the People. For as often as Benchley hinted at the white terrorizing Amity due to environmental changes (at least four times by my count), I felt attributing the shark attacks to an “act of God” was a cop out (no pun intended).
Furthermore; book Quint is both subdued and less tragic, much to the detriment of his character. He’s far less captivating, even if his one-liners are gold.
To all the “more shark” comments: while I don’t necessarily disagree, you sound just like the Queensboro RV family.
I can’t name a single book to film change I disagree with, save for excluding more of the average people in Amity. This novel is Long Island’s version of An Enemy of the People. For as often as Benchley hinted at the white terrorizing Amity due to environmental changes (at least four times by my count), I felt attributing the shark attacks to an “act of God” was a cop out (no pun intended).
Furthermore; book Quint is both subdued and less tragic, much to the detriment of his character. He’s far less captivating, even if his one-liners are gold.
To all the “more shark” comments: while I don’t necessarily disagree, you sound just like the Queensboro RV family.
Having seen the film a few times growing up I was expecting to be chilled from reading the book but what I got was an underwhelming feeling really. In my opinion too much was made of the affair between two characters and not enough actual shark action. I was expecting viseral descriptions of shark attacks and plenty of tension but it turned out to be quite mild in my view. The way this book ends is quite bizarre I actually thought I must be missing some pages such was the abrupt finish. I think I would still recommend this book if only as an accompaniment to the superior version being the film.
Similar to the movie except all of the characters are total assholes. I'm going to stick to the Richard Dreyfuss version of Matt Hooper thanks! That being said, it WAS interesting to read and compare the differences between the book and the movie, and I did love the intro chapter A LOT.