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Jaws

By: Peter Benchley
Narrated by: Erik Steele
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Summary

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!

©2002 Peter Benchley (P)2009 BBC Audiobooks America

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One of my all time favourite books

Would you listen to Jaws again? Why?

I would, the story is such a good one

What other book might you compare Jaws to, and why?

As someone with a deep (and completely irrational!) fear of sharks, there is no comparison for me

What about Erik Steele’s performance did you like?

I did not hate it, infact i quite liked it after a while. I thought he was quite slow going, but then i think that is probably how the characters are meant to be! By the end i had grown quite fond of Erik's voice

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Love it when a smug someone gets what's coming to them! It is a plot that was changed in the film, so whenever I read or listen to this book i enjoy the 'full story' and the deeper characterisation

Any additional comments?

Dont listen to this to try to fall asleep!!

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Classic

Great story, never get bored of it even better than the film.
Good performance , David

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Good book

A fun listen, a good book though not a fantastic one. I always read a book fully expecting it to be much better than movie, but this time the clapperboard proved to be mightier than the pen. Erik Steele did a fine job and the narration would earn four stars from me.

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the movie is great...the book is very good

Very good performance of a very good book. Differs from the movie in a number of ways that I wont spoil, enough to make it a worth while venture even if like me you've watched the movie multiple times.

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Narrater is excellent

Best narrater yet, much recommended as the book is very different to the film. I was however humming the jaws theme tune whilst I was listening!

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mixed view

I always find a book better than the film, and this classic is no exception. much more depth (no pun intended). much more story and a great sense of fear. Being unabridged there is plenty of time to get into the characters and to feel the terror creeping up on you. All in all a fantastic story.

Unfortunately, the oration is the downside of this audio book. The delivery is so slow I was convinced it would have fitted on one less CD, if read normally. Although he tries to give depth and character to novel, for me it was ost and at one point i found the delivery like listening to an audio language lesson. he has definately been influenced by the film and even tries to get his characters sounding like those from the Spielberg classic. This is a shame as some of the tones and characters used don't match with the written description. certainly one orator I will try to avoid in future.

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love it!

brings back memories of reading years ago. A great story, stood the test of time.

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Jaws forever

It was interesting to learn more about the characters and motives behind the story and how different the book is from the Movie. Jaws is a wonderful twisted Moby Dick, man versus beast story.
Very enjoyable.

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Surprisingly good

I really enjoyed this audiobook. It was my first time listening to Erik Steele and I like his performance greatly.
Even though I've seen the movie more times than I can count and know the story and script better than Spielberg there is still extra subplots in the book and extended scenes than the film version making the book well worth getting if you've an interest in the film or if you just like swimming with bow-legged women. :)

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My Disappointment Is Immeasurable & My Day Ruined

Grim in one word, so glad the movie exists but honestly if I'd read the book first I would have never seen it. Not a single character is likable, I found myself wanting the shark to eat them all.

I didn't think it possible to get this much flippant racism and rampant sexist remarks into a single book. Every female character is either hysterical or subject to the most gross objectification by the author. Describing Ellen Brodys feet as perfect enough for a pedophile and saying all school girls want to be prostitutes leads me to think the author needed therapy.

The movie did a great job of gutting this tripe and turning it into something legendary. If you're going into this expecting more of the same pick another book

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