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Summary: I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
Review: The Trench is an extremely well-written and exciting novel. It has a giant sahrk -- waht's not to like. I was up all night reading it and by the time I reached the end, I couldn't fall asleep because I was so excited! I recommend The Trench to anyone who isn't extremely scared of sharks.
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Summary: Creighton Move Over!
Review: After reading The Trench I became very angry... angry that it ended. I honestly couldn't put the book down and was dreading the last page. I remember having the same reaction after reading Alten's first book, Meg. I really don't think you can compare Steve Alten to Benchly. Sure, there are similarities in subject matter, however, Alten's story-telling abilities a far superior. In fact, Alten reminds me of another great story teller. You may have heard of him...Michael Creighton. I expect Steve Alten to be a shining force on the book scene in the new millenium. I'm looking forward to the future but for now, I'm just plain angry. I'll only be happy when Alten's next book comes out. But then, I assume I'll be angry again. God it's tough being a fan of Steve Alten.
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Summary: Very grabbing for the first 309 pages.
Review: As the title says, it is very interesting to read for the first 309 pages. Unfortunately it becomes so unrealistic after that that the ending was not as satisfactory as I was hoping for. Still most of the book is good and as a first writing effort it is not bad at all. Just because I did not consider the ending realistic does not mean that I won't read the Trench. I'd like to think that the author has learned and evolved. So I will definitely read the follow up book some time.
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Summary: THIS AUTHOR IS THE BEST!!! WATCH OUT BENCHLY!
Review: I thought this book was a hit! If you are into sea creatures, the ocean & want a great read, this is the book for you. I rate this 10 stars!!!
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Summary: excellent
Review: Enjoy this book vary much. I love suspense and this one is one of the tops. It would be good to put it in a movie.
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Summary: Realistic, and thats maybe the scariest thing
Review: Like I said in the title, the shark isn't the scariest thing in the book, even though its right up there, but I think the real scary thing is how simple it was to believe. Some of the human plots were a little hard to grasp, but for the most part I found things believable. I didn't read the original MEG, maybe thats why I was a little unsure of some stuff, but I will be reading it now. Steve Alten really impressed me here by not just being a Peter Benchley ripoff, and just following the same basic idea. Sure some stuff was similar but when you write about sharks eating people I assume you really can't get especially creative. And personally I'm hoping for a third book now.
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Summary: outstanding!!!!
Review: after reading MEG i didnt think mr. aultman couid top it butboy did he.i made the mistake of starting the book while on vaction onthe beach and never got in the water! JAWS did the same thing to me 20years ago.hollywood are you listing? p.s. i named my cat meg
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Summary: Spine tingling terror.... it was good.
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It picked up where the book Meg left off.. I throughly enjoyed it.
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Summary: Just like MEG, COOL!!
Review: Okay I'm in with the Shark, megalodon thing and this book is so great. Steve Alten is such a great writer and I think he should write a load more novels. I've been on his Megalodon web page and its as good as his books-Laura_is_cool.Deathstar
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Summary: A REALLY GOOD ADVENTUROUS READ!
Review: I read MEG last year and enjoyed that book so i was set upon reading THE TRENCH.This sequel is exciting and has more depth than the original.The main focus in this book is on the hunt for the megaladon,but also veers into other areas-including the dangerous Benedict Singer and the new threat of the kronosaurs
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