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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: This by by far one of the best books I've ever read. I first got the book back in like 1997, I think, and I re-read it annually. Today was the start of my reading it in 2001. This book has got it all, a marriage gone wrong, a giant shark, and a guy named Mac. How cool is that?
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Summary: MEG-nificent
Review: This is an awesome book. As a fan of the Jaws movies as well as being fascinated by sharks, I fell in love with this story. THe first book I ever read in one day. This story tells about a megaloden shark(think of Jaws being 2.5-3 times as big) that is alive in todays world living in the deepest trech in the ocean. When it rises to the surface- in an interesting yet believable way- it wreaks havoc on the world. The attacks Steve described are somewhat graphic, but they definitely give you a good idea of exactly how big these things were. Yes they did really exist on our world. And Steve does a good job in his first novel in making you believe this thing is real, keeping you turning pages, and making you think twice before going into the water.
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Summary: It's about Time!
Review: For many people in the world that are interested in something more than dreampt up aliens attacking the earth or some "lone ranger" winning the day MEG is really for them!Steve Alten combines fact and fiction to create the ultimate creature novel. Instead of a fantacy world, this gripping tale takes place in the depths of our own vast oceans.Not only a fantastic, edge of your seat read,but a true look at the substance that covers over two thirds of our planet that we really know nothing about.Thank you Steve Alten for a gripping and very informative novel!
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Summary: A Great Read
Review: I absolutely loved Meg, it was so scary. It makes me scared to think of what COULD HAVE survived in the abysses. I was unable to put the book down until I finished reading it all. Steve Alten is one of the most creative inventive writers ever. He has a true gift of storytelling. He definately makes you think-what if? I highly recommend this book, it is amazing.
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Summary: The most exact book on sharks I have ever read
Review: This book clearly had thought and idea placed into it. This was a new idea that seemed to catch alot of attention on readers and non-book readers alike. The tone of the book was dark and gloomy and how Steve Alten made the characters interact was just genius. I hope that the idea for Meg the movie can and will happen and that the same action and tone from the movie are done so that it will scare more people than Jaws ever did and ever will.
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Summary: The Terrorfying deep
Review: While I was reading this Meg, the whole time I was on my toes and terrorfied. Meg was terrific, my only complain is that some of it is over exaggerated, but the rest of this superb book is made up by the large amount of Irony used which really get's the reader into the book. I think this book only targets certain readers, the type that like to be scared. Looking into the future I can defineletly see a movie around the corner. This was an excellent book and I recomend readers to read it, if they want to get there heart jumping.
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Summary: Meg: A Book of Pure Terror, but also Pure Fun!
Review: This is absolutely the best I have ever read, on a scale of 1-10 i give it a 100! The only thing better would have to be The Trench, a follow up to this book!
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Summary: THIS IS THE BOOK TO GET YOUR TEENAGER STARTING TO READ
Review: So few teenagers nowdays bother to open a book or enjoy reading. To a parent who would like to get his teenage son or daughter reading, THIS IS THE BOOK. It grabs you from start to finish...from the terrible T-Rex that gets cut in half by that 60 foot shark, with a mouth as big as a "two door garage" and teeth to match, to the pack of killer whales that are turned into minced meat when confronted by it, this exciting book is full of action. Then steer your younger to: RAPTOR RED by Robert T. Bakker...an other great book written by the jurassic expert who advised Steven Spielperg during the making of Jurassic Park and finally to: NEANDERTHAL by John Darnton. A great "modern" adventure that brings you "back" into prehistoric times. All three books are absolutely not boring, but excellent and "easy" read, ...and might finally get your teenager hook on books. From one who got addicted to reading at age 6, by reading 1001 Arabian Nights, which opened for me, the beginning of a never ending adventure. ENJOY.
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Summary: The Meg was Da' Bomb!
Review: Hey! The Meg was the best! There is no compition there. It made Jurrassic park and other movies like that look like Disney movies. "Jurassic Shark" rules.
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Summary: Throw this one back!
Review: Perhaps a fishing metaphor is an apt one - imagine struggling with what you hope will be a large fish worthy of preserving and placing on a wall, only to be bitterly disappointed when you 'land' an old, rotted boot.For anyone foolish enough to buy and read this 'novel' (even the title 'Meg' is surprisingly powerless and unimaginative, it only made me think of abbreviating the girl's name, Megan - certainly nothing to inspire fear), they will quickly realise they have caught the boot. It seems obvious that Meg was written as nothing more than a hopeful 'brainless blockbuster' movie (one thankfully and obviously dropped - as can be seen by Steve Alten's official web site where he is practically begging people to tell others what a great movie Meg would make). Everything about this (incomprehensibly) published book is unforgivably amateur - and we can only wonder how bad this was before it was edited (and if an editor ever deserved to lose their job over bad work, this was it). This book quickly reveals itself to be nothing more than a pastiche of ineptly written action sequences with piled on melodrama, unrealistic motivations and shameful plot contrivances; all packaged together with bad writing and a disappointing lack of intelligence. Even a basic creative writing class will discourage the use of exclamation points and excessive use of verbs - one example is when the 'author' describes a 'dramatic scene' involving lightening, i.e., rather than describe what happens he simply repeats the word 'Flash!' to indicate a lightening strike. While Meg will undoubtedly appeal to 13 year olds who have not read enough to see how excruciatingly bad this is; and who regrettably mistake 'action, gore and simplistic writing' for plot, drama and intelligence (or even the simple ability to write a decent sentence); there is nothing in this truly appalling book to appeal to anyone else. There is simply too much that is implausible, with too many areas of possibility that are wasted, to make Meg even passible. For instance, why does this book have such a farcical plot and storyline? Especially when the concept of a giant, once thought extinct shark being found alive again, has amazing potential (look at how the world reacted with the discovery of the Coelacanth) - but no, we'll make it a simple brain-dead, big monster eating people story. Is there something wrong with writing an intelligent 'horror' story? Stephen King seems to do it all the time. Why is Meg crammed full of unbelievable cardboard characters - all with one-tone motivations and feelings? All instances with our protagonist Jonas' wife are truly shocking examples of bad writing and character development/motivation. Behaviour so 'telegraphed' and set-up, it made me cringe. Why are there so many scientific and factual errors (here's just one: why, after MILLIONS of years does the Megalodon only turn a glowing white, when it evolves in no other way? Surely it would have reduced in size owing to the scarcity of food - Steve Alten seems to continuously forget just how large this animal is and how much food it would have to eat - it would not have stayed that size without its original, and very large, food source to maintain it)? The worst thing is, is that people will actually argue that 'facts' are irrelevant to a 'good action story' - so stop being 'pretentious' and an 'intellectual snob' and just sit back and enjoy it - it's not meant to be a textbook; stop knit-picking over everything. All I can say to that is, why sell yourself so short? Why accept mediocrity? There is no reason we can't have a good action story that isn't so stupid and lame that a diseased baboon could've tapped it out in an afternoon. I for one want and expect more. Even worse, Meg has perhaps the most truly stupid ending ever written. An ending that makes you truly embarrassed for the author, the editors, publishers and, even worse, yourself, for having read it. Is it right to fervently wish the shark would kill everyone and live a full and happy life? I'm sure that wasn't Steve Alten's intention, but... Ultimately this is less a novel than a movie treatment or comic book. It is the worst sort of literature - something written and published for money and, sadly, little else. Do not buy this book.
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