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Summary: Fun but predictable--despite the mistakes...
Review: I have NO idea WHY I picked up 'Meg' in the first place, but despite my original 'feeling' that it'd be cliche and trivial, I have to admit, I DID enjoy it--despite the mistakes Mr. Alten makes in regards to oceanic life, sharks and a few others... But like I said, all that aside, Alten HAS given us a fun adventure with an over-sized prehistoric shark believed to have been extinct for millions of years.WHAT IF Megolodon's DID still live?? Well 'Meg' works to give us an idea of what 'might' happen if not only one was discovered alive, but made it to populated waters. The descriptions certainly make the 'Meg' out to be roughly a million times more frightening than ANYTHING else currently alive on the planet, including insignificant white sharks (tiny little ancestors). Should a Meg actually escape the Trench and make it into the open seas I would imagine the carnage would be horrific indeed. I found 'Meg' to be predictable, and the ending was a bit contrived but above and beyond all that there was something about this story that still had me entertained. I can't put my finger on it, but should 'Meg' ever be produced into a mini-series or theatrical release--and we all know it COULD happen, and they would end up RUINING it by re-writing just about everything--IF in fact they went along with the script, I can see summer blockbuster written all over this one. Hollywood, are you listening???
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Summary: No Star! Probably the Worst Novel in the 20th Century!
Review: Can't believe this moronically written book would ever be printed and published. This is a cardboard artwork ridiculously and so roughly cut out and done in elementary school. The only winner is the publisher who obviously conned a lot of readers and made a lot of money since there are so many reviews done by the cheated consumers. A nightmare to any reader whose brain is larger than a walnut. Compare this book to "Jaws" is absolutely an insult and big slap to Peter Benchly(?). This is the Novel of the Deepest Terror in the publishing ocean. I am in deep sorrow that so many trees were slaughtered just by printing this worst novel ever written and published in the 20th Century.
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Summary: Menacing!! Look out jaws
Review: This MEG made Jaws look like a GoldFish. MEG was quite busy, and could smell quite some distance. This was Jurassic Park meets the X-Files.
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Summary: Wow
Review: The book I read was called MEG and the author is Steve Alten. This is an excellent book about a sixty foot shark that has survived 200 million years. They just discovered its existence when it began to attack and eat people off the shores. It was biting whales in half and the townspeople and the US Navy had to deal with it. This book is 10 times better than the book/movie Jaws so if you like those types books like I do ,read this book MEG by Steve Alten
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Summary: Quick....Catch Your Breath!
Review: If you've ever gone diving under water, you'll enjoy this book even more. You'll know when you have to breath just to survive; and you'll gulp for more air as you read! This is one helluva ride. The action is non-stop, plausible and relentless. Steve Alten has captured the fear and excitement of being at and under the sea with such danger at large. Actually, Mr. Alten completely wrecked my weekend. I started Meg around noon on a Sunday, thinking I'd just get a couple of chapters under my belt before other work that needed completion. Not so. I finished reading late that same day, gasping for breath and wondering how I'd catch up on that work. Thanks Steve, for a great day of excitement and new knowledge of the sea.
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Summary: Umm, sarcasm?
Review: After reading some of the other customer reviews, I couldn't believe that no one had realised that this book was supposed to be a bunch of all the possible cliches there is. A joke. And people actually like it?... :-D well, that tells a lot about the average IQ... :)
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Summary: The invicible
Review: I have read both Meg and The Trench and i think that they are just totally awesome the megalodon is totally uinstoppable i can imagine it going after whales it was aweomse as the alibino giant megalodon rammed the submarine and made it sink and when it easily killed that bull humpback whale. I think that this book should be read by everybody to all those who are shark fans. In the Trench Angel the gigantic 72 foot long 61,000 pound giant megalodon is even more sacry than the first megalodon i read about how it got into that fight with that sperm whale named mad max and easily shredding him all EXTINCT MEG AND THE TRENCH are my favorite books I WILL rad these books as many times as i want to . IF THIS MEGALOdon is totally powerful and the most fearful creature to ever liv in the ocean then i think not only this shark is king of the ocean and also i think that it should be a guardian then rather a killer machine of the oceans of the world. I also have lots of replica teeth of megalodon and including a video
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Summary: "Meg" is a sure fire winner
Review: Wow. This is one of the rare books that I kinda wish I'd thought of. Based on a brilliant premise, the book moves right along at a fast clip. A real sea yearn. Characters are motivated by both noble and base instincts that in some cases eerily parallel those of the prehistoric predator...a message for the human race? I've already bought Alten's sequel, which I am devouring ("The Trench").
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Summary: Megged
Review: In his first novel Meg, Steve Alten writes a tale of a giant killer shark (Such Originality!!!!). But serously, Meg is not a disaster, well it is a disaster (story) but not one in the form of words on paper, it keeps a person reading. After a short slow start Alten places some recycled characters into short chapters in a recycled story. But the length of the chapters and reused feel does not matter. Meg is action, and Alten prevents a reader from his or her attention to wander elsewhere. Also, I must commend Alten on his research on the Megaladon's (Big dang sharks.) which winds up as very interesting reading. So to sum things up, Alten creates a world wich action and suspense lovers will embrace and enjoy not worship but enjoy none the less. A very good first work.
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Summary: Amateurish
Review: I struggled to finish this book. I realize it's popular fiction, not meant to be taken too seriously, but COME ON. So many of the plot devices were unbelievable, characters were cardboard, dialogue was idiotic, the writing was just crappy. The author for some reason feels the need to use exclamation marks (!) during the narrative throughout the book. As if he couldn't generate enough excitement, so he'll say 'The shark jumped out of the water!' Where was the editor! This book should not have been published!
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