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Summary: Good book, bad point
Review: It's unfortunate that the author felt it necessary to make snide remarks on belief systems within a decent story line. The story was well written and actually entertaining. BUT, by repeatedly including lines such as "miracle of evolution", the author caused a distraction from the story line by making fun of evolutionary beliefs. Yes, their are "miracles" necessary for evolution to be true, but leave that for scientists to deal with, not fiction novels.
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Summary: I just gouged out my eyes!!! YES!!!
Review: Unable to deal with the horrifying possibility of accidentally reading another book as bad as this one, I have just finished tearing my eyes out with a shrimp fork. For the love of God, spare yourself the screaming agony I now feel and DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOK! Why you ask? What offended you so seriously? Was it the scene where the giant glowing shark sinks the nuclear submarine? Were you disturbed when said shark leapt 60 feet out of the water to snap at a helicopter? Was it emotional for you to try imagining 8 helicopters accidentally crash into each other? Did you feel ill when the hero drove his rocket-powered sub into the glow-sharks' stomach, cut out it's evil heart, then piloted the rocket-sub back out through it's mouth? Actually, what really disturbed me about this book was the quality of the writing. Wow, this was the worst written book I've ever read. Clunky pace, ruined suspense, unbelievable characters, silly dialog, poor descriptions, no inspiration, and science you just can't swallow-even if you're a giant glow-shark.
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Summary: Modern and artless but sleek and visceral- MEG delivers
Review: Unlike its sucessor, THE TRENCH, MEG is a straight up shark thriller, an excercise in thrills and chills and shock and awe, and a successful one because it has no other pretensions. This debut thriller is a knockout opening the MEG trilogy, which was followed by a serviceable but bloated sequel, TRENCH, which bogged down in too many subplots and flat drama. In other words, it's following the MATRIX trilogy in terms of style. Because we live in a day and age of excess and the need for non-stop stimulation has drenched the entertainment culture, Steve Alten provides us a shark that is 60 (or thereabouts) feet long and revenous with hunger. We get the usual attacks on scuba divers, beachgoers, and mariners. We get the opening scene which is a display of the violence that the creature can create. The hero is a likeable, troubled man with many enemies that serve as dry-land antagonists which we hope will be eaten sooner rather than later, and their inevitable comeuppances are satisfying. While MEG doesn't break any genre rules, it at least honors them and doesn't try to be anything else, a wise move for the first-time author. Instead, Alten serves up a hearty helping of blood and gore and violence and death and destruction and chaos and mayhem and carnage and sharks and ravenous feeding frenzies and dead stuff. Enjoy!
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Summary: move over JAWS!
Review: I just had to have the book! the novel was beyond great. i rooted for Jonas and Terri, my pulse raced when the meg surfaced,then i found myself at four in the morning unable to put the book down. it will definately make you rethink the idea of megalondon being extinct. it gives one a plausible reason to believe that the super preditor could survive over the millions of years. with the viable heat and food source, there is reason to believe. other species were thought of as extinct until they were found alive! Jaws move over! Meg is on her way! JUST DONT EAT THE FIN SOUP!! BAD KARMA WILL FOLLOW YOU IF U DO! THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE HERE, OCEANS ARE THEIR HOME OURS IS ON LAND. SHOW RESPECT AND STOP KILLING SHARKS FOR NONBENIFICAIL CARTILIAGE!! U KILL THEM AND U ARE KILLING US, THINK ABOUT THE CHIAN. WE ARE LINKED IN IT TOO. THINK ABOUT IT. ONE LINK GETS GONE AND THE WHOLE CHAIN FALLS APART. ANIMALS OUTNUMBER US SO PREDITORS ARE NEEDED. LET THEM DO THEIR JOB.
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Summary: A great read no matter how many times
Review: This book is so great. It gives you an educational topic (although, i'll admit, it is exagerated) and a great storyline. I've read this book at least 5 times just for the pure entertainment it gives me. It's an easy read that i would recommend to anyone who likes sea life and adventure.
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Summary: Great!
Review: I heard about this book from my mom. She was reading it over the summer and thought that I might be interested in it because of the water and sharks. I thought since I had to read a book for my college reading class. I mine as well try it. Right from the beginning of the book it grabbed me and I couldn't put the book down. The author described everything is such detail. When he would describe some of the killing parts I could picture it perfectly in my head. The language in the book was very up front. He said some things like they were. It also had a good number of historical facts in it as well. If you like the water and have any fascination with sharks, I would recommend this book to you.
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Summary: Good Entertainment
Review: This book was quite exciting. For anyone looking for a thrilling summer read. You never know who the next victim will be until it's too late. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Wheres the movie!
Review: I've typed to you before talking about how "Great" you are but I'm really disappointed I've been telling everyone how theres going to be a meg movie! What gives! I'm waiting! The book was great so ake the damn movie! It's that easy! Unless this movie comes out you are going to lose alot of customers!!!:(
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Summary: Great until the end
Review: I really enjoyed this book for the most part. I loved the premise! I loved how it started off! I thought the characters were pretty well established. The book moves along at a great pace and the great shark is frighteneing. I would have given this book a solid 4 stars if it had a better ending. I won't ruin it for anyone but I just found the ending far fetched and a little silly. If this was a movie and it ended the same way I think people in the theatre would be laughing. Exciting fun book undone by a goofy ending.
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Summary: Nonstop Yikes!
Review: A quickly moving tale that plays out like old cliffhanger serials, with every event a worst-case scenario, Meg is both barely believable, yet horrifically realistic. It's a fast read you can't put down, and while you can see where some of Alten's ideas are headed fairly early on, it's still a lot of fun reading them through. Plenty of entertainment plus a little education makes this a nice read for Michael Crichton or Clive Cussler fans. Does for beach days what Robin Cook's Toxin does for a night out at the burger joint...yikes!
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