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Summary: This one could eat Jaws for breakfast
Review: What a great book!! When I first read this book I never knew that it was based on a real type of shark, the Megalodon. If you thought Jaws was good, you love this one. It's hard to imagine the enormous size of the shark, a nine foot wide mouth. Anyone who likes a good suspense/thriller novel should read this one. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Excellent Read
Review: THis isn't just another "Jaws." If you like sharks and dinosaurs, this is definately the book for you. The sheer awe that such a creature described in the book ever exists is enough to maintain your excitement during the entire read. Although not as good as the second book "The Trench," Meg sets up a great story of suspense and truly earns the title "deep sea terror."
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Summary: So bad I couldn't finish it
Review: I honestly tried to stick it out. I really hate to stop reading a book, but it was too painful to go on. I'm a big fan of horror and suspense and picked this book up on a lark.
The characters were flat. The Smurfs have more textured personality than the characters in this book.
That aside, there was no real suspense. Every bit of bad luck, horror was always preceded by so much obvious set up, one could easily guess the outcome of the situation. It actually made me angry.
If you want a truly mindless read, this may be a book for you. It's simplistic, and quick to read, but an absolute insult to your intellect.
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Summary: MEG: Nonstop action delivers a monstrous punch!
Review: I'm not sure if they've made a movie based on this novel or not, but it sure beats the hell out of Benchley's "Jaws". If you are looking for a book with edge-of-your-seat suspense and is still intellectually stimulating, this is the one for you. I'm a huge fan of both classic and modern horror, and i gotta say - THIS BOOK SCARED THE BEJESUS OUT OF ME. Read MEG for a fast-paced thrill that has a damn good ending.
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Summary: An Argument about the "jumping out of the water"
Review: It's obvious that a lot of the reviewers (both professional and non) do not watch Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. One of their most popular shows is entitled "Air Jaws". It illustrates the Great White Shark's ability to jump out of the water (when it makes a lunge for a seal) off the coast of South Africa. It is obvious (visually) and it's pointed out that the jump is 1-2 times its length. Therefore, if Megaladon is the ancestor of the Great White...it is plausible that it could do the same. The reason that I award the book 3 stars is due to the "destroy the shark from the inside" portion of the book. If it didn't have that, I would award it 4 or 5 stars.
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Summary: Blows JAWS out of the water!!
Review: Anyone who likes Peter Benchley's Jaws should give MEG a try. This book will scare you in ways you can't even imagine, and definitly makes you think twice before going to the beach.
Steve Alton will transport you to the deepest and most unexplored parts of the earth, and what you find there will probebly give you nightmares, just like the main character in this book!
If you are a shark buff, or just need a good summer read, MEG is the book for you! READ IT! I promise you'll love it!
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Summary: MEG - A Glow to Haunt your Memories
Review: Steve Alten's MEG is expertly written engaging all who tread into deep water to be wary of the megalodon glow. Stephen Lang's narration is superb, pulling me into the spine tingling depths so I can see, feel and hear every catastrophic event as it happens. From the moment Jonas re-enters Meg's domain, the perseverance and knowledge he applies to locate Meg again, as well as his final encounter with natures most ferocious predator, all serve to lure you deeply into their world. If my audio cassettes could talk they would say they are nearly exhausted, as I have listened to it so many times. Meg is definitely movie material as it far outweighs Jaws and Jurassic Park both in believability as well as plot.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE READ
Review: This was one of the best books I had read in a long time. I enjoyed how it managed to stay suspenseful right up to the end. It was well written and grabs ahold of your interest and won't let go until the end. MEG and it's sequel, The Trench, are two books that I highly recommend for those that love novels of this genre.
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Summary: Jurassic Shark wont disappoint!
Review: Ever since I read the part in JAWS about the megalodon I was hooked and terrified at the thought that there could be these mammoth fish swimming around the depths of the ocean.Alten's novel posits this notion quite effectively, combining science with adventure in a novel that will have the reader turning pages in anticipation to see what turn the story will take. The lead character Jonas is realistic and sympathetic. The reader will actually care what happens to him. Along with other characters Mack and Terry Tanaka, the story is fueled by great dialogue and fantastic set pieces. While there are some archetypal characters (Jonas' ex-wife to name one in a long line of morally bankrupt folks), a story like this needs some deplorable people to get munched by the chief antagonist- the shark. In the end, MEG is an entertaining combination of some ideas we've seen before (JAWS, JURASSIC PARK) while introducing new theories about the existence of these leviathan's of the deep.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Well I never really read Meg yet, however i did read "The Trench". It was exellent, I have been crazy about sharks ever since i was a kid, Than when i discovered that there was such a predator as Megolodon, i was blown away. I then found out that Steve Alten wrote a book , The Trench, i went nuts. I thought it was amazingly written. Then just 2 days ago, i found out they were making a film. I got no sleep at all that night in my excitment, looking forward to reading Meg and seeing the Movie! Especially being a huge white shark fan, and because the 2 sharks are so closley linked. Should be a great movie. Hope it blows Jaws And Deep blue sea out of the water. I thought Deep Blue Sea was good exept for the fact that they used Mako Sharks instead of Whites, Then the tried to pawn of the sharks to look like great whites, which was annoying. The used the same skin tone as whites, but gave them the same mouth as a mako. Not that i didn't enjoy the movie, i just rather the White shark. After all, they are the most fierce predator shark!
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