Meg

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Summary: Jurassic Shark
Review: This book is an absolute hoot. The shark eats all of the bad people and all of the rest stand around and watch. The characters are cardboard, the story is not original at all and the writing could have been better. But, so what? The book is a fast read and very entertaining. The movie should be an exact copy of the book, because the book is really just a bound screenplay. Don't think when you read and you'll enjoy it

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Summary: A great summer read!
Review: I received a reader's copy of this book and couldn't put it down. It combines prehistoric sharks with modern ocean exploration. A great adventure book. People will be talking about the book for a while, as they wait for the movie. I'd be happy if I'd written this as my first novel. Not great literature, but it picks you up and carries you away on a good summertime adventure. I predict it will be part of Amazon.com's top sellers for the Summer

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Summary: Best Sea Terror novel in a long time
Review: After reading the proof I am convinced this will be one of the top hits of 97. It starts off hot and ends with a bang. If you liked Jaws you will love this

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Summary: The Birth Of Terror!
Review: Welcome back to the world Megaladon! MEG is an amazing read, full of action and terror. Remember JAWS? Well, to MEG, Jaws is the size of a goldfish cracker! Happy swimming!

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Summary: This book is a MUST
Review: I am personally not a big reader, nor do I enjoy most books, but "MEG" was probably the BEST book I've ever read. I really enjoyed "Jaws" and MEG is 10 times better. The story is extremely well developed and played out. I honestly cannot recommend it any higher than "near-perfect." The only downfall I had with this book was a paper cut.

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Summary: GIGANTIC TERROR, ALL CRAMMED INTO ONE NOVEL!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I just recently finished this book and it was great, Steve Alten really captures the essence of power this massive predator would portray. Jonas Taylor as the main character was a very likable character for me, he seemed to be going through a lot and you can't help but fill sorry for him. However when the mighty Megaladon rises up from the depths he and numerous others must face it's awesome power. Alten truly decribes the way people are filling in this story. The day after I finished this book I started on the sequel THE TRENCH, you can expect to see a review for it when I finish it.

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Summary: MEG, Had Me At Hello...Not Really
Review: Ever since Steve Alten's interview on the 'Today' with Matt Lauer, which was back in 1997 (I think), I always wanted to read 'MEG'. But for one reason or another, I put reading MEG on the backburner; I think the reason I waited so long was because I had a hard time finding a hardcover. Well, the time came when I was in the mood to read MEG, after finding a hardcover.

Before writing this review, I wanted to know what other people thought of this book, I didn't read all 400+ reviews, but it seemed people either hated it or loved it, no middle ground. For the people that hated the book, from the reviews I read, they thought the writing was poor or at least not developed. Ok, but lets give Steve Alten a break. This was his first book, and from what I gather about Steve Alten, his journey to get MEG published was not an easy one. After all, of all the people that didn't like the book, how many of them are published authors? From what I understand, the odds getting a book published are not in your favor. However, I do agree with some of the more constructive criticisms of the book. A lot of people mentioned the fact that the ending was weak, or underdeveloped. I agree, the ending was very weak. I wanted to know what happened to Jona, Terri, and Mac after the ending. What were there lives like? Did Jona and Terry go on a vacation together? What was Mac's life like after his experience with the MEG? And what of the offspring? If Steve Alten answered these questions, I think he wouldn't have receieved so many bad reviews regarding the ending. As for the writing, there are a lot of clichés in the book. The scientist that needs to be vindicated. The bitchy career driven wife of the scientist that has the morals of an Enron executive. The millionaire that has more money than sense, and the list goes on. You will have to decide if the clichés are appropriate, or not. Is this book intellectually stimulating? In my opinion, no; but the book was entertaining to read. The description of the MEG's biology was interesting, and so was the premise. I never heard of a Megalodon before, and I like stories about nature running amok on mankind.

I know that Steve Alten has written many books since MEG, I hope that his writing improved with time, and I look forward to reading his books in the future. I will give Steve Alten a second chance, he deserves it.

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Summary: Meg of the abyss.
Review: steve Alten intertwines all of the charecteristics of a good book. Fans will love meg, as I did. The fantasy of a giant great white shark is unbelievable but yet he makes it believeable.

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Summary: book is bad egg...
Review: They say this book be for bad reeders like me, but i don't like it. this book is not exceting or interesting. Steve Alten III is a very sexy man, but he cant write.

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Summary: Meg: A Novel Of Deep Ineptitude
Review: This book--"a jaw-dropping and terrifying page-turner of the deep" according to some marketroid who probably cranks out these blurbs in his sleep--proves beyond doubt that the industry will publish anything if it thinks it can make a buck off the witless rabble. The only thing jaw-dropping and terrifying about Meg is that it ever got published in the first place. Written at a grade-school level with some of the most inane dialogue I've ever read in my life--and I've read a lot of swill in my time--Meg made the Reluctant Reader's Top 10 List in 1998, which suggests that reluctant readers everywhere should just be taken out and shot. Only a struggling writer who has beat his head against the inpenetrable wall of the industry and listened to their blather about quality for years can appreciate how deeply twisted and wrong it is that Meg ever made it into print.