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Summary: Crunch!
Review: Hahaha, how to describe this? Absoulutly amazing, terrifing, and one of my fave books? Ya, that fits. Not for people with weak stomaches. This book really tkes you down into the Marianas trench. I recomend it to anyone with a strong stomache and does not make fun of the words
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Summary: ...the hell?
Review: If you were to call "Meg" literature, you might as well call "Battlefield Earth" cinema. Steve Alten's "Meg", obviously his first foray into fiction, is less like a novel and more like the novelization of a summer movie screenplay, and not a good summer movie at that. I've seen richly-nuanced blockbusters before ("E. T.", "Jaws", Tim Burton's "Batman" movies). This is the paper equivilant of "Robocop 3."The faults of Alten's work can be seperated into three catagories: cliches , coincidences, and "the hell?" Let's go over them one by one. First, cliches: There's the main character giving a scientific lecture containing shocking ideas that no one in the audience takes seriously. He is, of course, proven absolutely right. His wife is just using him to get ahead in the world. He is at fault of a tragedy that ruined his reputation and haunts him every day. Only irritating people get eaten. The fish leaps out of the sea in an awesome spectacle like forty times. And that's just what immediately springs to mind.... Second: coincidences. Jonas (our hero, named after the bible character that was swallowed by a whale, which is in fact a scientific impossibility), just happens to find his wife's boat to witness her dying. The infant meg just happens to show up at the final battle to be captured by our heros. There just happens to be a sequel to this... entitled "The Trench." Sigh. Third: the hell? The opening scene involves a T-rex getting chomped by a meg (dude, that book was WAY better). Jonas kills the creature by driving a sub into its mouth, climbing out, cutting its heart out, gettng back in the sub, and driving out. The author adds sound effects that start halfway through the book. The animal was "rendered blind", even though, living in the darkest depths of the ocean, IT WOULD ALREADY BE BLIND.... As a critic, it is my obligation to nitpick at what others have poured their hearts and souls into. This was great fun for me. If there was a message in this book, it would be "don't read it." Idea for a better shark novel: a group of friends on a boat lose power with a shark stalking them, and as they panic, they begin to turn on each other, giving way to some juicy character conflict and self-exploration. Sound good? Somebody write it. Please!
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Summary: Jurassic Park meets Jaws
Review: This is a great book, it's such a page turner that I finished it the same day that I bought it.Basically it's about a Megalodon (Jaws' great, great, great gramma LOL) that comes up from the depths of the ocean to terrorize the surface. It's probably not the most scientifically accurate book you'll ever read, but it's a lot of fun. If you like Jaws or Jurassic Park, then this book is right up your ally
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Summary: A reasonable yarn but the science is awful.
Review: I write this as a comment on all those who believe Alten did research for this book. I'll concede the book is a good page turner (although the plot and characters are one dimensional) but I find it difficult to believe Alten did any in depth research for this book at all. Otherwise extinct sharks trapped in the Marianas trench? Megalodons were open water feeders there would be little for them to feed on in a trench. The most productive parts of the ocean are the sunlit regions. Indeed it is well known that there is a general decrease in body size as you get deeper. Trapped by cold water? Possible but unlikely, their sheer size would give them thermal inertia. Whales changing their migratory routes in response to one predator? They didn't do that in reponse to whaling pressure. Scary book? What is really scary is that I read somewhere that the author took *years* to do the research.
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Summary: A modern day Jaws. Excellent!
Review: This book is one of the greatest shark books I have ever read! It lives up to Jaws and all of Peter Benchley's novels. Read this, The Trench, and Jaws. These are the best shark fiction books ever written!
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Summary: Two words: Jurassic Shark!
Review: This book is great. I read it all in one day! It's about a sixty foot long shark that comes out of it's hiding place deep in the Challenger's Deep and starts wreaking havoc on sharks, whales, and-you guessed it-people! This book has been getting alot of negative reviews which it totally doesn't deserve. Suspense, a few laughs, action, and a great monster make this book a must read for fans of sci-fi and adventure. Ok, so some of the things in the book were far fetched, like the part when the Meg jumps completely out of the water to catch a helicopter. Do you see great whites jumping out of the water to catch flying birds. Also the part when the megaladon attacks the sub (wich was more than twice it's length) and sinks it! But all in all, it was a great book. I applaud the first time author Steve Alten who wrote this book for all the research and hard work he put into it.
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Summary: good book, but the ending was weak
Review: overall the book was good, but the ending was a bit weak... but hey, if you like sharks and suspension of dibelief... it's good for you. i'd recommend it.
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Summary: MEG
Review: All based on fact. Something you can really sink your teath into. More book's of this type and this caliber should come out.
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Summary: Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror
Review: Most books I never finish, but this one kept me so excited that I finished it in three days.
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Summary: Meg and The Trench~ Steve Alten
Review: His books are of the most prolific I've ever seen! Meg- wow! That book was a heartstopper!But the Trench is what got me hooked-What can I say? It was the first book of his that I read. Both novels are beautifully written. I look up to him as an author. I am an author myself and his books have inspired me. (No I'm not gonna copy his novels) His work with fiction and horror and gore etc have allowed me to develope my mind to write like that. I can write better because of it. Thanks Steve. Once again, his work is truly prolific.
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