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This book was a lot of fun to read - different enough from the movie to offer plenty of surprises. There are a few spots where the book shows it age - Benchley does a mediocre job writing from a woman's perspective, especially a 38-year-old woman - but overall the book was solid. Should be required summer reading for anyone who loves the movie (or loves a good monster tale).
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A movie novelization is a book written based on the screenplay of a film. I have loved movie novelizations since I was in middle school. It's very different from reading a book that a movie is based on. Movie novelizations usually end up being pretty close to what you see on the screen though you will occasionally read some scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor prior to the film being released. Novelizations fill in some of the gaps that are left in the movies.
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A small Long Island town is terrorized by a great white shark. The police chief, an oceanographer, and a fisherman go after the beast in an exciting finale. A classic.
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