Listening as we drive to Dollywood!
Listening as we drive to Dollywood!
From the TBR shelf (saw the movie countless times):
One of my favorite 80s hairband songs is #OnceBittenTwiceShy by Great White
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Haven‘t seen this one in forever! Since I just finished the #Audio I thought I‘d revisit :) #BookToScreen
I just finished this one on #Audio and absolutely loved it!!!! I need to rewatch the movie soon :) 🦈
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Decided to finally read this while preparing for a beach vacation. Literally everything with Helen is sexist and irrelevant to the story, but the parts with the shark, though? So. Freaking. Good! The opening scene is one of the best I‘ve ever read. You almost don‘t hate the fish. Almost.
I was hooked (pun intended) immediately. Were all the characters fleshed out? No, but that‘s not the point. The fish itself, the town as a whole (perhaps my favorite character), Quint and Brody are really all you need to put together a quick read and I thoroughly enjoyed the novel. It‘s no classic of American literature, but it‘s gripping and terrifying in its own way, just the same.
( 📸 Jaws memes I saw this week &a semi-local beach had a shark sighting)
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This book is trash.
Spielberg is a whole genius for making such a good movie out of such terrible source material.
It‘s racist even by 1970s standards. I have no idea what issues Benchley was working through with Brody‘s wife -but yikes. Unnecessary pet death. The mafia is there? The police show a half eaten body to a civilian?
Not enough Quint& not enough Shark
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I am so thankful for the things they left out when they made the movie.
There‘s racist language and undertones in the book and one of the worst instances here of men writing women I ever read. 😂
This is off to a weird start 🤣
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The prose is not what I expected to say the least.
I don‘t have enough words to express how much I disliked this well written book. Maybe it is a classic but maybe sometimes movies are better than books. I will remember a cast full of unlikeable characters, some good deaths, and too little shark. Hated it.
Jaws is my absolute favourite movie of all time. Movie making perfection in my opinion. I read the books when I was much younger and don‘t really remember it but I snagged it at the library and started yesterday. I‘ve been flying through books but slowed down end of February so hopefully this helps me pick up steam again. Have a great weekend! MacGruber in the background as a #caturday offering
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This book doesn't hold up well with age. I found the story to be sexist and racist which distracted me and reduced my enjoyment.
Jaws was interesting.
Peter Benchley did a great job writing unlikable characters. The parts of the book I enjoyed the most were of the shark. Or as he's called in the book 'The Fish'.
The movie felt like a different story. They changed a considerable amount, and I don't have a problem with that at all. And as always, a jump scare got me even though I knew it was coming.
Book: 4/10
Book 🦈: 10/10
Movie: 6/10
Movie 🦈: 10/10
I started Jaws this morning, it is my scare pair for the #screamathon since I have never read or seen the movie.
So far, I agree with Steve Spielberg. I also find the characters unsympathetic and I want the shark to eat them all. 😅
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I read this one a couple months back, and it has not aged well. The toothy bits are great. The way women are written, not so much.
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Day 14: published the year I was born
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The shark isn't as mystified as in the film and there is a greater focus on domestic drama between the characters, but Jaws the book still holds up as a perfectly thrilling summer read.
Really enjoyed!!! Very different than the movie. I recommend you read it.
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I loved the movie adaptation, the novel did not disappoint either. A man-eating shark terrorizes the small town of Amity. The rein of terror causes countless deaths and poses other problems for this beach town. Officer Cheif Brody attempts to find a way to put a stop to the shark attacks. Great read!
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Check out my new #bookreview #podcast! Currently reading Jaws by Peter Benchley
This is a reluctant pick. I liked the fishy bits but could have done without Ellen Brody altogether. Her character's actions were ridiculous and totally unnecessary to the plot in my opinion. I tried to remember that this book is older than I am and give it a bit of slack for that, but...Benchley was not a great writer of women. Ignoring that bit, the book was a quick and intense read.
Bk2 of August & #LitsySummerCampReadathon is done. Finished this last night but fell asleep before posting. Got a good start on the baby blanket with #audioknitting to this, really helps my concentration on both. This book is very different from the movie, and while I did enjoy this it‘s a rare case of the movie is better. Still, it was an insight into 70s culture. #BookspinBingo #Pageathon #AudiobookChallenge2021 #PennyPerPage
Today‘s #SummerCampReadathon is brought to you by Jaws. It‘s one of my favourite movies of all time & I have read this before but that was over 20yrs ago. I saw it was included in my Audible membership & decided to get some #audioknitting done to it. I‘m loving this cotton yarn from Fiddlesticks Yarn, it‘s so easy to work with & has a softness and stretch to it that‘s gonna be beautiful to wrap up bub in. What are you doing this lovely Tuesday?
I thought this would be the perfect beach read. It turns out that I have to give the screenwriters and Spielberg a ton of credit for trimming away the parts of the story that didn‘t work. The characters are less likable, the reader is forced to endure a pseudo-romantic subplot that bogs things down, and the shark hunt is less exciting, partially due to the fact the three guys on the boat can‘t stand one another. 2.5/5
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Reading Jaws by the ocean? Great idea, always found the movie funny because of how bad the shark is portrayed. The book? Can‘t stand how chief Brody is portrayed. You can tell this book is written by a man. Easy. There‘s a whole side story about Mrs Brody and Hooper “getting along”. What struck me was that hooper and chief did not get along, at all. How the shark is shown with animal insight and human brains.
Movie > book #shark #capecod
Happy #SharkWeek 🦈
Decided to finally read the classic book that started a cult classic. I‘ve seen the movie multiple times, always laughing at how fake it clearly is. With all this book and movie did, let none forget that Peter didn‘t like how sharks were viewed afterwards, yet happy to see how many people began to wonder about them. How many people went on to study sharks because of this story. Based on the 4 July attacks in 1916 New Jersey
🦈 One of my favorite movies yet I‘ve never read the book. Let‘s do this! #happy4thofjuly 🇺🇸
Like a lot of people, my only previous experience with this book was the movie adaptation. Luckily, the book was great. The plot is largely the same, with some significant differences, but the characters in the book are much less likeable and flawed. Quint, for ex., is still charming and funny, but his behavior toward animals is much more brutal. The movie cut a whole side plot about Hooper which makes him a very unsympathetic character as well.
This book is a product of its time, written in the mid seventies you can really see how much more research has been done on sharks since (for example we now know that if a woman gets killed by a shark its not to do with her period, sigh) but also in terms of its attitude towards women, lesbians and people of colour.
Overall this was a very bingeable read which I enjoyed, issues aside.
So, I‘m going to be brutally honest: I did not like this book. It actually annoyed me. I usually believe the book is always better, but I imagine that after seeing the movie so many times it skewed my opinion. I felt there were a lot of things in the book that were a disservice to the movie characters I love. That being said, I might have enjoyed it had I only read the book.
Almost 16 years ago my dad passed from cancer. He never read for pleasure. Instead he loved movies and for his whole life shared that love with me. The Jaws movie was on his top ten list (and consequently mine) Both of us could probably recite the entire script. I found the audio of the book (believe it or not I never read it, ever) & started listening tonight while drawing valentines. Enjoying this little bit of memory
A rainy afternoon with Mr K ♥️
Super different from the movie, but still pretty ok. It also means that I finished my #bookspin book today! First time getting both that and the #doublebookspin done! After a long and cruddy week I think that is a success! Thank goodness for a long weekend.
Photo of Bruce the shark from Jaws is from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
📖 Jaws, first one that comes to mind
❤ My grandmother married her high school sweetheart 67 years later.
🎶 Surf rock like Miserlou, California Girls, Sleepwalk, etc; Boardwalk Angel & Jersey Girl feel very NJ summer; Summertime by the Fresh Prince Will Smith; and Sublime's entire 40 oz. to Freedom album gives me summer vibes, even in the dead of winter.
Tag! You're all it! 😁
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#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94
That first chapter traumatized 7yo Cleo 😅
• Have You Seen The Rain by CCR, which is still one of my favourites
• it‘s finally raining after a week of super hot days
#thankfulthursday @Cosmos_Moon
It is Shark Week and @curiouserandcurioser and I will be celebrating all week long 🦈🌊🦈🌊🦈
Confession time: I've never seen Jaws. I know. I know. It's one of those movies I've probably watched through all of the five or ten minutes I've stumbled across over the years. So after my current book I plan on reading Benchley's book and remedying this oversight. I haven't heard very many good things about the book, so expectations are a bit low. What iconic movie have you never seen? No shame, we all have them.
Yes socks on the beach! Dont judge me! 😂
This book surprised me. I think I prefer the movie version as the whole marital situation wasnt really necessary for the plot.
Finished my first book for #readyoursign challenge! I loved when the shark was about to attack, you see things from the sharks point of view. Definitely upped that creepy vibe a ton. However, very disappointed in Ellen Brody. Loved her in the movie, hated her in the book. Super fun summer read for sure!
Checked off prompts #3 and #4 for #readyoursign #pisces
A weekend of gardening, hiking, and reading the tagged book for #readyoursign reading challenge!
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Gotta say, the graphic shark sequences in this creepy #BookSpin Bonus Pick will probably keep me out of the water this summer. 😆 Loved the Bonus Content: Benchley‘s backstory on writing Jaws plus his personal notes on what he wanted to change in the movie. A compelling read except for the annoying stereotypic female characters. At least Ellen Brody was better portrayed in the film, and her absurd erotic fantasies were left out.
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I thought I was ready for my next book for the March #DoubleSpin. This is Number 7! Should I be brave and dive in??? 😳🦈🦈🦈
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Around here lots of folks are looking for the (baby) shark #costume but I‘ll settle for this adorable keychain. (Nats logo is on the back.) #fallisbooked
Another scary movie done for 2points! I first saw Jaws when I was about 6 or 7, it‘s given me a lifelong phobia of swimming at sea🦈It also gave me a fascination with the Indianapolis, Quints monologue about the sinking is mesmerizing. As far as I‘m concerned, it‘s the finest piece of acting, and writing, ever filmed. A perfect movie all round. #Scareathlon #TeamSlaughter 2points #PointsTotal-689