Jaws

By: Peter Benchley

Narrated by: Erik Steele

Jaws is the classic blockbuster thriller that inspired the three-time Academy Award-winning Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again—or for the first time!

Jaws was number 48 in the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies, and the film earned the coveted number-one spot on the Bravo network's 100 Scariest Movie Moments countdown.

This timeless tale of man-eating terror that spawned a movie franchise, two video games, a Universal Studios theme park attraction, and two musicals is finally available on audio for the first time ever!

©2002 Peter Benchley (P)2009 BBC Audiobooks America

Jaws

First read the book when it came out and read it more then once - great summertime read. At the time I was a young mom of three and vowed that my little ones would never swim in the ocean, of course, that vow was broken many times over. Decided that it would be a great summertime Audible book and I was right - love it - it is like visiting with an old friend - bringing back good memories. Also Erik does a great job.

bad story but quality performance

This book aged like milk. If you are a fan of the movie or are in anyway critical of the stories you consume you will be bitterly disappointed. however the same cannot be said for Erik Steele's performance which was excellent and brought like to these otherwise dull characters.

Loved this Shark tale

I saved this listen for the beach vacation so I might have enjoyed it even more because of that - just fun. I was very surprised how different the book is from the movie. I rented the movie after the listen and plot varies greatly. I prefer the book. Much more backstory. Movie is great for suspense but listen to the book for a real story. Excellent narrator - great listen.

Not safe to go onto Audible

I love this book even if every character is a complete a-hole, personally I had forgotten how anticlimactic the ending is and how long the chapters were. If you have not read Jaws give it a read I rate it 10 Matt Hooper climaxes out of 10

a bit disappointed

Maybe because the movie scares me half to death as a kid when I saw, or because there was no theme music every time the shark showed up, but it just wasn't as suspensfilled as I thought it would be.
I could also do without all the bawdy talk and swearing. almost didn't finish this one because of those 2 things, didn't add anything to the story for me.