Overall, I thought the book was very well written and it elaborated on details the movie did not. The book itself had much more deaths and those deaths were more brutal. It was very interesting to see Hopper and Brody at each other’s necks. I did not however, like the affair between Hopper and Ellen- it didn’t add anything more to the plot and would’ve been good without it. The ending (spoilers) was also very interesting in the fact that the shark simply just dies- moments before getting a hold of Brody. If you are a fan of the movie I would highly recommend reading the book, in my opinion I enjoyed the movie more because it featured more time out on the Orca. The book itself didn’t have too much time on the Orca-but the time it did have was done well.

I like reading old school books like this the way they are written, brings nostalgic memories for me, even though I’m only dirty and this book is way older than I am really enjoyed reading this one

I’m sure glad they ignored most of the book when they made the movie! Tedious read at best.

Absolutely amazing. So much of it is like the film yet so much is different.

Still a thrilling read.

Great book.

The novel Jaws is significantly different than the Academy Award winning movie. Although the author is also credited with the screenplay along with Carl Gottlieb, there are stark differences that I think make the movie a much better story.

I am so happy the movie took the liberties it did with the story because the book has almost zero likable characters and how it became so popular is a mystery....

Better than the movie . More deaths . Affairs . Hopper as the bad guy. And the shark being the shark .

Jaws