Title: Brilliant Movie, pretty bad book.
Review: Jaws is my favorite movie. I love everything about the movie, but most of all I love the characters. I found when I read the book I did not recognize a single character. The book is almost nothing like the movie. The film makers took the basic premise of the book, and created something different and vastly superior. There is not a single likable or well developed character in the book. The most upsetting character is Martin Brody. The character is such a moronic lunkhead he actually come off as mentally challenged. In the book the shark is secondary. More time is paid to the longings of Ellen Brody and her affair with Matt Hooper, which goes no where and has no payoff. One insightful moment is we learn from Ellen Brody "that every little girl dreams of being a prostitute". If you love the movie I can tell you there is no need to read this book. Don't give up on Peter Benchley though, I did very much enjoy his other works. I feel this was his worst book.
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