Flawed, sporadically exciting thriller by the author of Jaws about a marine biologist who encounters a deadly creature in the waters off the coast of Connecticut, the mutated fruit of decades-old Nazi experimentation. Begins with fine air of mystery and adventure, then refuses to give up the mystery until late in the book, by which time it has become merely confusing. The obligatory woman (a scientist herself, doing whale research using cameras mounted on sea lions) fits nicely into the story, but Benchley can't quite figure out how to handle the obligatory kid: he begins as a long-delayed experiment in fatherhood, then, at 12 years old, develops a life of his own, complete with deaf girlfriend. Manages, however, to end reasonably well. Worth reading, once, for those who like this sort of thing.
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Flawed, sporadically exciting thriller by the author of Jaws about a marine biologist who encounters a deadly creature in the waters off the coast of Connecticut, the mutated fruit of decades-old Nazi experimentation. Begins with fine air of mystery and adventure, then refuses to give up the mystery until late in the book, by which time it has become merely confusing. The obligatory woman (a scientist herself, doing whale research using cameras mounted on sea lions) fits nicely into the story, but Benchley can't quite figure out how to handle the obligatory kid: he begins as a long-delayed experiment in fatherhood, then, at 12 years old, develops a life of his own, complete with deaf girlfriend. Manages, however, to end reasonably well. Worth reading, once, for those who like this sort of thing.
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7/3/2016 07:38:39 pm
If it wasn't so late after Jaws, I'd say he was trying to cash in. On his own work no less :-)
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Brian
7/3/2016 09:45:22 pm
I guess he did cash in in a way since he co-wrote the screenplay for Jaws (which was infinitely better than the book anyway). But, yeah, I know what you mean. Kind of odd he didn't write a sequel to Jaws.
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