Title: Jaws

Author: Peter Benchley

Performer: Erik Steele

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Series: N/A

Publishing Date/Publisher: April 7, 2009/Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Format: Audiobook

Review: 

This was, without a doubt, the worst book I have ever read and possible ever will read. I went in expecting a book about hunting down a shark that was attacking people (people who went into his home, but besides the point) and ended up reading about a failed marriage that happened to be imploding at the same time that a shark killed a few people. The marriage was the main plot point, the shark was maybe third in line, if we are being generous.

I understand failed marriages are a big plot device in thrillers and murder mysteries and all that, I don’t have a problem with it being the story, my problem is when the book is literally names Jaws and the book isn’t even about the shark. The characters are all horrible people who garnered no sympathy from me whatsoever.

There was also a part in the book that through me for an absolute loop and actually enraged me quite a lot- the wife plainly states that every woman has rape fantasies, something that is patently not true and extremely harmful as it can be used as an excuse for the violence. It was a disgusting thing to add, and while I am not here to kink-shame if that’s what spins your beanie, I am just pointing out that it is not an ‘every woman’ thing and should not be treated as such.

I haven’t seen the movie (one of the few in the world, I know) so I can’t say how it compares or contrasts, just that I have a deep hatred of this book.

In conclusion:

I was rooting for the shark the whole time.

Reader: Kymberly

Rating: Zero stars