Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #309598 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 432 pages

Customer Reviews

Great author, Great book!
This is my ultimate favorite book ever!
Megladon is back with attitude!
She is fast and furious!
BEWARE!

WARNING:
Steve Alten
is an amazing
author and
will hypnotize
you with amazement
in this brilliant
book!

Far superior to Jaws (the novel, not the film)
Peter Benchley's Jaws is honestly one of the trashiest gutter-fiction novels I have read in my life. I enjoyed not one part of it and felt dirty after finishing. I was hoping that the popular Meg might make up for it especially since I am fascinated by Megalodon sharks and I have 9-inch Meg tooth in my living room.

I wasn't disappointed. Yes, Steve Alten's non-stop adventure is pulpy as hell but is none the worse for it. Meg is just pure entertaintment and should be read as such.

The story is about Jonas Taylor, a deep-sea explorer who loses his nerve when he 'hallucinates' a giant shark near the bottom of the ocean. Determined to prove that he's not crazy he dedicates his life and runs his marriage into the ground in the hunt for the elusive creature. But when a Japanese tycoon asks him to help with a deep sea seismic event project he is led straight back to the place where he first saw the shark and it turns out that it wasn't a figment of his imagination after all.

The shark follows him to the surface and proceeds to wreak havoc on oceans and not even the Navy can stop it. Only Jonas knows to defeat that shark but it would take a madman to even try.

It's not classic literature but it's perfect for those who find reading to be a bit of a chore and want something easily accessible.

This is not the book people would have you believe it is
Let me start by saying I enjoyed this book. Actually, I enjoyed it alot, but probably not for any of the right reasons. Have you ever been watching TV late at night, usually after a pint or two, and found yourself absolutely entranced by a film with poor dialogue, a terrible plot and an awful shaky set? It's usually a film you can't turn off, stay up rediculously late watching and end up feeling terrible in the morning when your alarm goes off. Then everyone at work notices you look dreadful and asks you why. When you try to explain why it was such a good film you had to stay up to watch it, you don't even sound convincing to yourself. Well Meg is the book equivalent of that film. The plot is beyond unplausable, the "science" behind it laughable. None of the characters are believable. It does not stand up to even the gentlest critical review, and yet, it's a compelling read. It would take true genius to write a novel so bad on purpose and i'd say Steve Alten had no irony in mind when he put pen to paper. This book is the archetypal "so bad it's good", and i'd heartedly recommend it for that reason. Please though, don't for a second think this is a great book. I agree with previous reviewers that this is a page turner, but this is entertainment in the same way that watching a comedian die onstage is entertaining.