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Title: Extinct
by Charles Wilson
ISBN: 0-312-96212-6
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $6.99
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Average Customer Rating: 3.57 (67 reviews)

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Rating: 3
Summary: There's always a bigger fish...
Comment: A young boy watches two of his friends go under water. His dog starts barking. His friends never resurface. And so begins Extinct, which will probably before ever known as the 90's other giant shark book, getting nowhere near the publicity (or blasting) of Steven Alten's Meg. But unlike Meg, this book takes it's plot seriously, and despite the name, revealling the Megalodon's presence is a big spoiler, as when the marauding shark is first discovered, it is mistaken for a normal great white. As for characters, well, I'm sure Wilson read a lot of Peter Benchley before writing this, because most would be right at home on the pages of Beast, Jaws or Creature. There is drama and action, with some mystery added, and in the end it is entertaining. But the twist in the end, while jaw-dropping storywise, is highly unlikely reality wise, which is not such a good idea for a novel whose main draw is it not as comicbook as Meg. Still a good read.

Rating: 4
Summary: Jaws who?
Comment: If I could give this book four and a half stars I would. I love books about predators, they are so fun to read about if the author is skilled as much as Charles Wilson is. He brings forth the best elements in writing: making you feel for the people, and making you understand that animals are just doing what they do. I want to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Rarely is a thiller such as this one, with a prehistoric 'star' so beleivable and put together so well. The family thing at the end is a little far out, but I of how Jaws ended with you saying "is that all?", and with the megalodon in "Meg" ramming submarines and sinking them, the ending Charles Wilson came up with is the best of them so far. The story was so believable, with the shark understanding angles(as real animals do) and how one Admiral Vandiver believed that megalodons still existed. There are over one thousand new animals discovered every year! The coelacanth was supposedly extinct for millions of years when one was caught in '38, so it is possible that as large and as deep as the ocean is a shark could go undetected for a long time. As big as whale sharks and great whites are, how often do we see one of them? Back to the book, this book is an absolute page turner. I find myself torn between rooting for the shark and worrying about the people. Not enough books are written about the possibilities of science, technology, and nature (Jurassic Park, Extinct, Jaws, aand Meg are exceptions). I am currently reading this book again, (so I am writing about two years after reading Extinct for the first time) and I still enjoy this book. This book goes in my collection along with the aforementioned books and "Thinning the Predators". Great book Charles Wilson.

Rating: 1
Summary: this book made me cry
Comment: I had originally bought this with two other books.The other two being Meg and The Trench.I read this book first and it was just a disgrace to the shark itself.Besides switching scenes every other sentence the author treated the shark as nothing but a soulless beast. i read up to the last five pages and couldnt bring myself to even finish the book because it was so bad. Stick with Steve Alten

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