The Deep

by Peter Benchley

Book Overview

A young couple go to Bermuda on their honeymoon. They dive on the reefs offshore, looking for the wreck of a sunken ship. What they find lures them into a strange and increasingly terrifying encounter... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385047428
• ISBN13: 9780385047425
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.

Customer Reviews

It was okay.

I liked the story but I didn't much care for the ending.

A Great Story...

Secretly, I think all of us want to find sunken pirate treasure. Am I wrong? Benchley tells another ocean oriented story about a married couple on their honeymoon who happen upon something very interesting while on a routine wreck dive. There are many myths about what this ship was carrying, and now there is a race to confirm the whereabouts of the long lost treasure. There are no typical monsters (as we are used to seeing from Benchley) however, when we see how people can act when gold is at stake, we see a monster more fearsome than anything seen in Jaws or The Beast. Buy this book, its a hidden treasure to be sure... Relic113

The Deep

I thought the book was interesting. It had many twist and turns. I thought the book would be about sharks but it wasn't. It had alot of action, romance, and a little bit of scary. It was an all around book. The couple in this book is an odd couple. The man is alot older, but she still likes him. They met scuba diving while the guy was still married. His divorce was finalized and the girl preposed.To me that is odd because i think a guy should prepose. One of my favorite books. The author should be pleased with himself.

My paperback copy is worn to tatters!

I was actually hoping to order a new copy...this novel has the unfortunate baggage of being in the eternal shadow of its predecessor, "Jaws"...and that's a genuine shame. "The Deep" reeks with authenticity. Benchley is in his element here. I was deeply enthralled with all the historical narrative given by Treece...fascinating stuff! I agree with a couple of other reviews; the story ended too glibly. The rich detail offered here...Benchley is part of that rare breed of author who manages to instruct while he entertains ( and without being remotely didactic, unlike a popular "technothriller" author I could name! ). The Deep actually transports me to a remote island. I get in the mood for this yarn, and for two days I simply cannot put it down! With every sucessive read, I find myself hoping the ending will turn out favorably for our characters (!)...how many novels can lay claim to having that degree of staying power? Forget the lackluster movie adaptation; interestingly, this novel is far superior, while I've always felt Speilberg's rendering of "Jaws" almost surpassed the novel of that name by this same author! Approach "The Deep" with the expectation of a good "treasure hunt" story versus an epic sea monster tale, and you won't be disappointed ( that is, if you can obtain a copy ).

A book that deserves better credit!

After reading some of the other reviews, I was shocked at how some people responded. This book is just as good as Jaws. In fact, I think this is one of his greatest books. While it may have been a little slow paced at times, most of the book was riveting. For example, for the last 50 pages, I did not want to put the book down, Benchely held my interest throughout the whole book.

Not suspenseful. Not scary. Just great!

The thing about the Deep is that you can't let yourself get wrapped up in the idea that you need to be terrified to enjoy Peter Benchley. What THE DEEP is is this book about a shipwrcek laden with thousands of ampules of drugs. And our three characters, one of them a lady, new for Benchley, are trying to bring them all up at the whims of drug lord Cloche. But there's also treasure down there too. A lot. Its fun to read becasue it appeals to this, childish, almost immature sense of adventure in us. There's a lot of diving down into the deep for treasure and drugs. A whole lot of diving. Its simply fun becasue at times it is complicated, but mostly, its just simple diving with lots of adventure and danger.END