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Title: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT : A Novel by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0-684-85390-6 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 04 June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (13 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Oh the melodrama!
Comment: This novel is comprised of two parts. The first 9/10 of the book is basically a very long character development on Aurora Greenway, a spoiled Houston widow with no shortage of "suitors" who adore her and put up with her egomania and fits of exceedingly bad behavior. The remaining 1/10 of the book focuses primarily on Aurora's daughter Emma, who lives through a bad marriage and a series of disappointing affairs only to die of cancer slowly, surrounded by her mother, children, husband and lover.
The first part of this book was pretty entertaining. Aurora was someone who I would want to strangle in real life, but her suitors and housekeeper Rosie kept things rolling. I especially liked Vernon, her Texas millionaire oilman. However, no characters really seemed to do anything--just sit around having dinner parties, going out to breakfast, and generally behaving like spoiled brats at all times between and during.
If you have seen the movie by the same name, you know that the movie focuses mainly on this last 1/10 of the book--Emma's dramatic demise. I don't intend to make light of anyone's suffering, and certainly not of cancer, but this part of the book was overdone to the extreme, much like the Bette Midler movie "Beaches." I hate books and movies that seem to be written solely with the intention of getting a cheap cry out of you, and that's they way this part of the book read to me. Emma's speech to her son Tommy about how he should be nice to her because 10 years from now he will look back and regret mistreating her on her deathbed made me cringe.
I had a hard time accepting this book's structure. So little happened in the majority of the novel and so much happened at the end. The akward structure and forced tearjerking made me less appreciative of all the good writing that came before the sapply finale. I have to admit that this book kept me entertained, but great literature it's not.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Book
Comment: Terms of Endearment is a standout from a special author. The book has it all: unforgetable characters (I can't imagine where McMurtry comes up with these people), laugh out loud comedy and heart wrenching drama. The book is not just a story; it's a wonderful experience. Anyone avoiding this book as a result of seeing the Acadamy award winning movie is making a HUGE mistake. I actually read the book first, and found the crticially acclaimed movie to be a major let down. The movie covers about one tenth of what appears in the book, pratically ignoring some of the most memorable characters and story lines ever. Don't miss Terms of Endearment; I think it's great.
Rating: 5
Summary: one of McMurtry's best
Comment: Funny, heartbreaking, and entirely memorable. Aurora Greenaway is without a doubt one of the best characters McMurtry ever wrote, which makes her one of the best characters written by anybody during the last half century.
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Title: Moving On by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0671744089 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title:Terms of Endearment ASIN: B000055ZF6 Publisher: Paramount Studio Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $12.99 |
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Title: The Wandering Hill : A Novel by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0743233034 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title:The Evening Star ASIN: B000055ZFD Publisher: Paramount Studio Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.49 |
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Title: By Sorrow's River : The Berrybender Narratives, Book 3 by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0743233042 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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