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Terms of Endearment (Signet)
by Larry McMurtry
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Signet (1983-11-08)
ISBN: 0451126513
EAN: 9780451126511
Paperback: 1 pages
SKU: 8904
Condition: Good
Comments: Binding: Softcover. Condition: Good.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Fiercely independent and idiosyncratic, Aurora Greenway is used to the world revolving around her, but her daughter's hasty marriage and subsequent struggle with cancer cause Aurora to rethink her life. Reprint. NYT.
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Customer Reviews
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Endearment for 'Terms'
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-04-02
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
When I first saw Shirley MacLaine as Aurora and Debra Winger as Emma I knew there was more to thair characters then just fun loving and tears. I picked up the novel 'Terms of Endearment' and finished it in two days, it made me laugh, wonder, and cry. The book surpasses the movie by FAR which is remarkable because the movie is fantastic (and has the 1982 Best Picture Oscar). I enjoyed every minute of this delightful and heartmelting book. The friends and characters that come along in the book are hilarious and touching. The General is smooth talking and Rosie and Verne are just as the title, endearing.
Must read this one!
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Terms od Endearment
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-02-12
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
When a novel makes the characters "real" and you tell your friends about them (in detail) as if they are people you know and love; then the author is a success. I saw the movie years ago but recently read the novel. The movie was great, the novel superb.
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Loved the book and the movie
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-01-22
I adored the book and gave it to all my friends and relatives at Christmas. McMurty is a gifted writer who really does understand women. He is a master of the subtle power struggles that go on between mothers and daughters. In spite of the sad ending, I laughed out loud through most of this novel. The author is a great entertainer with a marvelous ironic wit and the ability to create larger-than-life characters who stay in our imagination. In the end I found the book intriguing and touching. The movie is terrific, but utterly different, leaving out so many of the quirky characters and stories in the book that it is almost a different animal. The book and the movie should each be taken on its own merits.
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Beware
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-01-11
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Spoiler alert! If you enjoyed the movie and are reading the book because of the movie you may feel let down. The movie is VASTLY different. In fact the film is merely based on characters in the book, and tells a story, where as the book really did not have much of a story to tell. The biggest difference between the two is that Nicholson's astronaught character does not exist in the book. I have to give much credit to director James L. Brooks for having the insight to create such a character (something the book needed). I am so glad that I saw the movie first because it is so much better than this book and I would not have enjoyed it like I did.
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Entertaining, but not Great.
Rating (3)
Date: 2007-11-02
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I agree with a previous poster who said he (or she) had a problem with the structure. The last 1/10 of the book seemed forced. It seemed almost to take on a different theme or "flavor".
The first 90% of the book--although it didn't seem to be going anywhere fast--was entertaining because it was light-hearted, wacky, quirky and spontaneous; whereas the last part was heavy and lumbering.
It was worth reading, though.
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