Cimarron (1929) (edit title/settings)

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Liked It 1 of 1 members found this review helpful Rated 4 stars “What a terrible cover on this copy, but added just for the author and title. Since it was many years ago when I read Ferber's best known titles, I remember only basic tidbits about the stories themselves. What I do remember is how much I liked her books. I'm sure many libraries have discarded...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 3 stars

  “Cimarron marks the end (for now) of my excursion into Edna Ferber's works, and it embodies many of the strengths and flaws Ferber portrays in all her stories.
  
  On the plus side, we have strong, almost painfully realistic characters. There is a demanding undercurrent of no-nonsense tell-it-like-it-is beneath Ferber's romanticism, just as there are startling cliche busters hiding behind the melodrama. In addition to her always vivid sense of setting, I appreciate her warty characters. They aren't always lovable, but they're always intriguing.
  
  However, Cimarron also suffers from the same flaws as do the rest of her books. The prose seems even more overblown and purple than usual here. Ferber knows how to pick the telling details and she can turn a beautiful phrase. But she also likes to heap on the glittery descriptive phrases like too many toppings on a pizza. Even more concerning, however, is her tendency to carefully and slowly build the story, only to chop it off in a hurried and abrupt ending.”

  K.M. Weiland wrote this review Monday, February 20, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “A wonderful sprawling story set in the Wild West. Although I read this many, many years ago, I still remember how much I loved this book.”

  NancyK18 wrote this review Saturday, July 31, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “As an English teacher, I have had to read books that I would never have done so on my own. This is one that I had to read and enjoyed very much. It is the Oklahoma land rush and the Old West.”

  Bil wrote this review Friday, October 2, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “What a terrible cover on this copy, but added just for the author and title. Since it was many years ago when I read Ferber's best known titles, I remember only basic tidbits about the stories themselves. What I do remember is how much I liked her books. I'm sure many libraries have discarded lots of copies of Ferber - it is such a shame - she is a great storyteller. Edna Ferber writes a great story about American people that you can identify with personnaly and with the time periods and American history in which they are set. I guess I should go back and read a couple to see if they still make as big an impression on me now. [so many books so little time] But, if YOU haven't read Ferber try 'So Big' or one of these titles I added to start with. If you do try her, please post your feelings and comments about this older American Pulitzer Prize winning author.”

  Lindabug wrote this review Friday, January 4, 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “I read this a really long time ago and don't remember much about it other than I liked it a lot. ”

  booklady wrote this review Sunday, December 23, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Favorite book of all time. Hands down. Unless you've grown up believing Oklahoma was a magical, earthly form of Eden I'm not sure you'll accept Sabra as I did. She was a fighter, a newspaper woman, and an unintentionally distant mother with a hard case of loser-lover. I was willing to follow her to Cimarron and back. My dad actually recommended it, he'd read it in college. Don't tell him I loved it, I'll loose cool points, I'm sure.”

  nuggetmly wrote this review Sunday, August 5, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No