If you don't care for the style or manner the era is presented I encourage viewing PBS special docu Voices of Giant. More important today than ever.

A very readable book about down-to-earth characters and a Virginian woman who marries a wealthy young Texas rancher. There is a lot of cattle ranching information that is not well-known that she explains well. Much of the culture is suffuse by Mexican culture and she makes a point of trying to blend it in to the novel and use some Spanish words. Some critics, especially Texans, complain that it does injustice to Texans, but I found it simply a story of what could have been. I was not too happy with the time jumps, “…twenty years from now…” in several places and would like to have things occur in their present.

i have watched the movie Giant several times but cant wait to read the book. I got the book and it wasn't any way as good as the movie. The book kept jumping from the past to the present to the future=. Just couldn't focus on the book at all.

this is an absolutely wonderful must-read. Edna Ferber's style is like no other. If you like this, make sure to read So Big - even better.

This is a classic and well worth the read. Nonetheless, the author seems to have a problem using commas and sometimes the prose is beyond endurance.

I rarely say this: the movie is better than the book, particularly the role of Jett brilliantly interpreted by James Dean.

Ferber sure paints an historic picture of Texas and it was only after reading the novel that I understood the virulant critiques tacked on at the end.

Fantastic Book with an interesting perspective of the Big Rich in the 20's and 30's

a very different writing style, but enjoyable