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Summary: How could anyone not Love this Book?!?
Review: This is my all time favorite book. I read it in the eigth grade and since them I have read it several times. I first started reading this book because of the movie, but after reading the first few hundred pages, I virtually forgot that there was a movie. The 1939 movie with Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable is spectacular but Mitchell's book surpasses that greatness. This is the novel that proves the saying that the book is always better than the movie.I have read all the reviews that people have published on this site and it amazes me that anyone gave GTWT less than five stars. I couldn't put this book down! Gone With the Wind is romance to the highest degree and it only improves each time I read it. Scarlet's encounters with Rhett are my favorite part of this book. Everytime they meet it draws me in. The thing that makes this book great however, is that it isn't just about romance, it is about survival and although Scarlet isn't the nicest person like Melanie, it is hard to not root for her. She does everything all the way and never holds back what she is feeling.
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Summary: Absolutely one of the best books ever written...
Review: I read this book for the first time when I was 14 and I havebeen in love with it ever since. Scarlett was desperate for love, butwas looking in all the wrong places. She loved Rhett, but was too determined to make it in the world without him in an era that frowned on women behaving in that manner. In the end, she only defeated her own purpose; she had plenty of money, but no love. The characters in this book were written with such vivid color that they will live forever, whether in print or on screen.
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Summary: The Best Book of All Time
Review: Gone With the Wind is a beatifully written book that intrigued me from the very beginning! I had to read this book for an English class. My mom suggested it to me and I decided to make her happy I would start it, but I knew I'd never finish it- I mean 1,000 pages???? But, the first time I picked it up I read until page 70 and I would have kept reading, but it was late! It made me laugh, cry, and everything in between. I love how the book ends how it ends.(I can't tell you how!)I did read the sequel, and I have to say, it was OK, but not nearly as well written as Gone With the Wind. I would recommend this book to anyone who is in need of a good novel. Don't let the 1,000 pages intimidate you because when you read it, you'll forget there are that many pages, honest!!!!!
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Summary: The Best Novel Ever
Review: I read the book before seeing the movie, and the movie makes the book look horrible! I have read GWTW at least ten times and it gets better everytime I read it. I can picture the scences as I read the book. This is the ultimate love story about a woman looking for love and security when it's right in her face. I always cry at the end but I know Scarlett will get Rhett back, she'll just put it out of her mind and think of it tomorrow.
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Summary: My all-time favorite book!
Review: This is the best book ever written. I first read it the summer before eighth grade, and then again around February of that year. There is so much drama. I read the book before seeing the movie, but I don't think it matters what order you do them in, as long as you do both. Everyone should read and watch Gone With the Wind sometime in their life. My favorite character is Scarlett, because she changes and learns so much throughout the book. She learns that she really didn't love Ashley, and she really loved Rhett, although she realized that too late. Scarlett realized how selfish she was to marry two men she didn't love. She married Charles when he was really India's beau, and regretted it when Charles died, like what happened when she stole Frank, her sister's beau. I know I gave this book five stars, but it deserves so much more. Gone With the Wind is a must read for anyone!
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Summary: rhett butler,you're the BEST!!!
Review: this is one of the most romantic books i've ever read..rhett butler is so amazingly suave and sophisticated yet so gentle...i love him more than any character in any other book...ashley's cute too...but in a very different way..scarlett has to be really blind!the book is lovely..its reallly worth a read...thumbs up,margaret mitchell..great job!
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Summary: For a good read, this is tops
Review: I had fought against reading the book for many years. Having seen the movie many times, I thought "Why should I wade through a thousand pages?" Well, something drove me to start the book and I surprised myself by not being able to put it down. I recall actually rushing home from work, barely eating and reading late in the night. The story line is good, and the characters believable. It also provides come insight into a phase of American history, something we all could use. Don't delay - read it soon. I doubt if you'll regret it.
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Summary: Loved the Characters
Review: I am 17 and just finish reading Gone with the Wind and thesequal. I loved all the charaters except Ashley. I believe everyemotion that the characters felt and I even know people who are as selfish as Scarlett. The author did a great job in describing everything but I did not enjoy the racism. But one must understand that she grew up in the early 1900s and in the south. She must have heard stories of the war because the rage and anger was still fresh in their minds. It cannot be expected that the book will not be racist when the author grew up with it. It must be overlooked in order to enjoy the great story. In the days that I read it I did not eat, sleep, talk to anybody, or even watch t.v. because it swept me into the world of the American Civil War. The 1000 and plus pages go by in a flash and you wish there were more. I suggest to everybody not to read the sequal because it ruins the characters and is completly unbelieveable and foolish. I loved Rhett, Scarett, and Melly because they have true human emotions. I recommand to watch the movie first so you won't be disappointed. You'll enjoy the handsome Clark Gable, the beautiful Vivien Leigh, and the charming Olivia de Havilland. Great novel!!!
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Summary: Scarlet is a character whom I will remember
Review: I had been reading GWTW and I sat with the book one evening and I realised at dawn that I had been reading it the whole night. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I am fortunate that I read the book.
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Summary: a breath-taking story of trumph through tragedy
Review: Gone With the Wind, the timeless tale of the old south, depicts colourful characters as they strugggle with the hardships of love, life and the Civil War. Scarlett O'Hara, a tragic hero, matures of her love of Ashley Wilkes, by means of her life experiences, which wisen Scarlett of her downfalls and also her attributes. The fact that the situation thrust upon her wisens her, she is forced to mature herself, and this included her selfish ways. Gone with the Wind is a classic, a must for all who study, or who are remotly interested in the modern history of America.
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