Rating: Summary: The Greatest Romance Novel of All Time Review: Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind is my absolute favorite book. I enjoy books that have deeper meaning and make you think, but although this book lacks one it's a masterpiece all the same. Read it for the story and lose yourself in the Old South. P.S. The movie was great, but the book goes into much more detail and causes one to be much more drawn to the heroine.
Rating: Summary: One of the best books I've ever read Review: I love this book, because it's so romantic and so classic. You'll never get tired of this book. And it just keeps on going. But even though it's so long, it ends way too soon!
Rating: Summary: Doesn't live up to hype Review: When I was twelve, I approached Gone with the Wind with reverence because I had repeatedly heard that it was the best novel ever written. A few days later, I closed the book on the last page, and all I felt was letdown. This is perhaps the greatest danger to succumbing to hype.Gone with the Wind is interesting and certainly very readable (I've read it several times since). Scarlett O'Hara is like Becky Sharp, mostly unlikeable, but still admirable for her gutsiness. While reading the book, it began to dawn on me that most of the gush over Gone with the Wind that I'd heard was about the movie rather than the book itself. I went to see the movie. I was appalled; the casting of the four main characters just didn't seem to fit. I already had a fixed notion in my mind of what the characters were like so probably no actors could meet my expectations. If I had read the book or seen the movie without any expectations, possibly I would've liked them better.
Rating: Summary: This is by far the GREATEST BOOK OF ALL TIME! Review: This awesome book takes the reader back to the 1800s and the Civil war era. Its main characters include Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler, from whose point of view the story is told, the charming and fickle Rhett Butler, Ashley Wilkes, the object of Scarlett's affection, and his wife, Melly. I say, if you read only one book in your life, this should be it!
Rating: Summary: Breathtaking! Review: Margaret Mitchell's characters are very real and life like. Scarlett is never portrayed as perfect. Rather, the change from the young belle of Tara to the poverty-stricken lumber dealer and then to a lady sitting on a mountain of wealth shows her faults. The infamous Captain Rhett Butler always finds Scarlett. As her hatred for him increases, the more the reader sees the love between them that she is blind to. There is so much in the book that the movie doesn't include. I'm glad it is so long, for it brings longer enjoyment.
Rating: Summary: Fantastic! Margaret weaves you through a beautiful tale. Review: Gone With the wind is a beautiful story about love,perseverence, and a woman's determined mind accompanied by an undecided heart, in a story where she learns to grow and fight through hardships, as she matures and prospers during the civil war.
Rating: Summary: The classic novel of the Old South Review: Margaret Mitchell captures the essence of the Old South and skillfully interweaves that history with the travail of the civil war. She illustrates the high purposes for which the South fought the war and also demonstrates the utter futility of the Southern position and the senseless nature of most conflicts.
Rating: Summary: A Tragic And Inspiring Story Of The South Review: I started to read the story a month before its realease to the theaters on june 26 (my birhtday)and I just fell in love with scarlett and the story being 15 now.I just finished it 2 days ago and that must be the best book I have ever read I think i'll read it again in the future,I would defenitly recomend it to anyone.
Rating: Summary: One of the best epic novels ever written. Review: Having seen the movie more times than I can count, I decided to read the book. I can only say that the book was not a disappointment. Scarlett O'Hara is the kind of character that you hate one minute and love the next. I was inspired by her determination to survive, but shocked at the schemes she came up with. While the book may be rather long, you won't be able to put it down once you start it.
Rating: Summary: Useless soap opera Review: Hell, I just wasted the better part of my Sunday reading the last couple of hundred pages of this trash, always in the hope that somewhere, there had to be this twist which would make the book worth reading, but it just never came. I ended flinging the book across the room, disgusted. Character, heroism, intelligence, thoughtfulness? Things Scarlett certainly lacks can all be found in books like Inception (Harbinson) or even better: A Town like Alice (Shute). Please don't waste your time as I did....
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