It is only a book people, and yes I did read it, and loved it. I adore the movie, the best of 30s filmmaking. No one could ever have played Scarlett Ohara except Vivien Leigh.
GWTW is my second favorite book of all time, To Kill A Mockingbird being the first. I’ve reread it a couple of times after my first reading of it and each time I read it, I am amazed at Scarlett’s character and what she’s willing to do for her home and yes, her family. Let’s talk about Ashley’s weakness and inability to face reality. Let’s talk about Melanie and her strength and wisdom, tempered by true gentleness. Let’s talk about Rhett and his love for Scarlett - his biggest dent in his armor. There are so many other things in this book that the movie was unable to show. The devastation the Union Army inflicted on the South was immense, and the treatment Southerners received during Reconstruction was humiliating, and that information came from other sources, as well. The Great American Read on PBS a few years ago talked about this book and it was a favorite of both races.
I will definitely be reading this one again because as you mention, there is so much more to discuss. I've never read anything with more complex characters.
The greatest failure of reconstruction was that it didn’t give all the plantation land to the slaves, and instead gave it back to the owners or sold it off to rich carpet baggers. Reconstruction was way too easy on rich southerners and it’s the reason we still have to struggle with so much lingering racial tension today.
To Kill a Mockingbird is my second favorite book of all time. I’ve read the book and seen the movie several times and encouraged all of my granddaughters to read it. I don’t have grandsons or would’ve told them about it.
I adore Gone With the Wind! It was the first “real” novel I read when my grandmother let me borrow the book around 1980. I don’t know why it has received so much hate and criticism this year, but I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I have seven copies of GWTW all over the house on my nightstand next to the bible even a purse size one. It's just my favorite book Scarlett gives me courage and makes me laugh too.
Thank you for the wonderfully articulated review! I read it in two weeks at the beginning of January because I just could not stop reading! A page turner for sure! Like yourself I had seen the movie many times so I didn't think the book had anything for me as I thought it was just a big romance story. I was so wrong. You have hit all of the same points that I feel about the reading, the characters, the history, and Margaret Mitchell. And this is why it won the Pulitzer. When I began to read it, I happened on a copy of McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom in perfect condition on a library sale shelf, a Pulitzer Prize winner about the Civil War Era. So I took it home for all of .25! I was moved by Margaret's writing of the war and the reconstruction and was appalled by all of the cruelty. As I write this parts of the book come back to mind. I will watch the documentary you linked.
Yes yes and yes! It's so complex and wonderful, I really don't even know how to talk about it. I get reading it that quick, too! You just can't stop!! 😂I'll look for Battle Cry of Freedom as well. Thanks!!
YAY you are back! I read Gone With the Wind two years ago. It took me a couple of months to finish the book but I did enjoy it. While I was reading it I had to keep reminding myself she wrote the book in a different time. I never thought of reading Roots.
Yes, that's what I hope people will realize before just dismissing the book. Knowing when it was written makes all the difference. And yes I'm back!! 😂
I read Gone with the Wind when I was in high school (I'm now 67 so many...many years ago). I read it in one weekend, it was the first book I couldn't put down and I believe started my love of reading. Your review was so interesting and I plan on rereading it. I remember watching Roots, so I hope to pick up that book and read it.
Thanks, Debbie! I'm still not sure how to describe this book because there is so much to discuss- I'm amazed that this was the only book Margaret Mitchell ever wrote- she was such an amazing storyteller.
@@mitzireadsandwrites yes isn’t that curious? But have you noticed that a few writers seemed to have had one great book in them. I’m still hoping that will be me (the one book is still to come btw😆😆😆)
I've got the exact edition of Gone With the Wind, but I still haven't read it. 🙄 I appreciate the advice about _divide and conquer_ because it does intimidate me! As someone who was also born and raised (and still lives) in the South, I thank you for a thoughtful, Southern perspective on this book; maybe I'll give it a try sooner rather than later. ❤️
The other thing that really impressed me was the naivete of the Southerners when it came to their own position in a way with the South. They just had no idea that they couldn't win. It reminded me of stories I have read about the horrors of World War 1. The soldiers enlisted thinking it would be all good fun, and not appreciating at all the horrors of war. Finally, this is not a long Russian novel with a million characters. It is very easy to read.
GWTW is my all time favorite novel and has been and has been my favorite for over 65 years. It is a perfect description of the time period and a literary work of art.
I love GWTW, it’s in my top 3!! Another good novel set in the Civil War is My Name is Mary Sutter, about a young midwife who sets off to become a doctor.
I appreciate your review of GWTW - my absolute favorite book! Such a complex, yet entertaining story. Margaret Mitchell was a very interesting person and the book THE ROAD TO TARA by ANNE EDWARDS is a most fascinating read that I feel should accompany the reading of GWTW. Knowing more about Margaret Mitchell and her life truly enhances the impact of the story. I've recently started following your channel and an enjoying your reviews! Happy Reading!
Scarlett and Rhett definitely the most memorable fictional characters of all time. I first read it when I was 12 and again some years later. And I still remember the opening words of the book. That’s very rare for me. Great opening.
Hi Mitzi, I enjoyed watching your review of GWTW. I first read it when I was 16 after seeing the movie. I have reread it several times, and it is interesting how the story/novel "changed" as I grew older, and was reading from a different perspective/age. I haven't read all the responses here, but would like to recommend "Raintree County" by Ross Lockridge Jr. if you haven't read it. It is an excellent novel set during The Civil War.
Thanks for your take on this book! I have been hesitant to try it. Missed your videos these last couple of weeks! I look forward to Friday mornings with my booktube friends! Going thrifting tomorrow. If GWTW is there, I will pick it up! Thanks!
As I had read Gone With the Wind as a teenager and it is a mammoth book, I don’t plan on reading it again. I do still have my original copy of it. However, I do want to recommend Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. I read his one,too, many years ago and it was an intense read. In fact, I have been wanting to reread it just picked up a thrifted copy of it. I look forward to reading it when I finish Christy.
This is an excellent review. Very well said. Through the whole video I kept saying "yep" lol . I'm currently reading this book. On page 300. LOVING IT. I plan to read the sequel at some point. New subbie! :)❤
I need to reread the sequel because it's been a long time. I actually read the sequel BEFORE GWTW. I know, that doesn't make sense, but my mom had a copy and I just picked it up on a whim. I need to go back now that I love this book so much.
Re-Civil War: Cold Mountain by Charles Fraser. And prepare yourself. It’s probably my favourite book at the moment but I’m afraid to re-read it! But it’s pure poetry. I hope you try it.
@@dmwark have you read his second book? I have it, but as yet unread. He writes so beautifully it affects me almost too much and I can’t get on with my day! 🤦♀️
I just finished Gone with the Wind, and I was going to suggest to a friend they should read Uncle Tom's Cabin and Gone with the Wind at the same time to get a more full perspective of that time period. But funny enough, a few months ago I read Uncle Tom's Cabin and Roots back to back, so it's confidential you mention Roots in the video. I think I prefer Roots over Uncle Tom's.
Just a comment regarding the racism - it’s talked about a lot, but aren’t we better off remembering how things used to be? Remember the proverb “the person who forgets about history is doomed to repeat it.” Secondly, it’s fact that there is racism within a race. You hear this about India - light skin /dark skin, in Africa - the same, and even in the American south there is talk of light-skinned blacks looking down on darker skinned blocks sometimes. It seems weird but there it is. I suppose whites can’t do it because there aren’t very many shades of white! Or we would do it too. And we probably have done it with very light skinned Blacks versus darker skins. I hope this will not be incendiary but I just think that since it’s been a fact of human nature that it’s important to point it out and notice it and use that to make a change. I don’t think Margaret Mitchell had to make it up. Anyway - thanks for a great video once again!
Oh, yes I do think we should remember it and that's why I think this book is so important. I think it shows how much we've learned and grown since then as well.
Great review. I wasn't surprised by the racism. Like - the American South in the 1860s? Of course, there was a lot of casual racism. However, racism wasn't really a big theme of the book - but rather the social conventions on women and in particular Scarlet. She knows that somewhere there are Yankee women who have more freedom...but she doesn't have real life access to that culture. The BIG DIFFERENCE between the film and the book in my opinion is that fact that the actress who play Scarlet in the movie was 25 at the time - but in the book she is 16. So a lot of the personality of Scarlet seems almost demonic when it comes to her heartless calculations and the way that she manipulates people. The scene in the book where she is proposed to by her husband is really chilling.
I was wondering what happened to you. I am glad to watch this video and that you enjoyed the book. Congratulations on 675 subscribers. I have not read Gone With The Wind or Roots.
Wonderful video! I just started Gone with the Wind after reading Flannery O’Connor’s short stories. I live in Georgia and want to explore more Georgian authors. These two ladies present the south from very different perspectives! I’m interested to hear your thoughts on Roots.
@@katiewilliams5674 oh I'm so glad! I feel she's often misunderstood. I was able to visit her birthplace in Savannah a few years ago and I hope to visit the farm where she lived as well.
Hey Mitzi, loved your review of GWTW. It’s been years since I have read it , but I do have it on my TBR to read again. I found a book that is about the Civil War on Book Outlet called ‘ The Boys’ War by Jim Murphy. Thought you would like to know. Blessings ✨
GWTW is made of up characters with blood in their veins. Margaret Mitchell told the truth about women, men, blacks, yankees and the pressures of modern life stealing your soul against your heritage and your people. Scarlett had gumption and the book sold us on that quality as the driving force of survival. She inherently knew the depth of her own greed and I believe she sought out Ashley to tame her wild Irish soul as her mother had to Gerald. To her mind he brought dignity and redemption. Her refusal to accept that loss was the same blinding force that got her through the war and reconstruction. Melanie understood that Scarlett's gumption was necessary and she forgave her everything because they needed her and she trusted Ashley's honor. It is a great story.
Wanted to mention two young adult books about the Civil War, if you don't know about them already: Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt and The River Between Us by Richard Peck.
Does pacing also mean starting Gone With The Wind about 8 times before you finish it cause thats what I did. Scarlet is the second book and read it in one week.
Oh my goodness! I couldn't stop reading once I started! I need to pick up Scarlet. I actually read that one years ago without reading GWTW which wasn't a good idea, so now I need to go back and try it again.
The thing is all people everywhere even many black people thought that black people were mentally inferior to non blacks which is the definition of racism. Therefore at that time racism was everywhere, but America ended slavery first.
@cumulus1234 you really think people in Africa, the place where civilization first began, thought that they were inferior to white? And let's not over look the fact that slaves in this country were so mentally inferior they figured out that if they traced the direction of the stars it could lead them away from plantations. But please , continue with your evaluations dumb fuck
@@l-kin3480 Some Irish citizens claim their ancestors were slaves to English citizens in the 1890s, and I also do know that the Democratic Party residents in the south that started the KKK after the Civil War not only harassed Black people but also Irish immigrants and Catholics in the South.
I could post yout review about this book as mine 😊 It was one of the best books that I read in 2019. I just think Scarlet also went through a character development although she remained horrible 😉
The greatest over-the-counter grocery store trashy love triangle romance novel ever written! Read at least 10 times! Bad boy falls in love with bad girl who is the secret girlfriend of the good boy that is married to the sweet girl. The romantic Ashley loves to act out the love scene with scarlet...that's how he cheats on Melony! His little affair with his girlfriend on the side....He's a dreamer...Scarlet to Ashley is what Bell is to Rhett (as Rhett loves Scarlet not Bell). As Rhett Butter said...." why doen't he make up his mind...he can't be mentally faithful to Melody, but he won't be phyiscally unfaithful to her either!! And Melody knows Ashley likes fooling around in love scenes with Scarlet (Rhett to Melody: "No,no,no...if you only knew who she loved." Melody: "surely captain Butler you don't believe rumors....Scarlet loves you more than she knows") She's not stupid : she just figures men will fool around, even Ashley, and she knows his limit of fooling around is romantic scenes of passion with Scarlet... a passion for Living that Ashley lacks! Scarlet being pragmatic...doesn't realize she is Ashley's "Bell Watson" until the end (Scarlet to ashley: Rhett to Scarlet: "I can never be more to you what Bell is to Rhett!") Well, well written love story!!! One of my favorites passages: " I want to find if there is someplace with a little peace and grace left in the world...do you know what I mean? Scarlet: " No, I only know that I love you!" Rhett: "That's your misfortune"!
There's a HUGE difference in the book and the movie. The movie has its cringeworthy elements, but they managed to take a lot of the vileness of the book out and code things in a way that shows the toxicity and wrongheadedness of "the Cause." There's some excellent discussion about that here: ruclips.net/video/CDkwGQFLcjE/видео.html
It is only a book people, and yes I did read it, and loved it. I adore the movie, the best of 30s filmmaking. No one could ever have played Scarlett Ohara except Vivien Leigh.
GWTW is my second favorite book of all time, To Kill A Mockingbird being the first. I’ve reread it a couple of times after my first reading of it and each time I read it, I am amazed at Scarlett’s character and what she’s willing to do for her home and yes, her family. Let’s talk about Ashley’s weakness and inability to face reality. Let’s talk about Melanie and her strength and wisdom, tempered by true gentleness. Let’s talk about Rhett and his love for Scarlett - his biggest dent in his armor. There are so many other things in this book that the movie was unable to show. The devastation the Union Army inflicted on the South was immense, and the treatment Southerners received during Reconstruction was humiliating, and that information came from other sources, as well. The Great American Read on PBS a few years ago talked about this book and it was a favorite of both races.
I will definitely be reading this one again because as you mention, there is so much more to discuss. I've never read anything with more complex characters.
Wow that’s encouraging
The greatest failure of reconstruction was that it didn’t give all the plantation land to the slaves, and instead gave it back to the owners or sold it off to rich carpet baggers.
Reconstruction was way too easy on rich southerners and it’s the reason we still have to struggle with so much lingering racial tension today.
To Kill a Mockingbird is my second favorite book of all time. I’ve read the book and seen the movie several times and encouraged all of my granddaughters to read it. I don’t have grandsons or would’ve told them about it.
I adore Gone With the Wind! It was the first “real” novel I read when my grandmother let me borrow the book around 1980.
I don’t know why it has received so much hate and criticism this year, but I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Yes, I do hope people will read it for themselves. I'm so glad I did!!
Would you mind sharing the ISBN number and publisher of the copy of GWTW you have? I love it and want a car be like yours. Thank you!
I have seven copies of GWTW all over the house on my nightstand next to the bible even a purse size one. It's just my favorite book Scarlett gives me courage and makes me laugh too.
Thank you for the wonderfully articulated review! I read it in two weeks at the beginning of January because I just could not stop reading! A page turner for sure! Like yourself I had seen the movie many times so I didn't think the book had anything for me as I thought it was just a big romance story. I was so wrong. You have hit all of the same points that I feel about the reading, the characters, the history, and Margaret Mitchell. And this is why it won the Pulitzer. When I began to read it, I happened on a copy of McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom in perfect condition on a library sale shelf, a Pulitzer Prize winner about the Civil War Era. So I took it home for all of .25! I was moved by Margaret's writing of the war and the reconstruction and was appalled by all of the cruelty. As I write this parts of the book come back to mind. I will watch the documentary you linked.
Yes yes and yes! It's so complex and wonderful, I really don't even know how to talk about it. I get reading it that quick, too! You just can't stop!! 😂I'll look for Battle Cry of Freedom as well. Thanks!!
YAY you are back!
I read Gone With the Wind two years ago. It took me a couple of months to finish the book but I did enjoy it. While I was reading it I had to keep reminding myself she wrote the book in a different time. I never thought of reading Roots.
Yes, that's what I hope people will realize before just dismissing the book. Knowing when it was written makes all the difference. And yes I'm back!! 😂
I read Gone with the Wind when I was in high school (I'm now 67 so many...many years ago). I read it in one weekend, it was the first book I couldn't put down and I believe started my love of reading. Your review was so interesting and I plan on rereading it. I remember watching Roots, so I hope to pick up that book and read it.
Thanks, Debbie! I'm still not sure how to describe this book because there is so much to discuss- I'm amazed that this was the only book Margaret Mitchell ever wrote- she was such an amazing storyteller.
@@mitzireadsandwrites yes isn’t that curious? But have you noticed that a few writers seemed to have had one great book in them. I’m still hoping that will be me (the one book is still to come btw😆😆😆)
@@janetsmith8566 SAME!! 😂
@@mitzireadsandwrites 😆😆
A great review and I will read it soon. I read Roots a year ago and I’m also old enough to remember the mini series and there is no comparison.
Ugh. I love this book. I've read it three times. For years, To Kill A Mockingbird was my favorite read, but this one has eclipsed it.
ugh is right! I so get that!!
I've got the exact edition of Gone With the Wind, but I still haven't read it. 🙄 I appreciate the advice about _divide and conquer_ because it does intimidate me! As someone who was also born and raised (and still lives) in the South, I thank you for a thoughtful, Southern perspective on this book; maybe I'll give it a try sooner rather than later. ❤️
Hello! GWTW is one of my all time favs! I fell in love with Scarlett because of how Melanie saw her and Rhett's great love for her! Great review! 👍
Thank you for your explanation as to WHY Margaret Mitchell’s book was such a page turner 😊😊
The other thing that really impressed me was the naivete of the Southerners when it came to their own position in a way with the South. They just had no idea that they couldn't win. It reminded me of stories I have read about the horrors of World War 1. The soldiers enlisted thinking it would be all good fun, and not appreciating at all the horrors of war. Finally, this is not a long Russian novel with a million characters. It is very easy to read.
GWTW is my all time favorite novel and has been and has been my favorite for over 65 years. It is a perfect description of the time period and a literary work of art.
I love GWTW, it’s in my top 3!! Another good novel set in the Civil War is My Name is Mary Sutter, about a young midwife who sets off to become a doctor.
I appreciate your review of GWTW - my absolute favorite book! Such a complex, yet entertaining story. Margaret Mitchell was a very interesting person and the book THE ROAD TO TARA by ANNE EDWARDS is a most fascinating read that I feel should accompany the reading of GWTW. Knowing more about Margaret Mitchell and her life truly enhances the impact of the story. I've recently started following your channel and an enjoying your reviews! Happy Reading!
Thank you so much, Stacey! I'll find this one!
Scarlett's true love is Tara. She will do anything to protect it.
Scarlett and Rhett definitely the most memorable fictional characters of all time. I first read it when I was 12 and again some years later. And I still remember the opening words of the book. That’s very rare for me. Great opening.
Hi Mitzi, I enjoyed watching your review of GWTW. I first read it when I was 16 after seeing the movie. I have reread it several times, and it is interesting how the story/novel "changed" as I grew older, and was reading from a different perspective/age. I haven't read all the responses here, but would like to recommend "Raintree County" by Ross Lockridge Jr. if you haven't read it. It is an excellent novel set during The Civil War.
Thanks for your take on this book! I have been hesitant to try it. Missed your videos these last couple of weeks! I look forward to Friday mornings with my booktube friends! Going thrifting tomorrow. If GWTW is there, I will pick it up! Thanks!
I can't believe I've waited so long to read it, too, but so glad I did! Wow! What an adventure.
As I had read Gone With the Wind as a teenager and it is a mammoth book, I don’t plan on reading it again. I do still have my original copy of it.
However, I do want to recommend Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. I read his one,too, many years ago and it was an intense read. In fact, I have been wanting to reread it just picked up a thrifted copy of it. I look forward to reading it when I finish Christy.
I should have already read that one, too!!
This is an excellent review. Very well said. Through the whole video I kept saying "yep" lol . I'm currently reading this book. On page 300. LOVING IT. I plan to read the sequel at some point. New subbie! :)❤
I need to reread the sequel because it's been a long time. I actually read the sequel BEFORE GWTW. I know, that doesn't make sense, but my mom had a copy and I just picked it up on a whim. I need to go back now that I love this book so much.
@@mitzireadsandwrites would love to see a review on the sequel! 😊❤️
Wow, Roots and Gwtw are two of my top 5 books of all time. Never been so engaged in two books in my life (grapes of wrath is also in my top 5).
I read this book when I was 12! I loved it. I have to read again as an adult and see what I think of it.
Re-Civil War: Cold Mountain by Charles Fraser. And prepare yourself. It’s probably my favourite book at the moment but I’m afraid to re-read it! But it’s pure poetry. I hope you try it.
Thanks, I'll look for that one.
Cold Mountain is one of my all time favorites as well. Highly recommend.
@@dmwark Thanks!
@@dmwark have you read his second book? I have it, but as yet unread. He writes so beautifully it affects me almost too much and I can’t get on with my day! 🤦♀️
@@janetsmith8566 No, I haven’t read any of his others.
Mitzi, wonderful, wonderful review! I love your balanced review and I’m glad you decided to watch American Rebel.
Thanks, Shelly! It's certainly a book worth discussing! And thanks for letting me know about the documentary- very informative.
I just finished Gone with the Wind, and I was going to suggest to a friend they should read Uncle Tom's Cabin and Gone with the Wind at the same time to get a more full perspective of that time period.
But funny enough, a few months ago I read Uncle Tom's Cabin and Roots back to back, so it's confidential you mention Roots in the video. I think I prefer Roots over Uncle Tom's.
Ken Burns' Civil War documentary would be a great place to start.
Just a comment regarding the racism - it’s talked about a lot, but aren’t we better off remembering how things used to be? Remember the proverb “the person who forgets about history is doomed to repeat it.” Secondly, it’s fact that there is racism within a race. You hear this about India - light skin /dark skin, in Africa - the same, and even in the American south there is talk of light-skinned blacks looking down on darker skinned blocks sometimes. It seems weird but there it is. I suppose whites can’t do it because there aren’t very many shades of white! Or we would do it too. And we probably have done it with very light skinned Blacks versus darker skins. I hope this will not be incendiary but I just think that since it’s been a fact of human nature that it’s important to point it out and notice it and use that to make a change. I don’t think Margaret Mitchell had to make it up. Anyway - thanks for a great video once again!
Oh, yes I do think we should remember it and that's why I think this book is so important. I think it shows how much we've learned and grown since then as well.
Great review. I wasn't surprised by the racism. Like - the American South in the 1860s? Of course, there was a lot of casual racism. However, racism wasn't really a big theme of the book - but rather the social conventions on women and in particular Scarlet. She knows that somewhere there are Yankee women who have more freedom...but she doesn't have real life access to that culture. The BIG DIFFERENCE between the film and the book in my opinion is that fact that the actress who play Scarlet in the movie was 25 at the time - but in the book she is 16. So a lot of the personality of Scarlet seems almost demonic when it comes to her heartless calculations and the way that she manipulates people. The scene in the book where she is proposed to by her husband is really chilling.
Thank you for the review! Getting a copy and digging in this weekend.
I was wondering what happened to you. I am glad to watch this video and that you enjoyed the book. Congratulations on 675 subscribers. I have not read Gone With The Wind or Roots.
Thanks! It has been one crazy month and I'm just ready to get back to my reading and posting about it. 😂
Wonderful video! I just started Gone with the Wind after reading Flannery O’Connor’s short stories. I live in Georgia and want to explore more Georgian authors. These two ladies present the south from very different perspectives!
I’m interested to hear your thoughts on Roots.
What did you think of Flannery? You're so right! They are totally different perspectives!
@@mitzireadsandwrites I absolutely loved Flannery.
@@katiewilliams5674 oh I'm so glad! I feel she's often misunderstood. I was able to visit her birthplace in Savannah a few years ago and I hope to visit the farm where she lived as well.
@@mitzireadsandwrites That is great. I am really interested in visiting Savannah and Milledgeville one day!
Hey Mitzi, loved your review of GWTW. It’s been years since I have read it , but I do have it on my TBR to read again. I found a book that is about the Civil War on Book Outlet called ‘ The Boys’ War by Jim Murphy. Thought you would like to know. Blessings ✨
Oh, thanks so much! I'll hop over and see if I can find that one.
I missed seeing your videos. Glad your back.
Thanks, Theresa! So happy to be posting again!
GWTW is made of up characters with blood in their veins. Margaret Mitchell told the truth about women, men, blacks, yankees and the pressures of modern life stealing your soul against your heritage and your people. Scarlett had gumption and the book sold us on that quality as the driving force of survival. She inherently knew the depth of her own greed and I believe she sought out Ashley to tame her wild Irish soul as her mother had to Gerald. To her mind he brought dignity and redemption. Her refusal to accept that loss was the same blinding force that got her through the war and reconstruction. Melanie understood that Scarlett's gumption was necessary and she forgave her everything because they needed her and she trusted Ashley's honor. It is a great story.
Also read and watched Roots when young and loved them.
Great review! I’m adding it to my list.
Wanted to mention two young adult books about the Civil War, if you don't know about them already: Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt and The River Between Us by Richard Peck.
Thank you! I've heard great things about Across Five April but never read either one of these. Adding to my tbr right now. 😊
The copy of Gone With The Wind that I read was over a thousand pages this copy is a little shorter.
I'm currently reading GWTW now and I'm almost finished it
Oh, let me know what you think!
Does pacing also mean starting Gone With The Wind about 8 times before you finish it cause thats what I did. Scarlet is the second book and read it in one week.
Oh my goodness! I couldn't stop reading once I started! I need to pick up Scarlet. I actually read that one years ago without reading GWTW which wasn't a good idea, so now I need to go back and try it again.
I enjoyed Scarlet to
"I knew there was racism, but I didn't know it was That bad"
It set on a plantation with slaves..how low do you have to go?
The thing is all people everywhere even many black people thought that black people were mentally inferior to non blacks which is the definition of racism. Therefore at that time racism was everywhere, but America ended slavery first.
@cumulus1234 you really think people in Africa, the place where civilization first began, thought that they were inferior to white? And let's not over look the fact that slaves in this country were so mentally inferior they figured out that if they traced the direction of the stars it could lead them away from plantations. But please , continue with your evaluations dumb fuck
@@cumulus1234Britain ended slavery first, not America
@@l-kin3480 Some Irish citizens claim their ancestors were slaves to English citizens in the 1890s, and I also do know that the Democratic Party residents in the south that started the KKK after the Civil War not only harassed Black people but also Irish immigrants and Catholics in the South.
I could post yout review about this book as mine 😊 It was one of the best books that I read in 2019. I just think Scarlet also went through a character development although she remained horrible 😉
That's true. She really did. I also think I could do a deep dive into a long video on her complexity!
Is there any difference between the book or the movie? Which one is better?
I love the movie it is very faithful to the book but the book they say is more beautiful and more SCARHETT MOMENTS
The greatest over-the-counter grocery store trashy love triangle romance novel ever written! Read at least 10 times! Bad boy falls in love with bad girl who is the secret girlfriend of the good boy that is married to the sweet girl. The romantic Ashley loves to act out the love scene with scarlet...that's how he cheats on Melony! His little affair with his girlfriend on the side....He's a dreamer...Scarlet to Ashley is what Bell is to Rhett (as Rhett loves Scarlet not Bell). As Rhett Butter said...." why doen't he make up his mind...he can't be mentally faithful to Melody, but he won't be phyiscally unfaithful to her either!!
And Melody knows Ashley likes fooling around in love scenes with Scarlet (Rhett to Melody: "No,no,no...if you only knew who she loved." Melody: "surely captain Butler you don't believe rumors....Scarlet loves you more than she knows") She's not stupid : she just figures men will fool around, even Ashley, and she knows his limit of fooling around is romantic scenes of passion with Scarlet... a passion for Living that Ashley lacks! Scarlet being pragmatic...doesn't realize she is Ashley's "Bell Watson" until the end (Scarlet to ashley: Rhett to Scarlet: "I can never be more to you what Bell is to Rhett!") Well, well written love story!!! One of my favorites passages: " I want to find if there is someplace with a little peace and grace left in the world...do you know what I mean? Scarlet: " No, I only know that I love you!" Rhett: "That's your misfortune"!
There's a HUGE difference in the book and the movie. The movie has its cringeworthy elements, but they managed to take a lot of the vileness of the book out and code things in a way that shows the toxicity and wrongheadedness of "the Cause." There's some excellent discussion about that here: ruclips.net/video/CDkwGQFLcjE/видео.html
Thanks- I'll check it out!