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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
An interesting take. My recollection of GWTW is that Rhett disappears for long stretches & pops up periodically. This answers questions about where he came from, what he was doing "off screen" & what his motivations were.
If I could, I would rate this book 3 stars for the first half and four for the second. It took a long time to get into it but the the second half was very good. I loved all the tie-ins to Gone with the Wind like finding out what Melanie really knew and how Rhett came to be who he was and plenty more little stealers that I can't reveal! Worth the read.
An insult to GWTW. I wish I had read the other reviews forewarning me of this disappointment.
It was a quick read since I'd already read Gone With the Wind and Scarlett. Rhett Butler's People was like getting a behind the scenes look at the people you knew Rhett loved and the people you never even considered he knew. Now I know, he really did give a damn.
As a huge fan of GONE WITH THE WIND and SCARLETT I was very excited when this book was released. It was GREAT, until the end... It was written as if the sequel SCARELETT was never written. I was very disappointed.
Audio book - back when I could get it on discs. I forgot I had listened and when I started reading it all came flooding back. Especially the accents.
I keep stopping and starting this book, because frankly, I think this book is awful. The author DOES NOT stay true to Mitchell's novel. The characters are so bland- especially the female characters.
Dear Estate of Margaret Mitchell:
I'm writing to request that you stop authorizing crappy prequels and sequels to Ms. Mitchell's book. Those of us who have a special fondness for the characters of Gone With the Wind find ourselves compelled to read them because of our interest in these well-developed and complex personalities. We then find ourselves appalled at how modern authors take liberties to turn her story into an implausible, uncharacteristic mess, and invariably try and put a smiley face on a novel that really ended the way it should have.
The latest version, Rhett Butler's People, tries to cast Rhett in the role of a misunderstood saint, when really the most interesting thing about him in Gone With the Wind is his mystery. The "people" Mr. McCaig has decided to surround Rhett with are stereotypical and predictable, and in case their motives weren't obvious enough, they feel compelled to write near-constant letters to each other expressing their every thought, so at no point is there any doubt about how they're feeling. Illustrative of my complaints (the implausibility, the destruction of characters, and the constant reiteration of the characters' obvious feeling) is a 6 page letter Melanie Wilkes writes to Rhett's sister Rosemary, telling her how badly she wants to have marital relations with her husband. I nearly threw the book down in disgust.
I understand that the royalties from Gone with the Wind are not what they once were. Heck, the copyright's probably running out soon if it hasn't already. But please, for all of our sake, I implore you to think twice before attempting to make a penny by throwing [b:Gone with the Wind|18405|Gone With The Wind|Margaret Mitchell|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166913011s/18405.jpg|3358283] to the dogs again.
I'm writing to request that you stop authorizing crappy prequels and sequels to Ms. Mitchell's book. Those of us who have a special fondness for the characters of Gone With the Wind find ourselves compelled to read them because of our interest in these well-developed and complex personalities. We then find ourselves appalled at how modern authors take liberties to turn her story into an implausible, uncharacteristic mess, and invariably try and put a smiley face on a novel that really ended the way it should have.
The latest version, Rhett Butler's People, tries to cast Rhett in the role of a misunderstood saint, when really the most interesting thing about him in Gone With the Wind is his mystery. The "people" Mr. McCaig has decided to surround Rhett with are stereotypical and predictable, and in case their motives weren't obvious enough, they feel compelled to write near-constant letters to each other expressing their every thought, so at no point is there any doubt about how they're feeling. Illustrative of my complaints (the implausibility, the destruction of characters, and the constant reiteration of the characters' obvious feeling) is a 6 page letter Melanie Wilkes writes to Rhett's sister Rosemary, telling her how badly she wants to have marital relations with her husband. I nearly threw the book down in disgust.
I understand that the royalties from Gone with the Wind are not what they once were. Heck, the copyright's probably running out soon if it hasn't already. But please, for all of our sake, I implore you to think twice before attempting to make a penny by throwing [b:Gone with the Wind|18405|Gone With The Wind|Margaret Mitchell|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166913011s/18405.jpg|3358283] to the dogs again.
If you ever wondered why Rhett was so nice to the madam Belle Waitling, this is the place to find out. Fantastic book! I'm a huge fan of [b:Gone With the Wind|18405|Gone With The Wind|Margaret Mitchell|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166913011s/18405.jpg|3358283] and I loved it!
I really enjoyed this. I did not like Scarlett (different author), so I was a little nervous to read another GWTW "Sequel." I really enjoyed seeing a new side to the old familiar characters. I will say that I was a little disappointed with the ending--but how do you finish off such a great story?
Definitely recommend this one!
Definitely recommend this one!