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Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

25 reviews

leannprij's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.5

Okay.... I'm going to do my best to keep this short and simple. I am only writing this to hopefully save the next person who reads this who has similar taste as me. I went into this book only having mild spoilers, I've never seen the movie and I never retained anything important from the story. I was suggested this book by many people because I love an epic historical fiction, and if it's a romantic historical fiction it's right up my alley.
That being said I did the audiobook version by Linda Stephens who was INCREDIBLE. She really brought this story alive and I was sucked in from day one. If you asked me half way through this book I would've given it 5 stars all around. That being said, it is a DIFFICULT subject matter and very racist. I understand that it was written in a different time and I just kept it in the back of my mind the whole time while cringing at almost every paragraph. 

THE LAST 100 PAGES IS WHY I CHANGED MY RATING. When I finished this book I was SUFFERING. I know a lot of people like the ending, I hated it. I endured this horrible, racist, antebellum south loving, manifesto of weirdness, and nothing good happened at all. To anyone. And I guess you could say that that makes it more accurate and the main characters deserved everything they got but there is literally zero redemption.

If you're anything like me, who requires emotional closure to novels, stories, shows or movies because you get sucked into them whole heartedly. BE WARNED you will be sad at the end, and you'll be uncomfortable in that sadness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, War, Violence, Slavery, Death, and Murder

emelemon's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Gone with the Wind was a well written book, but it wasn’t very enjoyable. Almost none of the characters were likeable, and it was way longer than it needed to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infertility, Classism, and Pregnancy

Minor: War

kimberlina82's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical content, Infertility, War, Emotional abuse, Death, Rape, Alcohol, Abortion, Grief, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Classism, Colonisation, Blood, Toxic friendship, Racism, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Child death, Bullying, and Animal death

spencerdance's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Worth reading? Probably. American literature and all that. 

As racist as I expected it to be? More so. Standard white savior stuff mixed with just about every stereotype you could possibly imagine. 

Better than the weird nonsense in the thornbirds, my comparison for all trashy epics. No. I'd rather read that again 10000 times than read this ever again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Grief, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Child death, Animal death, Stalking, Sexual assault, Infertility, Gore, Dementia, Classism, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Racism, Ableism, Fatphobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Medical content, Incest, Cursing, War, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Death, Antisemitism, Rape, Sexism, and Pregnancy

tree_branch's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

If you take out all the racist propaganda, this is a 5-star book. Chapter 37 in particular should be ripped out. After reading that, I would have given this 1 star, if not for the extremely good ending of the book. The last, oh, about 8 chapters really got me interested. Such a relief to see a terrible person get what they deserve.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexism, Violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Grief, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, Rape, Bullying, Classism, War, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

tamaraepps's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Racism, War, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Ableism

whoz_ophelia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Margaret Mitchell loses points for racism, misogyny, classism, and outright bigotry. Rather than ignore all those things in lieu of what makes the book good, though -- the strong, consistent characters, the pacing, and Mitchell's ability to immerse the reader into the world of said characters through language, I chose to treat Gone with the Wind as a sort of case study of the Confederate mindset during and after the war. 

This book was a rollercoaster of emotions; anger and frustration not infrequent. The nuances in race, gender, and class relations 
 had me constantly questioning what I'd previously known to be true of that time and place.
 I don't feel comfortable recommending this book to anyone because of the subject matter, but it was a wild read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

mirliz's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Grief, Hate crime, Miscarriage, and War

andsoitgoes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This is the only book I've liked but wished was never written because the movie adaptation of it was so harmful to race relations and feminism in the US. I found the book to be both an excellent story of a flawed main character and an eye opening look at racism and sexism in the Antebellum South. Unfortunately I've met a lot of people who saw the movie and it creates a nostalgia trigger for them for a fictional South that needs to stay dead and gone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism

feral_sapphic's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual content