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Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

14 reviews

elliebasta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Minor: Miscarriage

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, War, Violence, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Racism, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, and Infidelity

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deportation, Ableism, and Abortion

amymegan27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Colonisation, Sexism, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Death, Hate crime, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Slavery, Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Racism, and Rape

lemonflower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This is a tough one. The story is so good but the racism, misogyny, and romanticism of slavery is so strong. Every praise you’ve heard of this book is true, and every criticism is equally, if not more, true. In the end, I’m giving it a good rating because I rate them based on how engaged I was and emotionally invested, and that was a lot…. But yeah. It’s a tough one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Incest, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Abortion, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Bullying, Pregnancy, Rape, Ableism, Physical abuse, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

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

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

jmeyers888's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Death, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Racism, Slavery, Racial slurs, War, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Child death

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