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florinac's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
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
5.0
martak733's review against another edition
5.0
CZEMU TO SIĘ TAK SKOŃCZYŁO??? NO NIE!
Jestem absolutnie zdewastowana emocjonalnie przez tą książkę.
Jednak uważam ją jednocześnie za absolutne arcydzieło...
Rozmawiając o niej z moją babcią, usłyszałam od niej słowa: "Żadna inna książka nigdy nie doścignęła tej". Teraz rozumiem
Jestem absolutnie zdewastowana emocjonalnie przez tą książkę.
Jednak uważam ją jednocześnie za absolutne arcydzieło...
Rozmawiając o niej z moją babcią, usłyszałam od niej słowa: "Żadna inna książka nigdy nie doścignęła tej". Teraz rozumiem
lidotchka's review against another edition
3.0
★★★☆☆ - An interesting book, very racist as well.
Of course, I won't surprise anyone by saying [b:Gone with the Wind|18405|Gone with the Wind|Margaret Mitchell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551144577l/18405._SY75_.jpg|3358283] is a racist book. Yes, it was written in the 1930s, which can "explain" its racist side (even if racism can't be explained, you understand what I'm trying to say). But even placed in its historical context, you cannot deny the author herself seems to have some very clear white supremacist ideas: she spreading racist stereotypes and literally whitewashing the horrors of slavery.
Besides this massive problem, the story is alright. However, it is sometimes incredible boring, so many pages are just describing random things. I understand the point of it, but I'm sorry, that's too much description. I really had to force myself to read it sometimes because God it was boring.
Will I read the second book? For sure. I already know the story of course (I watched the movie many times, and I have to admit the movie is probably a bit better because it get rids of many super boring parts of the book).
So in conclusion, I think I would advise everyone to read this book, it's a classic. Yet, be aware that it's very racist and that its description of the South is very much idealised (and not historically accurate).
Of course, I won't surprise anyone by saying [b:Gone with the Wind|18405|Gone with the Wind|Margaret Mitchell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551144577l/18405._SY75_.jpg|3358283] is a racist book. Yes, it was written in the 1930s, which can "explain" its racist side (even if racism can't be explained, you understand what I'm trying to say). But even placed in its historical context, you cannot deny the author herself seems to have some very clear white supremacist ideas: she spreading racist stereotypes and literally whitewashing the horrors of slavery.
Besides this massive problem, the story is alright. However, it is sometimes incredible boring, so many pages are just describing random things. I understand the point of it, but I'm sorry, that's too much description. I really had to force myself to read it sometimes because God it was boring.
Will I read the second book? For sure. I already know the story of course (I watched the movie many times, and I have to admit the movie is probably a bit better because it get rids of many super boring parts of the book).
So in conclusion, I think I would advise everyone to read this book, it's a classic. Yet, be aware that it's very racist and that its description of the South is very much idealised (and not historically accurate).
lidotchka's review against another edition
4.0
★★★★☆ - A better book than the first one.
What I said in my review of part I of [b:Gone with the Wind|18405|Gone with the Wind|Margaret Mitchell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551144577l/18405._SY75_.jpg|3358283] is still true for the second book. Things did not change and/or improve, this story is still spreading white supremacist ideas, racist stereotypes and whitewashing the horrors of slavery. And I think in this book, it was even worse than in the first one. You can really feel like it is not just the author trying to mimic what people would have thought back when [b:Gone with the Wind|18405|Gone with the Wind|Margaret Mitchell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551144577l/18405._SY75_.jpg|3358283] was set, the author is thinking this herself.
Anyway, apart from this very bad and horrible side of the book, the second one was slightly better because it was way less boring. More things are happening and we don't have the very boring, long and useless descriptions of the first book.
Will I read part III? Yes, I have already started.
What I said in my review of part I of [b:Gone with the Wind|18405|Gone with the Wind|Margaret Mitchell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551144577l/18405._SY75_.jpg|3358283] is still true for the second book. Things did not change and/or improve, this story is still spreading white supremacist ideas, racist stereotypes and whitewashing the horrors of slavery. And I think in this book, it was even worse than in the first one. You can really feel like it is not just the author trying to mimic what people would have thought back when [b:Gone with the Wind|18405|Gone with the Wind|Margaret Mitchell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551144577l/18405._SY75_.jpg|3358283] was set, the author is thinking this herself.
Anyway, apart from this very bad and horrible side of the book, the second one was slightly better because it was way less boring. More things are happening and we don't have the very boring, long and useless descriptions of the first book.
Will I read part III? Yes, I have already started.
lidotchka's review against another edition
4.0
★★★★☆ - I basically have the same complaints about this volume as about the other two ones.
This won't be a very long review I think. This volume was obviously similar to the two previous ones. I still have the same complaints about the racism and the whitewashing of slavery (trying to make the reader believe it was fine and that slaves were happy).
However, concerning the story in itself, it became slightly better. The second volume was quite boring, full of endless descriptions and nothing really happened. This volume is quite better, many things are happening rapidly and I wasn't as bored as in the other ones.
So, finally, would I recommend all the volumes of [b:Gone with the Wind|18405|Gone with the Wind|Margaret Mitchell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551144577l/18405._SY75_.jpg|3358283]? If you are somehow into classics, I think you should read them. Overall, these are not bad books at all, but they did not age that well... So just beware you are about the start reading a racist and whitewashed version of history (but at this point, is it really history? Because I didn't find these books particularly historically accurate).
This won't be a very long review I think. This volume was obviously similar to the two previous ones. I still have the same complaints about the racism and the whitewashing of slavery (trying to make the reader believe it was fine and that slaves were happy).
However, concerning the story in itself, it became slightly better. The second volume was quite boring, full of endless descriptions and nothing really happened. This volume is quite better, many things are happening rapidly and I wasn't as bored as in the other ones.
So, finally, would I recommend all the volumes of [b:Gone with the Wind|18405|Gone with the Wind|Margaret Mitchell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551144577l/18405._SY75_.jpg|3358283]? If you are somehow into classics, I think you should read them. Overall, these are not bad books at all, but they did not age that well... So just beware you are about the start reading a racist and whitewashed version of history (but at this point, is it really history? Because I didn't find these books particularly historically accurate).
urtencija's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Gyvenimas po pilietinio karo, jo sunkumai, bandymas surasti laimę šukėse - ši knyga apima labai daug ir papasakota labai įtraukiančiai.
thebookthiefgirl's review against another edition
5.0
✨“Nada sucede como se deseja . A vida não nos dá o que esperamos dela . Aceitemos, pois, o que se nos oferece e regozijemo-nos pelo facto de não ser pior.”✨
Parcas serão as palavras para transmitir o arrebatamento que senti aquando da leitura de um dos melhores clássicos que já li nesta vida e, neste momento , o meu livro preferido de 2022.❤️Nem sequer me lembro da última vez que chorei genuinamente por um livro . As páginas do livro fizeram jus ao título e voaram , com uma fluidez fora de série , intensamente , de forma apaixonante , ao sabor do vento .
Terminei a leitura muito rapidamente (
Parcas serão as palavras para transmitir o arrebatamento que senti aquando da leitura de um dos melhores clássicos que já li nesta vida e, neste momento , o meu livro preferido de 2022.❤️Nem sequer me lembro da última vez que chorei genuinamente por um livro . As páginas do livro fizeram jus ao título e voaram , com uma fluidez fora de série , intensamente , de forma apaixonante , ao sabor do vento .
Terminei a leitura muito rapidamente (
ines2021's review against another edition
dark
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
goroshyna's review against another edition
5.0
Усе закінчилося не так, як я сподівалася.
Протягом усього другого тому я будувала численні теорії щодо подальшого розвитку подій, але реальність перевершила мої сподівання. Оповідання завершилося досить логічно; якщо абстрагуватися від історії, то можна було передбачити фінал, але мені зовсім не хотілося цього робити — настільки мене захопила історія. Та й не хотілося сподіватися, що роман матиме такий фінал.
Іще раз хотілося б віддати належне майстерності авторки. Марґарет Мітчелл не дає оцінки своїм персонажам, вона лише відсторонено описує їх якості. Це дає змогу мені як читачеві зробити власні висновки. Кілька разів протягом роману я змінювала думку майже про кожного з головних героїв. Особливо це стосувалося Скарлетт — яскравого прикладу того, що протагоніст не завжди є позитивним персонажем.
«Звіяні вітром» також заглибили мене в історію громадянської війни США та розказали її з боку одного з південних — переможених — штатів. Звичайно, героям властиві звичайні на той час різного роду упередження, але, знаючи лише історії про нелюдське ставлення до рабів, я трохи здивувалася, що ситуація виявилася не такою неоднозначною.
Звичайно, у цьому відгуку не розібрано й половини тем, піднятих у романі, але я краще залишу читачам можливість самим їх відкрити.
Протягом усього другого тому я будувала численні теорії щодо подальшого розвитку подій, але реальність перевершила мої сподівання. Оповідання завершилося досить логічно; якщо абстрагуватися від історії, то можна було передбачити фінал, але мені зовсім не хотілося цього робити — настільки мене захопила історія. Та й не хотілося сподіватися, що роман матиме такий фінал.
Іще раз хотілося б віддати належне майстерності авторки. Марґарет Мітчелл не дає оцінки своїм персонажам, вона лише відсторонено описує їх якості. Це дає змогу мені як читачеві зробити власні висновки. Кілька разів протягом роману я змінювала думку майже про кожного з головних героїв. Особливо це стосувалося Скарлетт — яскравого прикладу того, що протагоніст не завжди є позитивним персонажем.
«Звіяні вітром» також заглибили мене в історію громадянської війни США та розказали її з боку одного з південних — переможених — штатів. Звичайно, героям властиві звичайні на той час різного роду упередження, але, знаючи лише історії про нелюдське ставлення до рабів, я трохи здивувалася, що ситуація виявилася не такою неоднозначною.
Звичайно, у цьому відгуку не розібрано й половини тем, піднятих у романі, але я краще залишу читачам можливість самим їх відкрити.
itsgreta_'s review against another edition
emotional
tense
slow-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
5.0