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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Novela imprescindible que todo lector debe leer aunque al final termine odiano a Scarlett como me paso a mí.
I read this the first time in 7th grade. Re-read it later. Absolutely loved this novel....
This is a hard one to rate. Critically this book is a 5-star, but by vibes probably a 2. So I'm landing at 4 stars because I just can't drop any lower when I consider the fact that Scarlett O'Hara might be the most intimately and vividly drawn character in all of fiction. She is often insufferable, often quite unintelligent, selfish, naive, immature, spoiled and wholly unlikeable. Yet she's the most compelling protagonist I think I've ever read, and I found myself pulling for her throughout the entire book, even in her worst moments. Margaret Mitchell does an unparalleled job at making her readers fall for her flawed heroine; I feel like I truly understand the depths of Scarlett: her motivations, her fears, every thought and emotion that has ever run through her. I've never felt so intimately familiar with a character before, and it blows me away.
This book is woefully imperfect, disgustingly so in many cases. Its racism truly took my breath away. I'd never heard of the Lost Cause before, but this novel is likely the poster child for it. The book romanticizes chattel slavery to the point of absurdity, and the author's depiction of Black people is so disgustingly bigoted, it's hard to stomach. The book is a love letter to the pre-Civil War south, which makes it a difficult read. However, I often try to find books that help me understand the mindset of people whose values are fundamentally different than mine, and this book accomplishes that in spades. I fully understand (while vehemently disagreeing with) the antebellum south's POV in the months leading up to, and the years following the Civil War.
As much as the writing in this book swept me away, it'll be a one-time read for me. But I did gobble up all 1500 pages of it, and had a really hard time putting it down.
This book is woefully imperfect, disgustingly so in many cases. Its racism truly took my breath away. I'd never heard of the Lost Cause before, but this novel is likely the poster child for it. The book romanticizes chattel slavery to the point of absurdity, and the author's depiction of Black people is so disgustingly bigoted, it's hard to stomach. The book is a love letter to the pre-Civil War south, which makes it a difficult read. However, I often try to find books that help me understand the mindset of people whose values are fundamentally different than mine, and this book accomplishes that in spades. I fully understand (while vehemently disagreeing with) the antebellum south's POV in the months leading up to, and the years following the Civil War.
As much as the writing in this book swept me away, it'll be a one-time read for me. But I did gobble up all 1500 pages of it, and had a really hard time putting it down.
Scarlett is certainly the most negative lead character that I have ever cared about. She has so few redeeming qualities and yet Mitchell writes her in such a way that is so compelling and entertaining. Yes, she loves her mom and dad. Yes, she loves Tara, yes, she is strong and smart. But why oh why does she hate people for loving her? Why does she wish people to be dead so she can get her way? Why does she keep coveting Ashley for so long? Melanie is the true hero and props the book up of course. She is a breath of fresh air while Scarlett and Rhett play their games and wheal and deal and hurt each other for sport. How tragic that they never seem to be able to love each other at the right time or in the right way.
I have to say it was very difficult at times to read this with such a twist on the perspective of slave owning and the light in which the author paints African Americans and Southerners and Northerners during the civil war. Hearing Scarlett’s thoughts and feeling her pain made me sympathetic to her even though she was clearly doing wrong by so many standards. I often had to stop and give myself and good shake and tell myself that she deserved what was happening to her because she was definitely making bad choices.
It was very thought provoking and gave great detail on what the civilians and military people must have gone through in the civil war. Things that I had never thought about were covered and brought to life.
Definitely an epic novel and a satisfying read despite the somewhat bitter ending. I find it hard to believe that Scarlett and Rhett would ever end up with a happily ever after, but I guess it’s possible. The ending is probably as positive an ending as the author could muster after championing such a negative lead as Scarlett.
I have to say it was very difficult at times to read this with such a twist on the perspective of slave owning and the light in which the author paints African Americans and Southerners and Northerners during the civil war. Hearing Scarlett’s thoughts and feeling her pain made me sympathetic to her even though she was clearly doing wrong by so many standards. I often had to stop and give myself and good shake and tell myself that she deserved what was happening to her because she was definitely making bad choices.
It was very thought provoking and gave great detail on what the civilians and military people must have gone through in the civil war. Things that I had never thought about were covered and brought to life.
Definitely an epic novel and a satisfying read despite the somewhat bitter ending. I find it hard to believe that Scarlett and Rhett would ever end up with a happily ever after, but I guess it’s possible. The ending is probably as positive an ending as the author could muster after championing such a negative lead as Scarlett.
emotional
sad
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
DNF Chapter 2 p 31
I did not like the characters' description of slaves.
I did not like the characters' description of slaves.