A review by carrienp1420
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

5.0

I loved the book!! In the movie, Rhett Butler is portrayed as a long-suffering man in regards to Scarlett O'Hara. In the book, Rhett is cruel, and he mocks Scarlett, and tries to put her in her "place". He tells her he isn't the marrying type and he wants her to be his mistress. Her retort made me laugh. Scarlett is "moony-eyed" over Ashley, just like in the movie. Rhett makes fun of her about this. Scarlett is a multi-dimensional person, not the "scheming" southern women in the movie. She is a strong woman and she is doing what she has to keep her family from becoming homeless and starving. Her "family" includes her father, sisters, her son, Melanie, Ashley, and their son. As well as extended "family" members. After reading the book, the "Hollywood" version piss** me off at the way Scarlett and Rhett are portrayed. Other than Melanie, everyone else is shades of gray in the book, rather than the stark contrast of the characters in the movie. It's a good thing I read the book after the movie because I would have never finished watching the movie.