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natcoba 's review for:
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
Unbelievably long and incredibly detailed, but really good. There were some parts that were slow and painful to read, but the character development and historical background more than made up for it.
Gone With the Wind isn't just a love story, it's also the story of how a world in the South disappeared within a short period of time and how the South's citizens had to fight for survival and learn to live in a completely new world. I found this part of the book fascinating; all the customs and habits of people in the South helped me to understand the human behavior component of the Civil War.
And Scarlett--I liked her character a lot. It's got to be hard to invent a character that is selfish, cold-hearted, and greedy among other things, while making her likable to the readers--but obviously not impossible. All the other characters were unbelievably detailed too, and for such a long book, it's incredible the amount of work Mitchell put into keeping it so detailed.
The ending may disappoint some, but to me it's the perfect ending. This book always sticks out in my mind as one of the best books I've read, not just for the plot itself but the little tidbits of information that revealed what life was like during this time period.
Gone With the Wind isn't just a love story, it's also the story of how a world in the South disappeared within a short period of time and how the South's citizens had to fight for survival and learn to live in a completely new world. I found this part of the book fascinating; all the customs and habits of people in the South helped me to understand the human behavior component of the Civil War.
And Scarlett--I liked her character a lot. It's got to be hard to invent a character that is selfish, cold-hearted, and greedy among other things, while making her likable to the readers--but obviously not impossible. All the other characters were unbelievably detailed too, and for such a long book, it's incredible the amount of work Mitchell put into keeping it so detailed.
The ending may disappoint some, but to me it's the perfect ending. This book always sticks out in my mind as one of the best books I've read, not just for the plot itself but the little tidbits of information that revealed what life was like during this time period.