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emimillerart 's review for:
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
I didn't want it to end! I think I could have read Gone With The Wind for hundreds more pages.
Mitchell's command of characters and character development is truly astounding. She knows her characters inside and out, how they feel, how they will act, how they think. How complex and dastardly Rhett is yet how powerfully he can love. She can make you detest, pity, yet love Scarlett. Contempt for Scarlett grows and grows throughout the book. She holds others in contempt and everyone is lesser than herself - yet she herself fairs to be held in contempt.
Melanie Whilkes is a character I deeply admire. It would have been exceedingly difficult to create a character so prone to being "too good", too "Mary Sue" - but there she is, admirable, full of goodness and loyalty. Absolutely one of my favourite characters from this book.
The end of the book came in like a whirlwind, events tumbling into one another and life and its horrors pouring themselves on Scarlett. The film leaves so many questions, and while the book ends in exactly the same spot, I am left with no doubts. Scarlett will build herself back up. She will continue to shoulder burdens to heavy for Ashley and her family. I believe she will get Rhett back, but not through any of her old ways. I can almost clearly see her development continuing from here, to become stronger and pick up qualities that Melanie left to her.
Mitchell's command of characters and character development is truly astounding. She knows her characters inside and out, how they feel, how they will act, how they think. How complex and dastardly Rhett is yet how powerfully he can love. She can make you detest, pity, yet love Scarlett. Contempt for Scarlett grows and grows throughout the book. She holds others in contempt and everyone is lesser than herself - yet she herself fairs to be held in contempt.
Melanie Whilkes is a character I deeply admire. It would have been exceedingly difficult to create a character so prone to being "too good", too "Mary Sue" - but there she is, admirable, full of goodness and loyalty. Absolutely one of my favourite characters from this book.
The end of the book came in like a whirlwind, events tumbling into one another and life and its horrors pouring themselves on Scarlett. The film leaves so many questions, and while the book ends in exactly the same spot, I am left with no doubts. Scarlett will build herself back up. She will continue to shoulder burdens to heavy for Ashley and her family. I believe she will get Rhett back, but not through any of her old ways. I can almost clearly see her development continuing from here, to become stronger and pick up qualities that Melanie left to her.