checkmeowt 's review for:

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

3.0

challenging sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I’ve never seen it or read it but remember it being culturally popular when I was a kid. I expected it to contain a lot of race issues as it’s set in the era of the American Civil War, but I was still surprised by all the implied racism and whitewashed history. I followed this with Lies My Teacher Told Me because he has a chapter in it specifically addressing the issues with the historical take in this book and reconstruction era in general. It’s probably good to do that because this author has a really white and privileged impression of the time.