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Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
This book makes other books look like mere mortals. I'm at a loss as to how one author can write so well and pack so very many events into one single book. I've read epics where less has happened in the course of a book or three. One of the things that fascinated me about this book was that Scarlett is absolutely not a likeable character but I found myself admiring her at times. The woman is made of steel. Granted, it's steel wrapped in selfishness and vanity, but it's steel nonetheless, and in times like these, it's people like Scarlett who survive. Another thing that I loved was that the story was mostly about women who were quite extraordinary yet it was written in 1939. All of the clamor for "strong female characters" these days and they're all RIGHT HERE! Maybe the current dearth of those very characters is because they were all used up in this book.
This book is one of the best books I've ever read and it instantly made my top 5 books of all time. It takes so much time to read the whole thing but I could have read another thousand pages and thrilled with every moment. Oh, and this is actually the first book ever to make me cry from a scene of intense tension. I loved this book.
This book is one of the best books I've ever read and it instantly made my top 5 books of all time. It takes so much time to read the whole thing but I could have read another thousand pages and thrilled with every moment. Oh, and this is actually the first book ever to make me cry from a scene of intense tension. I loved this book.