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Basically, I’m downsizing everything I own for the pending cross-country move to Seattle. I won’t ever read these again, and as cool as they are I just don’t want to haul them to the other side of the country.

I’m reading this right now…. 

I’m reading this right now…. 

I’m not even sure how to begin a review of this novel. But I will do my best. Beware of spoilers (even though I will try my hardest to avoid them). When I first began reading, I loathed Scarlett O’Hara. She was selfish, shallow, vain, and so one-dimensional that I wanted to claw my eyes out. But, upon completion of the vast tome, I see that that was the entire point. The imagery is amazing. Mitchell’s ability to tell a story as well as stay true to the rich history of the Civil War era and its reconstruction was impressive. I found myself being drawn back to the story largely because of the history. I could picture myself right there in the midst of it all as the Confederacy rose and fell; I could empathize when the “old families” realized that there was no going back to the old ways. That their lives would never be the same. I could feel the balmy heat of summer, the hunger pangs from starvation after the end of the war. It was breathtaking.  As for the plot itself, I often found myself respecting and hating Scarlett all in one go. She was very pragmatic—unusual for women of those times. But she was also so foolish at the same time. Smart and stupid, ironically together. And Rhett Butler was just as bad. In the end, I found I felt more for him than Scarlett but not by much. The two of them were so much alike that toward the end of the book I wanted to throw it. But my wrath is not always a bad thing when reading a book as long as this. It simply means I was involved. Overall I give it 4 out of 5 stars. Excellent story. I liked it more than I expected.

I’m not even sure how to begin a review of this novel. But I will do my best. Beware of spoilers (even though I will try my hardest to avoid them).

When I first began reading, I loathed Scarlett O’Hara. She was selfish, shallow, vain, and so one-dimensional that I wanted to claw my eyes out. But, upon completion of the vast tome, I see that that was the entire point.

The imagery is amazing. Mitchell’s ability to tell a story as well as stay true to the rich history of the Civil War era and its reconstruction was impressive. I found myself being drawn back to the story largely because of the history. I could picture myself right there in the midst of it all as the Confederacy rose and fell; I could empathize when the “old families” realized that there was no going back to the old ways. That their lives would never be the same. I could feel the balmy heat of summer, the hunger pangs from starvation after the end of the war. It was breathtaking. 

As for the plot itself, I often found myself respecting and hating Scarlett all in one go. She was very pragmatic—unusual for women of those times. But she was also so foolish at the same time. Smart and stupid, ironically together.

And Rhett Butler was just as bad. In the end, I found I felt more for him than Scarlett but not by much. The two of them were so much alike that toward the end of the book I wanted to throw it.

But my wrath is not always a bad thing when reading a book as long as this. It simply means I was involved.

Overall I give it 4 out of 5 stars. Excellent story. I liked it more than I expected.

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