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Summary: The book may be bad, but the discussion is great...
Review: I definitely disagree with the readers who insist that if you are a "true" GWTW fan, you should stay far away from this book. I think that if you are a true fan, you are very interested in other readers' opinions and interpretations. When the sequel was announced, I had no illusions that it would even compare to my beloved original, so I considered Ripley to be just another fan offering an interpretation, albeit a mighty fan-fared and lucrative one. It's interesting that many readers accused Ripley of putting 1990's sensibilities into people from the 1870's. When GWTW first came out, Mitchell was accused of putting 1930's ideas into the heads of 1860's characters. So the sequel was awfully hard to swallow in many places...so what? What probably really has Mitchell spinning in her grave was the mini-series. That was truly mind-numbing. But as for the sequel, I think all true fans should read it and let's have fun disecting, debating and discussing. Mitchell herself got a kick out of all the crazy interpretations GWTW inspired and she'd probably be disgusted by the sequel, but amused by the debate and loyalty of her fans.
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Summary: AUGH!
Review: Maybe the book wasn't that bad, but it is nothing comapred to Mitchel's real masterpiece. Stay away from it. Corina
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Summary: THANKS FOR SPARING ME.
Review: I am grateful to all those who sent in a review for this book. I've just read GWTW for the um-teenth time and again filled with the need for closure. But thanks to so many who care to spare me the agony of reading the 'sequel' I shall rely on my own ending. Thanks again.
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Summary: If I could I would give "Scarlett" no stars!
Review: I am very dissapointed in Ms. Ripley's horrid sequel to "Gone With the Wind." When I checked it out at my library I was hoping for a good read. Well, I just don't know! Perhaps I have read all of the good books already! I have lived a very long time(80 years tomorrow) and read very many horrid novels but this is certainly the worst! What has happened to the good old days when a book was worth reading?
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Summary: Interesting- but doesn't live up to Margaret Mitchell's GWTW
Review: Although Ms. Ripley kept surprisingly well to Margaret Mitchell's style of writing, the plot was all her own. While the idea of Scarlett going to Ireland to "find her roots" was very interesting,I doubt Ms. Mitchell would have followed that path. As said, the story was interesting, though certain parts were very unbelievable, such as Scarlett leaving Tara, her children, Ashley, Beau, and everything else which her life revolved around. In addition, even though Margaret Mitchell had well established at the end of GWTW that Scarlett loved Rhett, I could never quite get used to the idea of her chasing him like a love-sick puppy, much the way she did Ashley. On that note, I found it odd that after all of her chasing she was suddenly prepared to give up so easily. It contradicted the rest of the book and more importantly, Scarlett. Scarlett wouldn't have done many of the things in this book. I won't give any revealing examples, but there were so many instances where I knew whe was too proud to do or say what she was doing, though I'll admit I liked it a little bit the fact that she slowly matured, though it is very out of character. I found that Scarlett's maturation worked well as an interesting subplot, and gave the book somewhat of a balance. As far as Rhett goes, I was disappointed. He was my favorite character in the original book, and for one, he appeared in too little of the book, in my opinion. Secondly, he lost much of his charm of which he was composed. He just didn't seem as clever nor as witty as he did in Mitchell's version. Being a romantic at heart, I will admit I enjoyed the ending. Though I will say that it was contrived very quickly and didn't make much sense, as I saw it. I also found it weird that for a book to be 884 pages, only 20 or so were devoted to the entire "grand finale." Would I recommend this book? It depends on what you like. Many critics have said don't read this if you are a "true" fan of GWTW. I disagree. I know at the end of the original, I felt very depressed, and I couldn't help imagining what possible continuances there may have been. While Margaret Mitchell may not have chose to write this, it was nice to see Rhett and Scarlett reunite, especially under such interesting circumstances. Ms. Mitchell never admitted what she thought the ending would be; she left it up to the imagination. And if this is where Ms. Ripley's imagination led to...then it isn't fair to compare the two books. It definitely doesn't compare, but I can at least give her this- it was a fun, interesting book.
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Summary: The excitement of Gone With Wind, but with a happy ending.
Review: The wealthy and beautiful Scarlett Butler, (formerly Scarlett O' Hara) is at it again. Scarlett's goal is to win back the heart of her true love, Rhett Butler. But former husband Rhett has other things in mind, like marrying one of his young admirers. Rhett is busy trying to clean up his act, but Scarlett desires to bring him back to their rebellious life style. Scarlett discovers that she is to bear another child, the father is Rhett, so she takes herself and her baby to Ireland. Ireland is the homeland of the O' Haras. Scarlett has a tough time keeping herself out of trouble in Ireland, but is treated like a princess. Scarlett begins to miss her two children that she has left behind in the States, as well as other family and friends. She returns to the U.S. to visit everyone and to keep her promise to her dearest, deceased, friend, Melanie Wilkes. That promise was to look after Melanie's widowed husband, Ashley Wilkes, Scarlett's ex-love. Scarlett becomes desperately homesick for Ireland so she hurridly returns to her home there. Scarlett runs into many conflicts when she returns but her sweetheart Rhett finds her and saves the day over and over, proving his undying love to her. Rhett's young wife passes away and Rhett and Scarlett are reconciliated for the happy ending. This book was beautiful and showed me the greatness of experiencing true love.
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Summary: I'll write a MUCH better sequel to "GWTW" someday.
Review: Alexandra Ripley did a terrible job ending Margaret Mitchell's masterpeice! I'm sure Mrs. Mitchell had a much better sequel in mind but unfortunately it died with her. . . I do not recommend this book to anyone who read "GWTW" and loved it as I did. "Scarlett" is a silly book that has only one plot practically - for Rhett to fall back in love with Scarlett. Meanwhile, Scarlett has seemingly forgotten about her children and Ashley and his child and her deathbed promise to Melly! Instead she is running about like a sixteen year old after a beau. Simply dreadful! As a forty-year old woman I have read a whole lot of bad books, and I must say this is the worst! It was so incredibly stupid I never even finished it, (although I read the end, which wasn't particularly good, either!)but I got far enough to get a conclusion: This book is horrible!
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Summary: Not Recommended
Review: I would not recommend this book to anyone who had a love for "Gone With the Wind". "Scarlett" was a disgrace to the characters and to Margaret Mitchell. In this book, Scarlett was not the same person she had been in GWTW, she has been changed to a weak, cry-baby woman and it was a disappointment to see her lose her strong, courageous aptitude. "Scarlett" does not do justice to GWTW and I would not recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: You Must Read This Book!
Review: I thought that this book book was a wonderful sequel to GWTW. Alexandra Ripley completely captured the Scarlett and Rhett that Margaret Mitchell created. I was apprehensive about the idea of a sequel by a different author however, i believe that it was done very well. If you love GWTW as much as I do, this is a great great book. I must have read both GWTW and Scarlett over 20 times each and I will continue to read them over and over.
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Summary: What a suprising book!
Review: I never knew there was a sequel even though the ending to gone with the wind left a space for one. i enjoyed this book and My favorite part was...well i don't want to spoil the end. i can't belive Rhett left her though. if you get really emotional have four or five boxes of tissue on hand while reading.
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