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Summary: Finally the answer to what happened next!
Review: Nobody but Margaret Mitchell herself could have written a better ending to the story of Scarlett and Rhett! I enjoyed this novel almost as much as Gone With The Wind!
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Summary: A Decade Later...
Review: after this book was first published, that is! :) I originally read it when it first came out, and recently listened to it (unabridged) on tape. It actually improves with time, and if you didn't like it at first, it's worth a second look. Ripley's characterizations seem stronger the second time around, as do her plot points. A really interesting exercise is to read GWTW, then The Wind Done Gone (very, very different style from the other two,) then Scarlett. Three separate perspectives.
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Summary: I hated this book
Review: who in there right ming would read this book. Nothing was there. I know I actually read this book but HELLO, where was Scarlett? She definately was not here. I read and read and...where the hell was she. I really don't see Scarlett crossing the Atlantic to Europe. That just wasn't her style. She didn't like foreigners. And that thing of about almost begging Rhett back is just not her either. Excuse me but didn't Rhett say he would come back to her to keep gossip down after he left her in the end of GWTW? Scarlett would have waited for him and then done the best campaign job on getting him back then having to travel all across the south and half of world to get him back. Scarlett just didn't have to beg a man to come back. And anyways Rhett still loved her, of course he would have come back to her sooner or later. This book is just a waste of paper and a waste of money on my part in buying it in the first place. Oh and that one star. I would have giving it none, except that it wouldn't let me rate it zero. Because that is what this book derserves.
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Summary: Only because I love Scarlett and Rhett....
Review: Let me preface this review by telling you that, at first reading (at the age of 14), even I didnt quite understand how Rhett loved Scarlett. I guess that just leaves me and Scarlett as the only ones clueless to this fact. So, in reviewing 'Scarlett', I have to grudgingly admit that I enjoyed it. However, I must say that I enjoyed it as it was: completely isolated from GWTW. It was a fun, easy read, but it had absolutely nothing to do with the original. Or, you could say, it was an exact copy of the original. Replace Scarlett's longing for Ashley with her longing for Rhett. Take away the Civil War and awkardly slip in the conflict between English landlords and thier Irish tenants. Ripley's only saving grace is that Scarlett, at some point, HAD to gain some maturity, allowing Ripley to change the character. However, if you are looking for something fun to read while you are taking a break from War and Peace, by all means, enjoy!
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Summary: the ending was. .um. . ok. . .i guess. . .
Review: and that's about all i can say. Many times in "Scarlett" i was disapointed. Gone With the Wind is my all time favorite book, so maybe it's just me, but Scarlett really had none of the elements of the original, and left me wanting. There were the occasional good plot twists, but aside from that, it really just wasn't as good as it could be. . . at all.
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Summary: Excellent!!!
Review: Margaret Mitchell had left us hanging in the air with "Gone with the wind". Would Scarlett ever put her life back together or not? Well, Ripley's sequel was an amazing end to the story. The author not only understands Scarlett's character perfectly, but also makes the reader keep the pages turning. This time, Scarlett is most determined to get Rhett back and makes a fool of herself far too many times to get his attention. But, the way she earns the title of The O'Hara reflects her strong will and no-nonsense attitude. Reading about Gerald O'Hara's Irish roots and Scarlett meeting her father's kin is a refreshing experience. Scarlett finally learns what love is. At the end of the story you find her more mature, caring, yet with the same bossy nature. (some things never change!) All in all, a fantastic book!
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Summary: My thought
Review: I don't understand how people can say this book was not true to the original characters. I think that Rhett WANTED Scarlett to come to him. In a way he wanted to hurt her the way she hurt him, but he still loved her too much to lose her altogether, she was to big a part of the man he was. If he didn't want Scarlett he would have cut her off at the end of GWTW. He wouldn't have cared anything about her reputation and he certainly wouldn't keep footing her bills. I think "Scarlett" was beautifully written and just what Mitchell would have wanted.
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Summary: Not true to the original characters
Review: My starry eyed public, could we please face the truth? Not every story always has a happy ending. Yet people, upon reading the "My dear, I don't give a damn" that Rhett Butler uttered, have clamored for a happy ending and for Scarlett and Rhett to be reunited. Silly, isn't it, how people say they don't always like stories with happy endings and then cry out for a new book to reunite Scarlett and Rhett?Let me begin by saying that I don't believe a sequel should ever have been written. Let's face it: Rhett's love for Scarlett wore out while he was waiting for her to grow up, to realize that her love for Ashley was a childish longing from the lazy days of the past. How many times did he care for Scarlett in his own way, always trying to hide his love, knowing she would lord it over his head like a bullwhip? The ideas in this novel were unique, such as the Ireland idea, and Lord Fenton. But in this book, Rhett was not quite Rhett, Scarlett was not quite Scarlett..can anyone understand what I'm saying? I'm going to pretend I never read this book, because if Mitchell had wanted her story to end differently, she would have made it end differently or written a sequel herself. Rhett was right when he said in the end that all the world's hurts wouldn't go away with Scarlett saying "I'm sorry". In GWTW, Scarlett had to lose the man she loved because of a truth realized too late, because of both Rhett and Scarlett being unwilling to compromise.
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Summary: Scarlett: A Book On Its Own
Review: When I first began this book, I was very dissatisfied at Ripley's writing. For example, Ripley didn't give the "darkies" their usual slang, and in the beginning of the book Scarlett kept repeating "everything will be all right when I get back to Tara.." and "when I go to Tara..." and "oh, Tara!" But that soon passed, and the real glamour of the book came out. This book is not to be compared with GWTW. This book is a book on its own. It's great. I love it. I have about 100 pages left, and it's soooo good. A page-turner just like its predecessor...
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Summary: Good Book
Review: This was not Gone With The Wind! But if you were like me, devestated by the ending of GWTW you'll like this book. I was so upset at the end. Scarlett and Rhett were meant for eachother and it was unrealistic that they could never have another chance. Though in "Scarlett" the characters aren't the same, you have to remember that Margaret Mitchell created the characters and ultimatley she knew them better than anyone. People critized the characters toned downed behaviour but they were growing up. Scarlett was still a selfish woman who loved to tease men but she also had the child of the man she loved with all her heart. Of course she matured. I must admit, the characters didn't have the same bite but it was alright. This will never be as breathtaking as the original but I could not rest until I knew they were together. The happy ending was all I needed. GWTW will always be the "one" but if you wanted to see Rhett and Scarlett happy read this book. Finally I can let go of the charracters as they are together where as before GWTW just didn't seem finished without reconcilation. I guess all I can say is GWTW is where it ended... with Rhett leaving her but "Scarlett" just gave the possibility of a happy ending more real and that made me happy and I loved it.
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