Sparkler synchrogirl117 has earned herself a new book series here on SL. Woot! (But we have a question: How could this be required reading when your class is all about personal choice?) —SparkNotes editors
Hey there, Sparkle buddies! I recently started a new semester at school, and I have a brand spanking new class on my schedule called Books: Personal Choice.
It is the best thing I have ever signed up for ever in my entire life. Ever. All we do is read all day! Now that I have time to read, I'm getting through books pretty quickly, and of course the first thing I wanted to do was share them with all of you! So I used my super mind control powers to make the fantastic SparkNotes editors let me do a book series. I'll tell you about the latest book I read, tell you if I liked it, give it a rating, etc. I hope to offer some new ideas for you to read, and maybe all y'all will have some good recommendations for me. So. My very first post is on... (drum roll please)
Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
Kinda heavy for the first post, I know, but I was forced to read it for school. And I'm glad I did! This was one of the only required books I liked.
Gone with the Wind is about Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara in the years before, during, and after the Civil War. The book starts with feisty Scarlett living on a plantation with her mom, two sisters, and really awesome dad. She goes to a lot of parties, wears a lot of dresses, and flirts outrageously with every guy she knows. As the war starts, though, Scarlett's life starts to change... for the worse. Dun dun DUNN!
Every couple chapters or so, there's a long section on politics that I thought was a little hard to get through, but the characters makes it worth it. Scarlett is probably not the nicest character you've ever met, but she's so much fun to read about. Sometimes I wanted to jump into the book and smack her, and sometimes she was just plain funny. Other characters were kinder: I cheered every time Rhett Butler showed up, and I wanted to give Frank Kennedy a hug. Melanie is my new role model.
I absolutely loved the plot, too. The events, and Scarlett's (over)reaction to everything, made me laugh and cry and get really, really mad at Scarlett.
But the most memorable thing about Gone with the Wind, I think, is the perspective. Gone with the Wind is really biased, but it gives you some interesting stuff to consider about what really went down during the war.
On a scale of 1-10, I'd give Gone with the Wind a 7.31. I loved it, but my copy was a scary 1448 pages, and was a teensy bit hard to get through. I would definitely recommend it to anyone willing to put in a few (million) hours to read it.
What about you guys? Did anyone else read this gigantical book?
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