Scarlett
by Alexandra Ripley, Margaret Mitchell
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Read in December, 1991
I got this book in hardback for Christmas in 1991, shortly after it was first published. It was highly anticipated and, of course, there were folks lining up on both sides of the issue as to whether it could even hope to be a worthy follow-up to Margaret Mitchell's epic novel or whether it should be judged on its own merits as the continuation of Scarlett's and Rhett's story.
No one who loved GWTW can deny that he/she WANTED to know how the story of Scarlett and Rhett turned out. Margaret Mi...more
No one who loved GWTW can deny that he/she WANTED to know how the story of Scarlett and Rhett turned out. Margaret Mi...more
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Read in January, 2002
Not only did I not like this book, I hated it! I fell in love with "Gone With the Wind" when I was little and watched the movie over and over with my aunts. When I finally read the book, it was one of the best I have ever read! I even fell in love with Margaret Mitchell's story and why she wrote the book.
When the made-for-tv "Scarlett" movie was made, I watched it with my sister. It wasn't the worst ever, but nothing to the original. I eventually read this book as well a...more
When the made-for-tv "Scarlett" movie was made, I watched it with my sister. It wasn't the worst ever, but nothing to the original. I eventually read this book as well a...more
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Read in September, 2007
Alexandria Ripley mencoba melanjutkan petualangan Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With The Wind)...untuk mendapatkan kembali cinta Rett Butler...hingga Scarlett meninggalkan kehidupan dan bisnisnya di Atlanta, mengembara ke Charleston, Savannah....dan akhirnya terdampar ke tanah leluhur klan O'Hara di Irlandia..."Ballyhara"
Menjelmalah seorang Scarlett, primadona dari selatan menjadi seorang "Sang O'Hara"..malah nyaris menjadi seorang Countess
Petualangan seorang wanita cantik..y...more
Menjelmalah seorang Scarlett, primadona dari selatan menjadi seorang "Sang O'Hara"..malah nyaris menjadi seorang Countess
Petualangan seorang wanita cantik..y...more
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Read in January, 1994
I believe this book came out my senior year, and we read it in school originally. I was glad I had read GWTW previously because my friends who had only seen the movie felt a bit lost when trying to read this book. I think Margaret Mitchell would be pleased with this sequal, and I think it ties up the story of Scarlett O'Hara and her family very nicely. This novel takes us off to Charleston, Savannah, and even Ireland to meet some of Scarlett's family living outside of the Atlanta area. And o...more
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recommends it for:
open-minded fans of the original
hey now. this is a good book. i look at it as an extra-gone with the wind, not a continuation. i get annoyed at people who think that it's impossible to improve upon the original version just because someone else wrote it. for one thing, the original was basically a long history lesson on the civil war. now, i don't know about you, but i know a lot about the civil war and while it may have been nice to read that stuff before i learned it to give me a head start, reading it in the middle of ...more
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Ok, this book was flat-out terrible. I read it because I LOVED Gone With the Wind, but in this book the characters aren't even recognizable as the same people, and do all sorts of well, just bizarre things. Scarlett goes to Ireland to get in touch with her roots, of all things. And she's always obsessing over Rhett and simpering. The real Scarlett was too self-absorbed to ever be like that!
Anyway, it's really sad for me to see one of the best literary masterpieces be sequelled by such a terrib...more
Anyway, it's really sad for me to see one of the best literary masterpieces be sequelled by such a terrib...more
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Read in January, 1991
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Stephanie Quinn Lawrence
When I was a freshman in college, I saw Gone with the Wind for the first time. My roomie loved the old movies and I saw it with her one weekend at her house. I loved it!
I could not believe the ending. It's so funny because I didn't know much about the movie, but I sort of knew that people were not happy with the ending. Not sure why I never was intrigued to find out why or what they were talking about.
I was up in arms after seeing the movie--how could it end that way??? Luckily, the...more
I could not believe the ending. It's so funny because I didn't know much about the movie, but I sort of knew that people were not happy with the ending. Not sure why I never was intrigued to find out why or what they were talking about.
I was up in arms after seeing the movie--how could it end that way??? Luckily, the...more
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Read in March, 2008
Although this book is the author's attempt to complete the story of Margaret Mitchell's Scarlett O'Hara from "Gone With the Wind", it should not be compared to the original book unfairly. The Margaret Mitchell Estate chose Ms. Ripley to write this book, and she does an excellent job. One must remember that each author has her own strengths and weaknesses, and judge each on her own merits. That being said, I liked Ripley's book. The character, Scarlett, as the book begins, is still ...more
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This was the first book I remember being so anticipated, and dreaded at the same time. I didn't think anyone could do justice to the first story and thought they should leave well enough alone. Yet I had to read it the first chance I got, and it truly did suck, with as much force as a book can suck. The characters were watered down versions of their original glory, and Scarlet, though never an angel, was just this simpering fool of a woman that the original would never have put up with. Seri...more
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Read in January, 1997
I discovered this on the bookshelves. I was intrigued to know what someone thought happened to Scarlett after the first book. I read parts and was appalled bu what I read. However, I read enough to know what happens in the entire book and do not need to go back to read it straight through. Plus, I have seen the movie. I don't know what possessed me to see such an awful thing. And it just goes to show you how something can be done in a way that it intrigues you, and you can't tear yourself away. ...more
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Read in January, 1992
As trash fiction, this was fun to read. As a sequel to GWTW it indeed gave closure; Scarlett is such a tragic character with so many flaws and strengths that it was sort of satisfying to see her finally figure out something approximating happiness.
That said, I didn't find it at all convincing. Scarlett may have realized her love for Ashley was a childish fantasy and her loves for Rhett and Melanie were real, but that doesn't mean that she would suddenly be able to throw off a lifetime of the...more
That said, I didn't find it at all convincing. Scarlett may have realized her love for Ashley was a childish fantasy and her loves for Rhett and Melanie were real, but that doesn't mean that she would suddenly be able to throw off a lifetime of the...more
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Read in March, 2008
recommends it for:
People obsessed with "Gone With the Wind" and need closure.
just finished reading the book. i have to say that i'm pleased with it. it definitely gave me closure. it will never be "Gone With the Wind", but no book will ever be, because the writer will never be Margaret Mitchell. i missed the enticing conversations between Rhett and Scarlett, the in depth descriptions of their actions...but i liked how Scarlett grew up, it was about time. as for her mooning over Rhett, well of course she was mooning over him, she was totally in love with him. an...more
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Read in February, 2008
I found this book to be every bit as good, if not better, then its predecessor. Where it was not penned by Mitchell, I was skeptical about whether the "feel" of the book would be the same. However, Ripley did not disappoint, and this novel has very much the same quality and breath-taking excitement as Gone With the Wind.
The chapters where Scarlett is living in Ireland were my favorites. The writing in these chapters is full of rich description, to the point of the reader b...more
The chapters where Scarlett is living in Ireland were my favorites. The writing in these chapters is full of rich description, to the point of the reader b...more
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Read in March, 2008
recommends it for:
everyone
I was a bit wary of reading this one, but after reading Gone With The Wind, i couldn't wait to see if Scarlett could win back Rhett! I found this book fairly entertaining, and liked the evolution of Scarlett through the storyline. She becomes the woman that i secretly hoped she would, and was a much better mother the fourth time around. The beach chapter was captivating, Rhett was the same-old loveable bad boy type, and I was excited for Scarlett to start her new life. It was obvious that Ms. Ri...more
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Read in January, 1992
recommends it for:
people with free time
this is an alright book. but don't read it looking for the same humor, wit, intelligence, depth or character building as gone with the wind. it's hard to go from a masterpiece of epic proportions to a follow up novel, so let's not compare them. lets just say, if you want to read one person's interpretation of what could have happened, go for it, it is not a deep read. as far as actual writing and storytelling goes, the ending is severely lacking. it seems as if ripley was under a time crunch and...more
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okay, so i read gone with the wind and fell in love with it... and decided to read the "sequel" as well... i did not like it half as much as the original... Ripley's writing is fabulous; the pictures she paints of Charleston, 19th century Ireland, and everywhere in between, are quite beautiful... but the story is not as good... Scarlett's self-deprecating chase after Rhett is just sad... although Ripley portrays her manipulating ways accurately, both with Rhett's family, and when she ...more
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Horrible, slutty, over-dramatised, unbelievable, a very bad, bad book.
A couple months ago, I was at Barnes and Noble. A Romanian girl was talking to her American friend about how she read Gone with the Wind in Romanian. Now she'd love to read it in English. She had a book in her hands, but it was not Gone with the Wind. It was Scarlett! I informed her that the book she was holding was not Gone with the Wind, but a sequel. A horrible sequel she would regret reading. Then I picked up the...more
A couple months ago, I was at Barnes and Noble. A Romanian girl was talking to her American friend about how she read Gone with the Wind in Romanian. Now she'd love to read it in English. She had a book in her hands, but it was not Gone with the Wind. It was Scarlett! I informed her that the book she was holding was not Gone with the Wind, but a sequel. A horrible sequel she would regret reading. Then I picked up the...more
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
Fans of Gone With the Wind or a good love story
So I am a huge Gone With the Wind groupie. I think Clark Gable is the most gorgeous man ever and I want to be Vivan Leigh. I even own the Scarlett Collector's Item Barbie! Scarlett: A Sequel to Gone With the Wind is an amazing book. It picks up right where GWtW left off and never disappoints. It's about 880 pages, but I swear you never even notice. The storyline is believable and the plot has so many twists and turns that you're never bored. My only regret: It wasn't written early enough to make...more
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Read in January, 2006
After reading Gone With The Wind and wanting more, I initially had high hopes for this book. Sadly, these hopes were dashed within the first few chapters as the characters I'd come to love were mangled in the telling of this story. Out of character and vastly different from the originals in Gone With The Wind, this book was a big disappointment to me. As a stand alone novel, it may not have been so bad but as the sequel to what is, in my opinion, one of the greatest books of all time, it is less...more
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Read in January, 2007
I read Scarlett after i read Gone With The Wind.
Both of this book is amazing..
I really love it...
Love... Love... Love...
But I haven't seen the movie of gone with the wind..
Hiks..;(
Scarlett and Gone With The Wind are bought by my father, first my dad just bought Gone With The Wind but after i read it. I start to beg my dad to buy Scarlett( I can't buy by myself for i don't have money:0 )
But... Scarlett and Gone With The Wind are very very very niceee....
Both of this book is amazing..
I really love it...
Love... Love... Love...
But I haven't seen the movie of gone with the wind..
Hiks..;(
Scarlett and Gone With The Wind are bought by my father, first my dad just bought Gone With The Wind but after i read it. I start to beg my dad to buy Scarlett( I can't buy by myself for i don't have money:0 )
But... Scarlett and Gone With The Wind are very very very niceee....
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