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Title: Scarlett : The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" by Alexandra Ripley ISBN: 0-446-36325-1 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.94 (277 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: After GWTW, What did you expect?
Comment: I think everyone started reading this book expecting another GWTW and Alexandra Ripley is NOT Margaret Mitchell. But she is still an excellent writer with a slightly different style. GWTW, in my opinion, is a novel that practically begs for a sequel, but on the other hand it seems to be next to impossible to write a good one. Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler are such complex characters with such conflicting emotions that I believe that the only person who ever really understood them was Margaret Mitchell. I know that not every story has a happy ending and in real life very few do, but that is why people read books. At least that is why I do. I enjoyed GWTW, but every time I read it my heart breaks for the characters. It is a wonderful peice of literature, but the ending leaves me slightly depressed for days and I ask myself why I read it over and over.After reading Scarlett I finally felt like I could rest easily because Scarlett had found happiness. In the 2nd book Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler seems to finally be sorry for the things she had done and she seemed kinder and less cold. While I don't think that Margaret Mitchell intended on having her portrayed that way, I certainly liked it.
Rating: 2
Summary: Don't read it
Comment: I too succumbed to this novel, which promised a continuation of my absolute favorite book of all time, the book to which nothing ever compared. Well, I was let down. The time spent in Ireland is incredibly boring. It goes on and on and on and it's awful. As for the book itself, it's not bad. But it's got nothing on the original; absolutely NOTHING. It's easy to decide to read it, but if I could turn back time I never would have read it. Personally I think no sequel is necessary to the spectacular Gone With the Wind. It is a beautiful story that is complete the way it is. I'd rather dream sequels to the book myself than read Ms. Ripley's attempt to follow it. It's nothing against her. After all, it would've been hard for anyone to pick up, what with Melanie dead and Scarlett no longer in love with Ashley. I can almost see how it was necessary to change Scarlett beyond recognition. The first part of it, when Scarlett went to Charleston, was actually pretty interesting. But this is not a book that should have been written. As Rhett said in the last pages of GWTW, "Scarlett, I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken--and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken pieces as long as I lived." Gone With the Wind ended, whether the ending was the way we wanted things to turn out or not, and this continuation is nothing but an attempt to glue pieces back together.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Read
Comment: I must say that I have read the reviews of this book and i tend to wonder if these persons are talking about the same novel. I thought this book was great. If you are a fan of heart-warming, non-cheesy, exciting and genuine romance stories you will love this book. This writer does an excellent job of presenting genuine and complex characters as well as well researched facts about the historical aspects of the story. I especially like the fact that this writer keeps the essence of Scarlett while showing how she changes but doing it in a believable way. You still feel as if the character is Scarlett although there are differences about her.
Knowing it was a sequel I did not expect too much but I was satisfied with the story. Some of the things that happen in this story may be a bit far-fetched, but any good story, movie or piece of entertainment is bound to have this effect. A word to some of die-hard GWTW fans, this writer is not Margaret Mitchell and so dont expect her writing to be like Ms. Mitchell, but at the same time be open-minded. She is very good and was chosen by Ms. Mitchell's estate.
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Title: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell ISBN: 0446365386 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title:Scarlett ASIN: 6304274742 Publisher: Hallmark Home Entertainment Pub. Date: 22 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.98 |
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Title:Gone with the Wind ASIN: B00004RF96 Publisher: Warner Studios Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.97 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.98 |
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Title: On Leaving Charleston by Alexandra Ripley ISBN: 0446360015 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Thorn Birds (Modern Classics) by Colleen McCullough ISBN: 0517201658 Publisher: Wings Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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