Awesome, amazing, took a long time to read but every second was worth it! The characters are so well thought up, the language was a little tricky but not too bad.

This book remains safely protected under the cover of a Pulitzer Prize, otherwise its raving racism would have been denounced. Any conservative nowadays who dared to write a book referring to blacks as Mrs. Mitchell did, would be torn to shreds. Throughout the book Scarlet laments that her "too dear a homeland" was being "turned over to ignorant Negroes drunk with whisky and freedom." The Yankees are just plain mean, because they wanted to give blacks the vote and believed interracial marriage should be legal. Scarlet feels toward blacks the same way modern Democrats seem to do: they are minors who can’t possibly survive without help by the white man! I hoped she would change her mindset and see the light; but Mitchell never takes the time to enlighten her character: Scarlet goes on with the same condescending attitude. The Klan, obviously, was only created out of the concern of the good Southern whites, to deal with "insolent negroes" who were turning fond eyes on white women; the same negroes Mitchell paradoxically describes as trusted, faithful, and loyal... Yankees are portrayed as regarding blacks as mere brutes. Yet, History tells us of slaves been snatched through the North from the Southern plantations and sent to Canada by these same Yankees... Where I live (near Lake Erie) you can still visit the houses that served as safe havens for slaves running away from their owners in the South—the "Underground Railroad." I'm sure these running blacks just misunderstood the good intentions of their owners down in the South… If Mitchell wanted to impart the view that whites and blacks are equal—which was supposedly the one she espoused—she failed monstrously! Her book gets readings at the Margaret Mitchell's Museum in Atlanta, but I am sure only very well selected parts are read out loud. If published today, this book would have caused riots bigger than the LA ones.

A rich portrayal of a time and place that is fortunately past. I struggled with the blatant and subtle racism and found I cared little for any of the main characters.

This book starts out very slow and at times I've had to push on to get through parts that dragged in the beginning. I also enjoyed the parts where the author explained the impact the civil war and reconstruction had from Scarlet's viewpoint and those in her social standard.

One of my favorites! Absolutely wonderful...

this book was so much better than the movie. I read it in 8th grade. Good book for an advanced reader child.

I liked all the great historical areas she talked about.

After reading this novel, I cannot find another book that can even compare. The turbulent plot balanced by the skillfully drafted characters create a story richer and more dynamic then any ever seen. Scarlett O'Hara is the most realistic character I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Mitchell did a wonderful job portraying both the positive and negative of this iconic southern belle. By the end of the novel, I could not help but feel as if I knew Scarlett. This is my favourite book of all time and I must implore everyone to read this treasured tale!

The most beautiful book of all time. Raw, wrenching and moving. I do not posses the words to properly describe this book.

Love Love Love! My favorite book ever!