Amy H.
Wow. Everyone should read this book BUT NOT bc it is a good book. In fact, this may go down as one of the WORST books I have ever read/listened to, (despite the narrator being excellent). By way of background, I never saw the movie, Gone with the Wind. So I thought this was a love story, but I didn’t really know what it was about. I just knew it was a classic, a well-loved story. So I quickly chose it as my VIP freebie selection of the month. And now that I’ve read it, once again, I say… wow. I realize this book was written in the 1930s. But please do not ask me to give it a pass because “it was a different time.” Look it up for yourself- apparently this book was second only to the Bible in popularity in 1990s. Yes, the actual 1990s (the days when Full House and Friends were popular on television). THIS BOOK. This racist, propaganda-laced book depicting black people as ignorant foolish children who loved being slaves, and the KKK as sympathetic heroes who were just trying to protect their vulnerable white women from violence (ironic) at the hands of black people and their “white trash” “yankee” supporters. Everyone should read this book. And THEN, we should all ask ourselves some very serious questions about why a book like this was still so beloved by so many people up and into the 1990s. Because I will tell you this, it is NOT owing to an interesting plot or exceptional writing. I’m being generous when I say both were, “meh.” But there IS a reason why so many people loved this book. And frankly, my dears, it’s time we all start giving “a damn” as to why. Negative one star. But don’t burn books. Read this for an education.
