Reviews

Via col vento by Margaret Mitchell, Mariarosa Mancuso

brittbard's review against another edition

1.0

There’s nice things to say about this story, but they are all blurred out but the racism.

kasmi22's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.5

celinacurry1's review against another edition

5.0

It has renewed my interest in the Civil War and history during the time period

chicola's review against another edition

5.0

This is a book I read at 12 or 13 that has stuck with me for years. Probably reading this as an adult would be disappointing. I was certainly a little bookworm prior to reading this book, but I had never really felt fire from a book until reading Margaret Mitchell. I guess it's one of those coming of age experiences, but forever this book has a special place in my heart. Maybe I'll get around to re-reading it one of these days.

scarlett1996's review against another edition

5.0

My mother named me after Scarlett Ohara so of course I had to read this amazing book at some point in my life

readingwithhippos's review against another edition

1.0

I feel like I need to brush my teeth with Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, floss with Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, and gargle To Kill A Mockingbird to get the taste of this shamelessly racist, revisionist diatribe out of my mouth.

cabrijoh's review against another edition

5.0

My favorite book. I own more copies of Gone with the Wind than anyone should.

snjluc's review against another edition

4.0

Well, that was depressing.

thebookconfessions's review against another edition

5.0

I had a passionate love and hate relationship with this book.
Before starting it, I never thought I am in for a hell of a ride, but overall it was an exceptional reading experience and with no doubt, I will need some time to pull myself together after this read.
I am really upset but this book is a true piece of art.

lemonflower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is a tough one. The story is so good but the racism, misogyny, and romanticism of slavery is so strong. Every praise you’ve heard of this book is true, and every criticism is equally, if not more, true. In the end, I’m giving it a good rating because I rate them based on how engaged I was and emotionally invested, and that was a lot…. But yeah. It’s a tough one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Incest, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Abortion, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Bullying, Pregnancy, Rape, Ableism, Physical abuse, Body shaming, and Chronic illness