tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post6997582110589970182..comments2024-03-17T13:13:58.214-07:00Comments on Blue-Hearted Bookworm: Where's Waldo, I Mean, Rhett?Bybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-43981550045756515672011-07-29T15:47:01.023-07:002011-07-29T15:47:01.023-07:00O.M.G. I am never going to read that book. Why mus...O.M.G. I am never going to read that book. Why must people go in and explain every last detail of an implied backstory? It kills the relationship with the story.Carrie#Khttp://mymiddlenameispatience.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-62659293107915197692011-07-28T23:22:28.681-07:002011-07-28T23:22:28.681-07:00The way you describe this book makes it sound like...The way you describe this book makes it sound like a waste of time. It seems like a cheap knock-off for a lazy writer. Is it pretentious to try and fill the shoes of a great writer like Mitchell, or anyone else? maybe not, now I'm considering writing Ahab's People; or maybe, Tom Sawyer's People.fantsmaclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326182941010234911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-87738812539034558292011-07-28T17:05:01.381-07:002011-07-28T17:05:01.381-07:00Lola and Kathleen,
I know how you feel...I feel ve...Lola and Kathleen,<br />I know how you feel...I feel very protective towards Mitchell's work and her decision not to write a sequel.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-18771987571492744262011-07-28T15:38:51.146-07:002011-07-28T15:38:51.146-07:00I really loved Gone with the Wind and can't be...I really loved Gone with the Wind and can't bear to read any of these sequels or prequels.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-30592281164746933802011-07-28T08:16:45.299-07:002011-07-28T08:16:45.299-07:00I have read all the Gone with the Wind sequels and...I have read all the Gone with the Wind sequels and knock offs. It has just solidified the fact that you can't mess with a classic. GWTW is so gargantuan, and Mitchell was such a genius, that nothing has even come close, in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com