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Loading... Rhett Butler's People (edition 2008)by Donald McCaig
Work detailsRhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig
 lollypup | Apr 6, 2013 |  Fanfic by someone not a fan. Fairly interesting, fairly well-done. I couldn't not read it, somehow. I haven't read GWTW in ages and frankly my dear, it didn't knock me out the last time I assayed it, so I was not particularly bugged by the disconnects I noticed between it and this. (  ) satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 | Fanfic by someone not a fan. Fairly interesting, fairly well-done. I couldn't not read it, somehow. I haven't read GWTW in ages and frankly my dear, it didn't knock me out the last time I assayed it, so I was not particularly bugged by the disconnects I noticed between it and this. ( ) satyridae | Apr 4, 2013 | Another authorized sequel from the Margaret Mitchell estate. Apparently, they went through more than a few writers before settling on McCaig, and I have to say he does a pretty good job with a nearly impossible task. My biggest objection to Gone With The Wind is the blatant racism, and McCaig manages to follow the GWTW storyline while presenting a Rhett Butler whose bigotry has been all but erased. I like McCaig's writing style and I enjoyed seeing the familiar characters live again, as well as finding out more about Rhett's origins. Still, I have to wonder, as I did when I read "Scarlett" back in 1992, is this really what would have happened in the tomorrow that Scarlett always talked about. (  ) Judy5cents | Mar 2, 2013 | it was nice to be able to see from the other view of the greatest love story of all time, it has always been about Scarlett and now we know Rhett's version of the story. (  ) TriciaDM | Jul 14, 2011 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0312262515, Hardcover)Margaret Mitchell's story of Scarlett O'Hara's and Rhett Butler's beguiling, twisted love for each other, set against the gruesome background of a nation torn apart by war, is by all accounts epic--so much so that it feels untouchable. Yet McCaig's take on what many would consider a sacred cow of 20th-century American literature is a worthy suitor for Mitchell's many ardent fans, for reasons that may not be altogether obvious. It would be easy to look at Gone With the Wind and Rhett Butler’s People side by side and catalog what is accurate and what isn't and tally up the score. In doing so, however, the fan is apt to miss out on the best part of this whole book: Rhett Butler himself. McCaig's Rhett is thoroughly modern, both a product of his Charleston plantation and an emphatic rejection of it. He is filled with romance and ingenuity, grit and wit, and a toughness matched only by a sense of humility that evokes so gracefully the hardship and heartbreak of a society falling apart. It's not hard to love Rhett in his weakness for Scarlett's love, but it is entirely amazing to love him as he rescues Belle Watling, mentors her bright young son Tazewell, adores his sister Rosemary, dotes on dear Bonnie Blue, and defends his best friend Tunis Bonneau to the very end.To pluck a character from a beloved book and recalibrate the story's point-of-view isn't an easy thing to do. Ultimately, the new must ring true with the old, and this is where Rhett Butler’s People succeeds beyond measure. In the spirit of Mitchell's masterpiece, McCaig never questions that love--of family, lover, land, or country--is the tie that binds these characters to life, for better or worse. --Anne Bartholomew (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:33:05 -0500) Rhett Butler's People is exciting, romantic, surprising--an unforgettable novel that shows us the Rhett we've never seen, but longed to know--and illuminates one of the greatest love stories ever told. Here, in this excerpt, is where that story begins...… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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This book had too much of the war detail for my taste, however, I did enjoy reading more about Rhett. (