Title: Corrupting the original to call this a sequel
Product review: Completely unsatisfying -- none of the depth and complexity of Mitchell's GWTW. Characterizations are shallow and very inconsistent with the original work, and crucial scenes are just skipped over with a brief mention after the fact -- as though the author wasn't confident in her ability to write them. Worst of all, the ending is a joke: characters aren't supposed to KNOW they're larger-than-life -- it nullifies any sense of humanity they may have been given (which in this case wasn't much). If this story was meant to stand alone, I'd simply be rolling my eyes at it (like the dime-store trash novels it resembles -- you know, the ones with Fabio on the cover?), but as a so-called sequel to "Gone with the Wind", it's appalling and downright contemptible. It's tragic that the iconic excellence of "Gone with the Wind" has been corrupted by this pandering mess.
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