That was a chewy book to read. First, it was hard to read the 1st half of it. Politics, slavery and racism (with all the terms that comes with it) and simply the stupidity of Scarlett. The 2nd half was way better.

On the bright side I learned a lot about American history. Because I didn't know a lot about the American Civil War I read about it before I continued with the book. I felt it's needed to follow the story, to understand when and where the things happened.

As a non-native speaker it was hard to read and understand the dialect the author gave the slaves in her book. Over time it got better, though.