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Just Another Book Blog
Just Another Book Blog rated it 5 years ago
I read this when I was younger and did not enjoy it even then when I understand many people are captivated by the ideas it presents. I would have just forgotten about it like so many other mediocre books in the past, but my current employment brought it to my attention again. Both our CEO and com...
mybookjournal
mybookjournal rated it 8 years ago
With illogical-ideology, impractical-philosophy and a bunch of unreal & robotic characters’ this book was 700 pages of crap.
Edward
Edward rated it 9 years ago
IntroductionNotesAuthor's Foreword--Anthem
Martha Sweeney
Martha Sweeney rated it 9 years ago
Ayn Rand is one of my favorite authors and I have only read Atlas Shrugged. I saw the first two movies after a friend had mentioned them and loved the subject matter. After being sadly disappointed with the third movie (Atlas Shrugged Part III), I felt compelled to read the book. The first two movie...
David Gallaher
David Gallaher rated it 10 years ago
Strong narrative. Great characters. Not my politics, but absolutely riveting.
Flicker Reads
Flicker Reads rated it 10 years ago
I could forgive it its philosophical premise if it was better written. 500 pages too long, and still full of cartoonish villains and ridiculous, melodrama punctuated with long, repetitive philosophical discourses. What frightens me most about the book is that so many people seem blind to its flaws, ...
Fiery Book Deva
Fiery Book Deva rated it 11 years ago
This is truly a classic. I really liked it and the way dystopians have become now. This is really one of the original ones. I really liked the concept. With that being said. I have to give it a 3.5 stars because of the pacing. It is one of the lsrgest Book in existence that isn't a collection or bin...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
I know many sneer at the idea of Ayn Rand as a philosopher. (Just look at reviews below.) I believe mainly because they're so radically opposed to her views and so consider her a threat to their values. And many find it easy to be derogatory because she won fame as a writer of fiction and didn't hav...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
This is a collection of Ayn Rand's early unpublished fiction. I wouldn't recommend this to someone not already a fan of her writing. If I weren't already, I don't know that I'd consider any piece here a standout (with the exception of the 1939 play, Think Twice.). To a fan it definitely has it's fas...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
Ayn Rand's ideas are so controversial and notorious I think it's hard for many to evaluate her novels fairly. I am an admirer, even if not an uncritical one, and think if you read only one novel of hers, it probably should be Atlas Shrugged--that's the book that best represents her philosophy if you...
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