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Title: Disappointed
Review: I am a huge fan of Atlas Shrugged, and I also enjoyed Fountainhead. As I had heard We The Living was a quasi autobiography of Ayn Rand's life in the Soviet Union, my expectations were very high. However, although the depictions of life under communism and the Soviet Union were extremely important and revealing, the storyline and plot itself were very dull. Maybe that was the point--the banality and dullness of life under communism aside from all the brutality and meanness. Regardless, the story was not interesting and the characters were not interesting; it turned into a bizarre, trashy romance novel. In no way did this book come close to Atlas Shrugged or Fountainhead. Sadly, I gave it up at about half-way. Others may have gotten more out of this book, but I did not. If you want to read Ayn Rand, go with Atlas Shrugged--it is tremendous.
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