Lorine Pruette's positive review in The New York Times, which called the author "a writer of great power" who wrote "brilliantly, beautifully and bitterly", was one that Rand greatly appreciated.
lˈoːɹiːn pɹˈuːts pˈɑːzᵻtˌɪv ɹᵻvjˈuː ɪnðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk tˈaɪmz, wˌɪtʃ kˈɔːld ðɪ ˈɔːθɚ "ɐ ɹˈaɪɾɚɹ ʌv ɡɹˈeɪt pˈaʊɚ" hˌuː ɹˈoʊt "bɹˈɪliəntli, bjˈuːɾɪfəli ænd bˈɪɾɚli", wʌz wˈʌn ðæt ɹˈænd ɡɹˈeɪtli ɐpɹˈiːʃɪˌeɪɾᵻd.