We the Living by Ayn Rand

My second book by Ayn Rand did not disappoint one bit. Again, I got hooked quick and couldn't put it down. 

It follows a young woman in Communist Russia in the early 1900s as she struggles to fulfill her dreams and follow her heart through the tyranny and hypocrisy of communism. This story is sad, very few mountain peaks of joy. As a young woman myself, I would never been able to endure what she had to endure. 

Rand describes the life under the regime of communism as very terrible, which I'm sure it's accurate. This book was so perspective shifting in how privilaged of a life I have and how different a capitalistic society operates. 

I give this 4/5 stars because I enjoyed the read thoroughly but the sadness made me ding a point. 

Finished January 28, 2021. 


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