Richard Koehl Koehl itibaren Ашт, Махараштра 413213, Индия
I read this in high school, and remember loving it. I went back to it after reading (and hating) the wretched Alchemist to see if maybe I was misremembering my first reading. It held up ok, but the lack of nuance disappointed me as a more mature reader. I found the story and the themes interesting, and hoped (of course) for the relationship between the old friends/new lovers to work out. A short, easy read. Bonus: I have a beautiful edition that looks lovely on the shelf, even if I'm not compelled to re-read anytime soon.
Although I do not pride myself on taking the time to wade through more than 1000 pages of garbage, I'm glad that I can now fully comprehend the feeble-mindedness of the Ayn Rand zombies slouching around everywhere. If the characters in her novel are really as brilliant (and apparently, as extremely common) as she wants us to think, then why are they forced to hide in an isolated Utopia, giving up on the rest of the world, instead of kicking some ass with the kind of minds which can collect energy out of thin air to make motors independent from electricity or gas. Also, guess what John Galt, if the population of the United States is really as stupid and downtrodden as you say they are, a 60 page monologue over the radio is not the best way to get the proletariat to instigate social revolution, at least that’s how it works in the real world. Put down Ayn Rand's mind-scrambling garbage and go pick up a real social satire like George Orwell, Joseph Heller or Jonathan Swift. P.S. The only reason I didn't give it zero stars is because I can't.
I liked her other book so much I wanted to see what else she had written.