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We the Living
by Ayn Rand
I enjoyed Ayn Rand's first stab at writing a full novel, this expose on life in glorious Soviet Russia that powerfully speaks against treasuring a government or ideal over the individual. I actually like Rand's philosophical messages here more than I do in her later and more complete works, though of course it's easier to argue against something horrible, as she does here, than it is to set up a positive philosophical system, as she attempts to do in later works. The plot is great and the writing solid, though her love scenes, as usual, are that special brand of Rand twisted romance. "His kiss tasted like a wound" is how the book's first love scene begins. Still, a very worthwhile read.