lilimiss_anonymous 's review for:

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

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One scene ruined this good book for me, so just a review cause I can't rate this. The characters are interesting and super unique, which would usually earn a star. The unpredictable characters built an unpredictable story too, which would again win a star. The story was so different and the language is not so hard to read either, which should be awarded a star too. The philosophy presented in the book is amazing, and really made me draw parallels to the real world, which again deserves one star. BUT, the book has a scene of rape (you will not see it coming even if you know it ll happen, so it's not a spoiler), which is presented to not be wrong, because of the characters involved. And I just could not stomach seeing something scarring and traumatizing written to be fine like that. The scene is symbolic, but personally I just did not like something that leaves many people helpless and destroyed, written the way it was, like the victim craved it too, and since way we like/dislike something is mostly based on how we feel about it i just could not accept it. So, I agreed with the rest of the book, but due to disagreement on one particular scene, which was bothering me throughout, I just could not give it a good rating. i did not want one scene to weigh in on a book that is otherwise perfect, but that scene did make me semi-hate the way I saw the rest of the novel. Would I recommend it? Yes, but take that one scene with a bunch of pinches of salt.