Barry A. (scary-floating-eye) reviewed on 3/25/2014 + 11 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

They say to write only what you know. If this is the case, it's not clear that Rand has ever been to Earth or met a human being. There is not a shred of realism in anything that happens, from characters who drop everything to give absurdly long speeches, to court proceedings in which blatant contempt of court is grounds for an acquittal. The term "unreliable narrator" does not even begin to describe the ridiculous lengths Rand goes to in attempting to bludgeon her views into the reader's head, or for that matter all the blatantly obvious problems in everything she proposes. If you already love yourself way too much and think most of humanity is a bunch of losers who could die for all you care, this is the book for you. For anyone with a trace of morals, this is a morally repulsive snoozefest to be avoided unless you have a really bad case of insomnia. One star given since, in case of an emergency, your copy can be used in place of toilet paper.

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