A review by mattbeatty
Anthem by Ayn Rand

4.0

I enjoyed this. I thought it was a good, captivating read that falls right in line with other dystopic works such as 1984, Brave New World, and even future efforts like The Giver. The story is sparse on detail but expands upon the City enough to be fully believable. It seems more a cautionary tale or a parable than anything, but it ends with hope, and its message it strictly regarding the individual power of man. Perhaps the message is too weightedly anti-collective, but it has its purposes in that it was written 70 years ago.