A must read for 2021. American communism is on the rise, and if we don’t stop it we will suffer the fate of the characters of this book. You have to read it.

I read this about 50 years ago and never forgot what a fabulous book this is!

A great novel with captivating characters and complex plot lines, all revolving around the theme of the individual vs. the state. I was captivated reading this amazing work of fiction, and it will haunt me for a very long time as to the lengths one would go to in Soviet Russia. Please read one of Rand's less famous, perhaps underrated novels. It will change your life.

Its probably soviet Russia, but I this book is deeply depressing. Couldn't complete this.

A great read. If this book doesn't cure you of your delusional socialistic visions, then nothing will!

I've been told Rand's description of the early Soviet Union in this work is accurate.

A must-read for the Ayn Rand believer, her first novel, set in the Soviet Union, from which she fled in real life. As in The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, she proposes her ideas of individualism and objectivism, in this case against the forces of communist tyranny. Although without the maturity of her later works, this novel provides a glimpse into Rand's world, one in which I, and suspect many other Rand readers, would prefer to live, rather than the present one which rewards political correctness and mediocrity. Highly recommended.

One of the best book I've read in my life.