2/04/25 - Completed Anthem, started Gleanings

 Hello feasyheads,

Today was pretty full of reading! I finished Anthem by Ayn Rand, a pretty famous author. It's a novella (only about 150 pages!) that I found similar to 1984. It was not a particularly hard read, actually, but the use of 'we' instead of 'I' even when the character referred only to himself. It serves as a good start for philosophical fiction, if you're interested in that.

For the rating:

The story wasn't as confusing as I'd expect it to be, and very clearly had the signs of a dystopia that I like to see in a book. You could really see how growing up in this world when no one is an individual affects the main character. We see it in how he feels that it is not okay that he is smarter than others or in an any other way different, and yet he is. It's very clear that the story is meant to show the dangers of collectivism and the importance of individuality. 

The story gets a 6.75 out of 10, not because I have disliked it or anything, in fact, it exceeded my expectations, but because it is simply and honestly not a book that I will remember that well, a completely average book.But I'd still recommend reading it, as it brings up interesting points.

Also, rather than the two weeks I originally needed to wait to get Gleanings, book 3.5 of The Arc of a Scythe, I got the book today. I'm still not entirely sure what happened with the library, but Gleanings is basically a collection of short stories about very minor characters that appeared in the book and how they were affected by the events throughout the series. It's easy to get captivated in each story, which is not too short but not very long either, and it helps you see the world of Scythe from a multitude of perspectives to leave you to decide how you feel about this world: utopia, dystopia, or somewhere in between?

Finally -- last time I include this, honest, in case you missed the link to my Goodreads yesterday:

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/187122303-uncle-wally

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night/3:00 AM,

Uncle Wally