Okay, so I finally finished this book last night. For the length of this dystopian epic - I'm gonna try to keep the review short - concentrating on only the main part. Well - the good news is I found out who John Galt was...
Characters:
My favourite character was Dagny - the strong, independent female who frankly does not care what you think of her. She's in charge of the railroad in this dystopian madness and needs a man called John Galt to help her in this communist state where Marxism has definitely gone too far.
Themes:
The theme of anonymity was my favourite (you thought I was gonna say dystopia? Nope). There was a certain satisfaction in hearing the line "Who is John Galt?" every few chapters.
Storyline:
I'm really trying not to give spoilers because kudos if you can make it through this huge text. Well, the storyline was probably one of the best things about the book - it had the dystopian destruction that was only otherwise seen in Orwellian Fiction. I don't really enjoy dystopia that much - but here, it was done well.
Verdict:
I give this book an 8/9
100% for characters: Ayn Rand really got to me with Dagny - especially as she is a headstrong woman that still has very stereotypical female problems
100% for themes: Anonymity has been done brilliant and is interwoven with dystopia almost perfectly.
2/3 for storyline: It was just so long winded. This is the only reason I knocked off a mark.
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