We

Deranged? Raving? Idiotic? Well, I have to concede that We is at least imaginative. I think my rating says more about me than it does about the book. I suppose I'd be an ideological apologist for the One State, which governs everything rationally and scientifically. To me, this book was following the subversive acts of a bunch of overly sentimental terrorists, while others might read this book as a memoir of some freedom fighters restoring humanity to a despotic society. I despised the “protagonist,” whom I'd prefer to deem an antagonist. This opinion, of course, made the book very hard to enjoy. So... the enjoyment one may derive from We is quite dependent on the political beliefs you already have.

The only reason I did not give We one star is because of how clearly original the novel is. It might as well be the first of the ‘‘dystopia'' genre. Another fun fact that might persuade you to read it: We was the very first literary work that was banned by the Soviet censorship board. Well, at least Comrade Zamyatin provided a manual for combatting anti-state terrorism a millennium from now.