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halynah's review against another edition
5.0
This book is so above any 5 stars or ratings! Definitely the best book I've ever read - in all aspects! To rate it one star, as many reviewers did, is a crime. The book is a masterpiece, and if someone didn't understand it, or got bored with it - the blame is that reader's. No matter, what your taste in books, not to appreciate this one is beyond any reason. Doubtless a must-read!!!
18/10 2018
I happened to see two negative reviews of Atlas Shrugged by two writers - John Scalzi and Mercedes Lackey. Imagine that - two authors, whose books are so crappy, that it's been a real torture to try to finish them. Two authors, whose characters are bland and unlikeable, and yet they claim, that Ayn Rand's characters are cardboard and flat. Those authors have below average writing styles, but instead of improving their styles, they dare to criticize the author to whom they can't hold a candle. That's what happens, when mediocrities prevail.
18/10 2018
I happened to see two negative reviews of Atlas Shrugged by two writers - John Scalzi and Mercedes Lackey. Imagine that - two authors, whose books are so crappy, that it's been a real torture to try to finish them. Two authors, whose characters are bland and unlikeable, and yet they claim, that Ayn Rand's characters are cardboard and flat. Those authors have below average writing styles, but instead of improving their styles, they dare to criticize the author to whom they can't hold a candle. That's what happens, when mediocrities prevail.
starfleeting's review against another edition
1.0
The only book I've ever wanted to burn. Had to read for school and hated every minute of it.
haveyouseentron's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Conflicted over rooting for the capitalists. Cottagecore free market is heaven?
moshalala's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
julesjoulesjewels's review against another edition
1.0
This was a Book Club book during my sophomore year of high school, and I finished it mainly to prove that I could, because it was so long. No one else in Book Club finished it, though, so we did not end up discussing it, which made the time I spent reading it feel doubly wasted.
alisonhori's review against another edition
2.0
Well, this book was my punishment for wanting to be culturally literate and I guess now, at least on this one topic, I am now aware of what people are talking about when they talk about Ayn Rand and "Who is John Galt". I give this two stars both for the absolute flatness and lack of depth both of the characters and the politics....endless black and white discussions unedited apparently cause all the "good guys" go on and on and on and on and UGH...and the bad guys occasionally whine for a bit as act like asses and that is it for the whole freakin' book.