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jesm98 's review for:
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
I listened to the audio version of this novel via the Libby app.
So the story itself was really fascinating. I was very invested in the characters, wanted to know what was happening, wanted them to work it all out, etc. The problem came in the form of the long, and I mean LONG, speeches by characters. There was one radio broadcast speech that lasted over an hour. I'm telling you, I checked out about 15 minutes into it and didn't resurface for a really long time. I understand people being passionate about their ideals, but I cannot follow long speeches either listening or reading them. After a while, all I hear are adults on Charlie Brown.
I was so invested in the book, though, that when my borrowing time was up, I put myself back on the list to get it again. It took me three weeks to listen to the entire book, but there was almost a month in between where I could wait to get the book back to find out how it ended.
Overall, I enjoyed the story aspect of the story. The yuck for me came in the interminable speeches given by characters on the rightness of their specific "cause."
So the story itself was really fascinating. I was very invested in the characters, wanted to know what was happening, wanted them to work it all out, etc. The problem came in the form of the long, and I mean LONG, speeches by characters. There was one radio broadcast speech that lasted over an hour. I'm telling you, I checked out about 15 minutes into it and didn't resurface for a really long time. I understand people being passionate about their ideals, but I cannot follow long speeches either listening or reading them. After a while, all I hear are adults on Charlie Brown.
I was so invested in the book, though, that when my borrowing time was up, I put myself back on the list to get it again. It took me three weeks to listen to the entire book, but there was almost a month in between where I could wait to get the book back to find out how it ended.
Overall, I enjoyed the story aspect of the story. The yuck for me came in the interminable speeches given by characters on the rightness of their specific "cause."