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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
2.0
It took me forever to read this thing becuase I kept putting it down. It was pretty tough to get through the 3 hour radio broadcast, that was only a summary of what Rand is trying to get across through the entire book. I mean isn't 900 pages already enough to get a point across without the need to repeat it all again only in different words?
And I understand that she was using it to teach her philosophy, but it bothered me that the books characters were pretty two dimentional. One last thing that bothered me was the fact that Dagny killed that man in the end. Sure he was confused and didn't have time to assess the situation and make up his mind, but did he really deserve to be murdered? I mean after all that talk about not forcing your way with the point of a gun. I just thought that it wasn't right that he was the only guard that they killed.
But overall I didn't hate this book. It just wasn't as appealing to me. It did have some thought provoking arguments that helped me understand Objectivism much more, and I don't fault her for following her own philosophy. Of course, I think that there are many holes to be found.
And I understand that she was using it to teach her philosophy, but it bothered me that the books characters were pretty two dimentional. One last thing that bothered me was the fact that Dagny killed that man in the end. Sure he was confused and didn't have time to assess the situation and make up his mind, but did he really deserve to be murdered? I mean after all that talk about not forcing your way with the point of a gun. I just thought that it wasn't right that he was the only guard that they killed.
But overall I didn't hate this book. It just wasn't as appealing to me. It did have some thought provoking arguments that helped me understand Objectivism much more, and I don't fault her for following her own philosophy. Of course, I think that there are many holes to be found.