I think most people that hate her haven’t read her works intently. Objectivism isn’t for sissies. Because it runs against the grain of everything we’ve been taught, it requires an effort and level of intensity well above the ordinary. I’ve read Atlas Shrugged 5x and still I sometimes “don’t get it.”
Did you read Galt’s entire speech 5x? That is the only part of the book hard to get through.