I am surprised that no one on this thread quotes from “Atlas Shrugged”. Although the politics and meaning were great, it was interminable in many parts due to the bad writing.
“no one on this thread quotes from “Atlas Shrugged”
Because it’s a thread about literature.
Ayn Rand had zero talent as a writer and wasn’t much of a thinker either. Her novels were something you would expect a college junior to slap together. Never understood her appeal among libertarians, probably because most libertarians have very little idea of what constitutes good literature. It’s pathetic that they would extoll such a juvenile piece of work.
That monologue at the end? I rarely skip ahead…but I skipped that mess.
I found the characters very one-dimensional. The whole novel had the atmosphere of a surrealist landscape, to me.
One could argue that that’s what she meant to do...but it ruined what could have been a much better and equally convincing novel.
It’s possible to combine a political/philosophical polemic with a work of fiction, but I think you need more artistic talent than Rand possessed to do it right.