I had the same experience. A family friend tried getting me to read Atlas Shrugged all the way through. I could not get more than a few chapters in.
I don't even remember getting into the philosophical weeds with it, the book is just so powerfully boring. It should be administered as a prophylactic before anesthesia.
I tried reading Rand in high school and even at that early age found the prose so dreadful that I gave up after about 30 pages.
yes , crummy writing and a truly horrible morality , if you call it that
I had the same experience. A family friend tried getting me to read Atlas Shrugged all the way through. I could not get more than a few chapters in.
I don't even remember getting into the philosophical weeds with it, the book is just so powerfully boring. It should be administered as a prophylactic before anesthesia.
I remember throwing one of her books against the wall I was so disgusted with her BS тАЬphilosophyтАЭ.
I found Atlas Shrugged in my grandfather's books (he was a staunch Republican), I read it and forced myself to finish it. Yuck.