Atlas Shrugged

Ayn just keeps on saying the same things over and over again, idk why it needs to be 1300 pages long. Also, I don't believe the addition of Dagny's multiple romances helps convey the message. I guess I'm at fault for not knowing what I got myself into. I also don't necessarily agree with her message either. She argues for pure, unfettered capitalism, but clearly that's not the answer. Dagny may have been ethical in her business philosophy but that doesn't mean every high up in large companies are.

I really, really wanted to read this book. Sadly, one must use Google Books with copyright protection. If you don't carry a tablet around with you or if you live in a rural area with little to no Internet, you have no access to the book and can't read it. I am returning this book because the digital edition and Google Books have so many limitations and problems with using that I'll never be able to read it. Giving up on Ayn Rand for no other reason than I can't find a physical paper edition of her work to read - not in any used bookstore anywhere and because of the eBook limitations this means there's no way from me to find, access, and read her work. Another great writer who will be forgotten by history thanks to physical books of hers no longer being printed and all eBooks require a phone or a tablet plus Internet access to read. Whatever happened to being able t read an old-fashioned paper books outside on a beautiful sunny summer day? Good luck getting your device's screen bright enough to be able to actually see and read a digital edition on a sunny day, they don't get bright enough. Good bye Ayn Rand. I never knew you and now I never will.

I read it having no preconceptions about what it was about. I was interested at first, then I started noticing the same concepts over and over and over again. I got to the point where I was just reading it because I had already read hundreds of pages. When I got to the 90 page speech (rant) at the end by John Galt I'd have had enough and couldn't finish it. A fanatical book loved by fanatical people.