Carolyn G. (demifess) reviewed on 1/30/2011

Helpful Score: 1

It took me a little while to adjust to Rand's writing style, as I have never read anything she has written before. Once I got into "Atlas Shrugged," however, I tore through it pretty quickly, up until a certain point in the novel, very close to the end. There is a certain long speech by a certain character near the end, and anyone who has read the book knows exactly what I'm talking about. I found the speech to be long, repetitive and preachy, which is unfortunate because I had highly enjoyed the book up to that point. After you muscle through the speech, however, it gets pretty good again. (I did feel bad about the fate of one poor character, but then again dystopian novels aren't supposed to be filled with sunshine and rainbows, are they?)

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