Donald Scoby’s Reviews > Atlas Shrugged > Status Update

S-O C-L-O-S-E to complete! The story took a twist, a necessary twist, that I nearly missed until after the fact -- I think because of the 3-hour long ever livid speech. The book has been fantastic, the point of the speech was integral, but the excessive length hurt the book. Glad to be adding this one to my list of book accomplishments.

On one hand, we know John can speak -- on the other hand, he has the world's biggest soap box.

Read a bit of a surprise / not-surprise today. I've been told by another reader that I should be prepared to have my mind blown by the end. Also told there's some long speech. Not sure if I've hit that either. Enjoying the read though. Very timely book.

Still WOW!

Great time to be reading this book!

Had AR written Fountainhead as she did Atlas Shrugged, I'd have liked it WAY better! Quite enjoying AS, interesting that she wrote it when she did, seeing how it resonates today.

Much better than Fountainhead, which was mostly a big soap-opera. Atlas Shrugged has better continuity, content has more meaning to story. Interesting to read now, Ayn Rand's writing seems to resonate with modern events.

Previously plowed through Fountainhead, which I was told should be covered before Atlas Shrugged. I remain of the opinion that Fountianhead was overwritten. As for Atlas Shrugged, I know it is longer and has its famously long (and wandering?) speech .... so .... we'll see. In any case, I expect to be done with this in about ... probably .... two years. If I cram.