TexasBrett t1_j62twsi wrote on January 27, 2023 at 8:45 AM

Atlas Shrugged

VenatorDeFatuis t1_j62v4mo wrote on January 27, 2023 at 9:02 AM

Did you like it?

I found it contrived and boring. Maybe I wasn't in the right headspace.

TexasBrett t1_j63613l wrote on January 27, 2023 at 11:30 AM

I did. It’s my favorite book. I also understand it’s sort of fallen out of favor the last 10 years or so. It’s important to remember it’s a work of fiction and a critique of a government that doesn’t exist anymore. It’s not meant to be a modern political platform.

VenatorDeFatuis t1_j63d5wu wrote on January 27, 2023 at 12:46 PM

Yeah I kind of got that. I read in 2003 IIRC.

But I felt it was a bit preachy, more a manifesto than a story. Perhaps if I had known it I would have not been bothered.