[Terr_]

It's one of the few books that I went into totally blind, and then hate-finished just so that I could confidently condemn it.

I've deleted a paragraph or two to avoid unilaterally taking everything too off topic, but I'll just say that the book is a self-contradictory artifact of hypocrisy that disrespects the reader.

[rcfox]

I also went into that book blind. I was in grade 12 and some organization was offering scholarships to people who wrote an essay about the book. I had a twice-daily 45-minute bus ride to fill, so it seemed like an easy win.

I didn't end up finishing the book.

[bryanlarsen]

Probably not the type of organization to give a scholarship to those who write an essay critical of the work.

Myself, I read it at age 12 and bought its premise at the time. Therefore I mentally categorize Ayn Rand devotees as people with the maturity I had at 12. That's a pretty low bar they're failing to clear.