Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Atlas Shrugged
Book Review: who needs politics all the time?
Summary: 4 Stars
ok, i've heard that ayn rand is supposed to be this huge thinker and and this stuff but this is a good book with or without all those politics and "objectivism" (whatever that is.) obviously i have no idea what most of these people are saying abt government and they way mrs. rand thinks and i don't care to. i'm not into all that. this book is a great read pure and simple. there are characters you loathe and ones you love. to me, the story takes place at the end of the world when things couldn't possibly get worse, and then they do. they pass stupid laws to give life back to the people that in turn hurt everyone. when people start getting fed up and doing something abt it is when things start getting good. men are closing their business doors and disappearing, utter chaos ensues and finally we get down to it and discover they made a new world and are starting over. some parts are a little hard to read and it is a very long book but i had a very hard time putting it down (though sometimes i had to just so i could rest my eyes.) this description in no way does justice to the book itself. if you like her work already then give this a whirl. if yr just getting started with it, i'd suggest anthem first but when yr done, pick this one up. it's amazing.Book Review: worth more than any education I ever had
Summary: 5 Stars
Reading Atlas Shruggged added more value to my live than all the 20 years school education. Through school, I learned how to think and acquired "a lot of knowledge". From Altas, I learned what life is about, what to live for and how to live. Since Atlas, I never had a moment of self doubt, indecision, or worries. All my enery is focused on consciously pursuing success and my own happiness.
Atlas dared to show the good, evil, beautiful and ulgy of man. Rand did it clearly with logic, consistency and convinction.
This world can be black, white, and most of the time grey. Rand was not concerned about the grey. She chose to demonstrate the black and white. By knowing the black and white, one has the tool to grasp the grey.
one learns the 1+1=2 in maths, Newtons's law in physics. With these simplified "black and white", the "unreal", one goes as far as building cars, airplanes, computers, the "grey", the "real." In morden sciences, one studies the essentials, the comprehsibles, the fundamentals. They are "unreal" because one rarely sees them in real word. It is the study of these "unreals" that made modern science, engineering, and industry possible.
"Human is different!", "Human is irrational!", "Human life cannot be black and white!" "Life is all grey!", "how can one ever know anything for sure!", "Everything is relative!", If these are your choices, have you ever wondered why "making decision is so hard", "my life is so miserable", "feel guilty to enjoy a good meal, to drive a new car", "feel guilty to love someone", "feel guilty being loved"?
Everbody gets what they want out of live.
The wise ones are open for positive influences, they keep on learning, become wiser and wiser, live beter and better lives.
Book Review: yes, it is great
Summary: 5 Stars
I have noticed that many reviewers of this novel have attacked ayn rand's work, very obviously, merely because they disagree with her moral standings. The ideas advocated in a fictional novel should not be the ultimate measure of its greatness. The fact is ayn rand is one of the most brilliant writers of all time, as is Kafka, who would adamantly refute her arguments. I ask that future reviewers set aside their political convictions, and recognize Atlas Shrugged for what it is, a brilliant, captivating work of fiction.