I skimmed about a hundred or so pages at Barnes and Nobles having been warned how horrible it was. I would have thrown it against the wall had I wanteI skimmed about a hundred or so pages at Barnes and Nobles having been warned how horrible it was. I would have thrown it against the wall had I wanted to pay for the privelage.
Her nonsensical rantings are surprisingly easy to read, which probably speaks to the literacy of her audience.
Lies, contempt, nastiness, and a completHer nonsensical rantings are surprisingly easy to read, which probably speaks to the literacy of her audience.
Lies, contempt, nastiness, and a complete disregard for anything resembling humanity. Even Joe McCarthy would have been uncomfortable around this creature....more
I was almost suckered by these people. Well... not really but the scientology center did have free IQ tests and I was curious. Sadly they claimed thatI was almost suckered by these people. Well... not really but the scientology center did have free IQ tests and I was curious. Sadly they claimed that I had failed the personality test they used and that I was in need of auditing. I coughed and mumbled a promise I had no intention of keeping before slipping away after buying a discount copy of one of their damned books.
The book itself had a few interesting ideas, none of them terribly original. The idea of memories around pain or trauma causing psychological damage was hardly revolutionary and had been around since Freud's time.
And in a way that I can only call Randesque (or maybe Aynesque) they completely mangle any understanding of the human mind and completely misunderstand principles of psychology while simutaneously blaming psychology.
Fortunately for the reader they do not go into space alien conspiracy here. I guess you have to pay a ton of money to get the super ubber secret information.
Anyhow if you hate yourself enough read it....more
Well the real problem wasn't that it was actually bad in a conventional sense. It wasn't entirely a bad story and it was puDear gods this book sucked.
Well the real problem wasn't that it was actually bad in a conventional sense. It wasn't entirely a bad story and it was put together well but I could not believe the smarminess of the whole thing. The internal book talk was irritating. eg. "chapter 14 kicked me in the head for that..." Pure torture.
I could go on and on but lets just say I didn't like it.
I should have given it a higher score but the book was too damned pretentious....more
This book was the most overrated piece of crap of the twentieth century. It spars only with Dianetics and in its absolute absurdity.
The characters areThis book was the most overrated piece of crap of the twentieth century. It spars only with Dianetics and in its absolute absurdity.
The characters are absolutely idealized 'heroes of capitalism' action figures. I wonder if Rand imagined some of these great barons of industry coming to her rescue when she immigrated away from the vile pit of communism that she left behind. You know, during the time where she forged her citizenship papers and depended on the generocity and kindness of a liberal, open society.
If only she had us all her irritating, long winded, repetative tales of woe for the monied class of brilliantly handsome, powerful super geniuses.
She bases all of this on her objectivist claptrap, claiming rationality as her own private high ground. But this is a general critique of her works. Specifically this book is completely overwritten and serves as flak cover for all the wrong people. The Jack Welch's and Phil Knights that imagine themselves to be the heroes of this book.
This book has done more to create a generation of self interested greedy mindless zombies than any other book I can think of....more