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Title: Great ideas, mediocre story-telling
Review: I just finished reading this book last night. I think the philosophy she describes and lives by is a brillant adaptation of Adam Smith. The novel is very Melville-like in it's description of the most minute detail of the mundane. Be prepared to wrestle through some very dry pages to get to the meat.The only idea in the book I disagree with is the fact that the 4 good (productive) men that the main character interacts with (Franciso, John Galt, Hank Readren, & Eddie Willers) are all, not only in love with her, but utterly smitten. I bought it up to the point where she hooked up with Hank Rearden. Then she hooks up with John Galt and Eddie tells her he loves her (no hookup there). I know it is a foolish thing to pick at.
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