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Title: Dime-store philosophy disguised as a dime-store novel
Review: Atlas Shrugged has a great plot premise. In the hands of a decent author, it could be a great book. Instead, characters with no ambiguity speak in philosophical lectures about Rand's objectivism. While one can make a good case for objectivism in running a business, such as a railroad, Rand tries to apply it to art, family--and even love! She criticizes those who do not take an extremist stance, but that's exactly the problem with the book. It's an all-or-nothing theory in a world that's far more complex than her theories allow.
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