Atlas Shrugged received positive reviews from a few publications, but Rand scholar Mimi Reisel Gladstein later wrote that "reviewers seemed to vie with each other in a contest to devise the cleverest put-downs", with reviews including comments that it was "written out of hate" and showed "remorseless hectoring and prolixity".
ˈætləs ʃɹˈʌɡd ɹᵻsˈiːvd pˈɑːzᵻtˌɪv ɹᵻvjˈuːz fɹʌm ɐ fjˈuː pˌʌblɪkˈeɪʃənz, bˌʌt ɹˈænd skˈɑːlɚ mˈiːmi ɹˈaɪzəl ɡlˈædstaɪn lˈeɪɾɚ ɹˈoʊt ðˈæt "ɹᵻvjˈuːɚz sˈiːmd tə vˈaɪ wɪð ˈiːtʃ ˈʌðɚɹ ɪn ɐ kˈɑːntɛst tə dɪvˈaɪz ðə klˈɛvɚɹɪst pˌʊtdˈaʊnz", wɪð ɹᵻvjˈuːz ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ kˈɑːmɛnts ðˌɐɾɪt wʌz "ɹˈɪʔn̩ ˌaʊɾəv hˈeɪt" ænd ʃˈoʊd "ɹᵻmˈɔːɹsləs hˈɛktɚɹɪŋ ænd pɹəlˈɪksᵻɾi".