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I'm not sure someone with a handle that references Ayn Rand's second most boring book has a right to comment on word choice lol

• Terr_ 1y ago
  It's one of the few books that I went into totally blind, and then hate-finished just so that I could confidently condemn it. I've deleted a paragraph or two to avoid unilaterally taking everything too off topic, but I'll just say that the book is a self-contradictory artifact of hypocrisy that disrespects the reader.
  • rcfox 1y ago
    I also went into that book blind. I was in grade 12 and some organization was offering scholarships to people who wrote an essay about the book. I had a twice-daily 45-minute bus ride to fill, so it seemed like an easy win. I didn't end up finishing the book.
    • bryanlarsen 1y ago
      Probably not the type of organization to give a scholarship to those who write an essay critical of the work. Myself, I read it at age 12 and bought its premise at the time. Therefore I mentally categorize Ayn Rand devotees as people with the maturity I had at 12. That's a pretty low bar they're failing to clear.
• adastra22 1y ago
  There’s an even more boring book?!