Atlas Shrugged discussion

Adrushya Guru: A Journey Within

It did with her. Her ideas are too alien to me. Her characters were one dimensional. Her writing style is nowhere near the quality of the greats.

No, it did not.

What heavy stuff?

Heavy stuff? A philosophy of selfishness?

I've done this book three times now, and Fountainhead twice, not counting audiobook, so I would say no.
It largely depends on the author. Rand, Dickens, Asimov (amongst others) could write for thousands of pages and I would gladly devour them and wish for more.
Other authors (Thomas Pynchon and James Joyce come to mind as recent examples) are like slogging through quicksand; I have to fight for every page.
I think having an openness to ideas the author is presenting makes a big difference to the reader's ability to handle longer works.

Heavy Stuff? As I think back to John Gault's radio speech that went for 40+ pages was a bit heavy and UN-necssary. Perhaps this was Ayn's outlet to her philosophy. Other than that, I thought the book was great insight as to what is occurring today. Dagny Taggart a true leader also ahead of her time.