I suppose this thread will end up in IMHO, but I couldn’t let this pass.
I just got through “Atlas Shrugged” and wholeheartedly agree with yabob. As a novel, the plot is totally ludicrous and the “good guy” characters are all basically the same person right down to the physical descriptions (tall, blond chiseled features) to mannerisms (how many times did she describe someone "throwing their leg over the chair’s armrest). I went into this thing not knowing a lick about her so called philosophy, but came out of it being so repulsed by her writing and “Fantasy Island” plot, that I found her philosophical ramblings totally unconvincing.
After reading that crap, I read Leon Uris’ “Trinity” and was reminded it felt like to read a truly great book.