So, I broke down and finally read this one, even though I really didn’t want to.
Pluses? Very few….the majority of the length of this novel is due to the verbal hammering away of the central theme over and over and over and over and over….and over. As if I’m not at at all intelligent. *yawn* ethical egoism, blah blah blah, selfishness for rational reasons, blah blah blah. The few parts that were actually enjoyable to me were, of course, the parts that were immensely insufferable to my super-ultra conservative counterpart. However, we tried not to harshly judge one another’s opinion of the book.
Verdict: Worth the read if you want to be in “in the know” about one of the books that has been more recently popularized. The character development makes the book bearable when trying to plow through all of the poorly rationalized selfishness.
