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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

inspiring? yes. nonsense? no. unpractical? maybe

Date of Review:  Feb 19, 2000
Review: There have been many questions beaming around in my mind about the architectural profession, me being a student of the course. This book did not give me answers, but it did give me inspiration and hope, even if it makes one indulge in impractical...
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  5.0

by: naturalhigh
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Presents the life of an architect in...
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your hands will get tired from not...
 
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Overrated

Date of Review:  Feb 5, 2000
Review: I must say I did get a few valuable insights out of this book. For the most part I did not get much out of Rand's shallow philosophy. This book did have stuff to say but it was way, way too long. She could have got her point across with maybe 100...
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  2.0

by: gavran8
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
A few good ideas
Cons
too long
 
18 out of 18 people found this review helpful.

Long, Angry Fiction (Treatise?) on Architects and Humanity

Date of Review:  Oct 15, 2001
The Bottom Line: While the novelist develops characters well in this book, all of them are ultimately unlikeable and most are spouting dogma that is sickening.
Review: "The Fountainhead" is a long, long book and the problem is, too often, it feels long. Why does it feel long? Mostly because it's repeditive on issues of character and most of the characters only show great insight once every hundred pages.

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  3.0

by: wlswarts
Recommended to buy: No

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Plot, Moments of character
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Most of the characters, philosophically...
 
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

It's Not About Architecture!

Date of Review:  Jun 15, 2000
Review: Celebrate True Greatness: that is the theme of this book.

Many people don't get that. This book, along with other Rand writings,has become territorialized by the Republican right wing. They would like to think they engender concepts...
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  5.0

by: ChipMcDonald
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Details hypocrisy and idealogical...
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Right wing pseudo-endorsement...
 
9 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

This is one of my all-time favorite books

Date of Review:  Feb 16, 2001
The Bottom Line: I highly recommend this book. It is well written, and contains a myriad of interesting characters. I do caution, however, not to blindly adopt or dismiss Rands philosophy.
Review: It took a few tries to get past the first few paragraphs of this book- but once I made it through the strange (to me at the time) writing style of this Russian-American author, I was dazzled.

Ayn Rand used this book (and others) to present...
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  5.0

by: ginast
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Advocates a lifestyle where one does...
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Could lead to beliefs/behaviors that...
 
15 out of 15 people found this review helpful.

One of Rand's best books

Date of Review:  Feb 24, 2001
The Bottom Line: A great book, with controversial ideas, that will deny all your previous expectations of what literature and morality should be.
Review: "The Fountainhead" is not quite as good as "Atlas Shrugged" (that is, of course, if you consider that to be good - I certainly do) but you have to look at it as a totally separate book, one that's a bit incomplete in its expression of Rand's...
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  5.0

by: jordan_tar
Recommended to buy: Yes

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A beautiful vision of life as it should...
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The characters and ideas won't appeal...
 
9 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

Live Your Life

Date of Review:  Mar 22, 2000
Review: Life, as they say, is in the details. Few would agree with this sentiment more than Ayn Rand, who believed that the only purpose of human existence was to achieve personal happiness. In her breakthrough work,The Fountainhead, she painted her picture...
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  5.0

by: hawkeye2010
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Shows the world as it should be. A must...
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Most people won't be able to get past...
 
32 out of 32 people found this review helpful.

This Book is Hardly a Conservative Manifesto

Date of Review:  Jan 24, 2004
The Bottom Line: Read it when you're young, with a large shaker of salt. DO NOT TAKE THIS BOOK SERIOUSLY
Review: And I will howl at you if you take this bloated tome too seriously. I mean, the hero is a rapist and the female lead a self-loathing adulteress. Enough said.

A favorite of sophisticated high schoolers everywhere, Ayn Rand's "The...
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  3.0

by: buffoonery
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Entertaining drivel, the good guys win
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The world's second largest comic strip...
 
6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

The Fountainhead: A unique and inspirational philosophy

Date of Review:  Apr 19, 2000
Review: Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead is not a typical novel read for the enjoyment of the plot or the literary style. Rather, it introduces the reader to the author's unique philosophy of Objectivism. There is some controversy surrounding Objectivism...
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  5.0

by: MNihil
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Interesting and insightful
Cons
A bit lengthy (about 700 pages)
 
10 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

The Fountainhead, the Good, Bad, and Ugly

Date of Review:  May 7, 2006
The Bottom Line: Ayn Rand is masterful in her work. It is one of favorite books of all time. If you give it a chance, you will not be disappointed.
Review: I read this book my freshman year on the request of my older sister and i have to say it has left a profound impact on me. I've never heard of Ayn Rand before but because I read this book, I ended up reading Atlas shrugged, Anthem, We the living,...
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  5.0

by: splinterlfe
Recommended to buy: Yes

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terrific story teller, explains her...
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sometimes goes overkill with her ideas,...
 

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