FountainHead by Ayn Rand?

Question

For any of you who read the book. Did you like it. What do you think about it?

Answer 1

Read The Fountainhead once.

Sort of hated Dominique Francon and branded her idiotic, understood Howard Roark.

Read it again.

Loved it.

I'm not a big fan of Ayn Rand's other books (namely Atlas Shrugged) but this is one of my favourites.

It's true she tends to - preach on excessively about her philosophy in most books (which I really hate) - but in this it's all good. Nothing excessive or overbearing and neither bland or boring.

All of the characters seemed very 'understandable'. None of them seemed - utterly idiotic and nonsensical and incredibly unrealistic. Howard Roark was one of my favourite characters, naturally.

She made architecture seem like - something unreal - very - earthly and powerful. Heh. I was tempted to go forth and build on cliffs to 'proclaim the purpose for which it had been waiting'.

Quite a bit of perspectives and struggles (heck - even love is given some sort of beastly fierce colour) and tiny humanity and cold reasons and a lot lot lot of 'individualism' (man, the 'perfect man', man great, man good)...

It's been a while since I read it, but it's incredible in its own special way, isn't it?  

Answer 2

I recently read the Fountainhead and I loved it.  It took me a long time to get through (I started it before I started studying for AP tests, stupidly, so I had to take a break and study).  I loved Howard Roark as a character, he was so strong and true to himself.  It was interesting to see selfishness portrayed as a good thing and altruism being portrayed as bad.  I don't completely agree with everything the book implies, but I enjoyed reading about another perspective.