read the Fountainhead

This was one of the most amazing books that I’ve ever read. Definitely worth the effort despite the 724 pages of length.

One word to describe this book: Life-changing.

i need to read this for school, and i forgot in my locker ha

I had to read this in high school, and it is my favorite book! I have re-read it several time since then, and each time I find something new to love about it! It has had a significant impact on my life.

I finished Atlas Shrugged this summer and loved it. I’m on page 105 in the Fountainhead now.

I had purchased the book on my best friend’s suggestion – but have not gone beyond 5 pages. I want to finish the book within the next 40 days.

It will inspire. It changed my outlook on life. Need I say more? (not to say I had a negative outlook before I read it. know what I mean?)

I had trouble talking to people for a few weeks after reading this book. I suppose it just impressed upon me such a paradigm shift that I had to think it through many of my relationships.

Reading either Atlas Shrugged or Ayn Rand’s other acclaimed novel The Fountainhead is certainly “worth doing” for anyone that wants to expand their views of the world. Even if one doesn’t agree or plan to live by Ayn Rand’s objectivist teachings, many do, and learning the viewpoints of any belief system, whether one agrees or not, certainly makes for a better humankind.

As for the constant question of which Ayn Rand novel is better: Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead, I believe the sequence in which they are read can play a role in one’s enjoyment of the novels. Choose with purpose; read other opinions and synopsis and decide which is more appropriate for you to tackle first. And if you find fulfillment in reading one – I suggest reading the other as well.

As for me, I loved the eye opening I experience reading The Fountainhead first. I wonder if I would have experienced the same excitement had I read Atlas Shrugged first instead? Both are very repetitive, even moreso when you compound it over the course of two novels. Perhaps since The Fountainhead was shorter and “first” for me, it was an easier read. Also, I think the architectural subject matter in The Fountainhead appealed to me more than the general industrialism theme in Atlas. So, I will claim The Fountainhead as my favorite of the two for now.

i thot it was a wonderful book.
i’m not much of a reader. reading for pleasure makes me shudder.
but this book was amazing. i couldnt put it down, and not jst cos i’m drawn to architecture. it was the reason i picked it up, but def not the reason i finished it. it took me about a week to read. [i would read it in class and on my way to skool. i jst could not put it down]
ironically, i hated the book. [its concept] the whole ego-tism and how dominique married men she hated yet met roark in secret. how roark never compromised.it was revolting. but at the same time it was sooo good! after i read it, i was like whoa!
also, while reading it, i’v noticed that JK Rowling picked up a few things from Rand. ;)

I’ve just always wanted to read this….