FountainHead by Ayn Rand?

Question: FountainHead by Ayn Rand!?

For any of you who read the book!. Did you like it!. What do you think about it!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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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!? Www@QuestionHome@Com

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!.Www@QuestionHome@Com