Does heavy stuff stop you from continuing reading?

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Adrushya Guru: A Journey Within

[Geoffrey]

It did with her. Her ideas are too alien to me. Her characters were one dimensional. Her writing style is nowhere near the quality of the greats.

[Timothy]

No, it did not.

[Harry]

What heavy stuff?

[Geoffrey]

Heavy stuff? A philosophy of selfishness?

[Mike]

I've done this book three times now, and Fountainhead twice, not counting audiobook, so I would say no.
It largely depends on the author. Rand, Dickens, Asimov (amongst others) could write for thousands of pages and I would gladly devour them and wish for more.
Other authors (Thomas Pynchon and James Joyce come to mind as recent examples) are like slogging through quicksand; I have to fight for every page.
I think having an openness to ideas the author is presenting makes a big difference to the reader's ability to handle longer works.

[Billy]

Heavy Stuff? As I think back to John Gault's radio speech that went for 40+ pages was a bit heavy and UN-necssary. Perhaps this was Ayn's outlet to her philosophy. Other than that, I thought the book was great insight as to what is occurring today. Dagny Taggart a true leader also ahead of her time.