Frederic’s Reviews > The Fountainhead Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition > Status Update
Frederic
is 49% done
Still enjoying the story, but I want to slap both Dominique and Toohey.
Toohey reminds me of Napoleon's description of Talleyrand as "la merde dans un bas de soie" or "shit in silk stockings". What a repulsive character, personifying envy driven socialism.
And Dominique, with her constant, pointless sabotage, is killing me, as she obviously loves Roark and his work.
— Jul 05, 2024 11:01AM
Toohey reminds me of Napoleon's description of Talleyrand as "la merde dans un bas de soie" or "shit in silk stockings". What a repulsive character, personifying envy driven socialism.
And Dominique, with her constant, pointless sabotage, is killing me, as she obviously loves Roark and his work.
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Frederic
is 25% done
I'm well hooked by the plot, even though the characters are cartoonish. Each seems to represent one characteristic.
Keating is empty self promotion. Roark is uncompromising. Dominique is perverse nihilism.
There's an interesting discussion of the tension between originality/creativity versus pandering.
Hard to believe that an architectural critic is a closet communist, but let's see how that develops.
— Jul 02, 2024 10:56AM
Keating is empty self promotion. Roark is uncompromising. Dominique is perverse nihilism.
There's an interesting discussion of the tension between originality/creativity versus pandering.
Hard to believe that an architectural critic is a closet communist, but let's see how that develops.
