Like the movie, the third part of the book was by far the worst. It gets really long winded and preachy at the end. This is particularly evident by the approximately three disks it takes just to record John Gault's speech. A speech completely antithetical to religion in general and to Catholicism and the doctrine of original sin in particular. returnreturnThe beginning of Part III was somewhat entertaining, even challenging based on the "love" that James Tagert and Sheryl "express." returnreturnThroughout all three parts, including this one, it is more and more clear that Any Rand is an ugly old hag who is upset that men don't love her for her mind, and she makes up a protagonist who is the envy of all the powerful men, Gault, Reardon, and DiConnia, because of her beautiful mind. Sorry that real life sucks for you. returnreturnBetween the hatred of religion, and the lustful portions of the characters, I am really amazed at the number of "conservative" Republicans I have heard recommend that this book be required reading for public school. It makes me wonder if they've ever actually read it, or they just heard that its about the power of the free market and small government, and they know its so long they'd never actually read it, so they better force someone else to. returnreturnThe first two parts were good, so I guess you have to read the last part to get the whole story. I had hoped the ending would be better than the movie, but it may be even worse because Gault's speech is even longer, and the tail end, the epilogue, ends with a new central plan, just now run by the "right" people.