I actually read The Fountainhead when I was a teenager too.
I get what you're saying though - most of Rand's writing is quite "wordy". Many people ditch reading beyond the first couple of chapters (in discussions I have had) because Rand often uses a whole paragraph (or more) to describe something like a feeling, other authors cut to the chase, so to speak. I think I understand why she does this even though her actual grasp of the thing she is trying to describe is beyond her.