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1.62k reviews for:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Robert M. Pirsig
3.53 AVERAGE
1.62k reviews for:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Robert M. Pirsig
3.53 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It took me 2 years to read this book. It was very hard to get through and I’m not going to lie, I basically skimmed the last 200 pages just looking for the story parts so that I could finally finish it by the New Year. I originally picked this book up because I saw it on one of those ‘Classic Books Everyone Should Read’ lists and my dad remembered it being really good. I wanted to write this review to explain my rating a bit. I think that I could have really enjoyed this book if it weren’t for the incredible amount of philosophy contained in it. I found the story to be interesting which is why I never actually quit the book, but it was impossible for me to get through the philosophical parts - mostly because I am NOT a fan of philosophy (I had to skip that one chapter in Atlas Shrugged too). So, if you like philosophy, you might really enjoy this book! Unfortunately, it’s just not my thing - hence, the rating... #newyearnewmenewbooks 📚🤓
Not my cup of tea. The philosophical stuff just went over my head and it bored me.
Feels dated and the takes are pretty basic.
A lot of good knowledge but a tougher read. Dude was for sure a different thinker
Influential on my way of thinking, and noticing how people try to shape the world through definitions and the creation of words and binaries.
One of my touchstone books. The narrative is not the point, the discussion of values, especially around education is.
challenging
slow-paced
An old read for some pedagogy respite during my study - "imitation was a real evil that had to be broken before real rhetoric teaching could begin... Schools teach you to imitate... you were supposed to imitate the teacher in such a way as to convince..." - and depressingly relevant when you have (Aristotle) lecturers classifying with dualistic presumption, but as a novel it is the climax "of Rhetoric, 2; Dialectic, 0" which is the enjoyment.