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doritobabe's review
adventurous
dark
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
if I had read this book in 2003 when I purchased it, I likely would have enjoyed it more and been inspired by it in some way. I am reading it now 20 years later and while it's an interesting cultural relic, it took me awhile to finish. I was interested but not entertained. I know it's not meaning to be entertainment...
nerdofdoom's review
1.0
This book is awful.
I loved it when I was 16.
Maybe it's just for dumbass kids, I hope so.
I loved it when I was 16.
Maybe it's just for dumbass kids, I hope so.
torts's review
4.0
If [b:Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance|629|Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance An Inquiry Into Values|Robert M. Pirsig|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157065130s/629.jpg|175720] had been written by an anarchistic straight-edge atheist youth, I think it would've been something like this. There's much less about it that smacks of resounding epiphanies (and much less, for that matter, that I find myself readily agreeing with) and the writing is amusing but often comes across as condescending and spiteful, despite its often silly tone. I didn't always enjoy the preachy animal-rights, anti-white-people (from a white kid, no less) messages, but I gained some respect for tramps. (Is "respect" the right word?)
Also, this guy's hilarious.
Also, this guy's hilarious.
nicka's review
4.0
Into subverting social norms? Squatting? Billboard liberation? Dumpster diving? Class warfare? This book is for you
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