darrylwright 's review for:

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig

2.0

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A man and his seemingly obtuse son go on a motorcycle road trip across the most boring but scenic parts of the United States. Nothing of particular interest ever happens but there are a lot of reflections about wrestling with questions of philosophy. Nothing of any useful or pragmatic philosophical use, mind you. I couldn't even describe the intertwining roadtrip and philosophical battles entertaining in the way you might engage in such rhetoric at a party in the 90s. In short, it was a pretentious, self-important slog that left me feeling like I'd wasted some valuable time I could have been reading something more meaningful.