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

5.0

How exactly does one describe a book that spends its entirety trying to pin down a philosophical “Quality” in quantifiable words? This is the kind of book that articulates your beliefs in words that you didn’t know how to use until you saw them. It identifies things that you think and feel without knowing yourself how to identify them. Simply put, it’s a masterpiece. I must have read some of the same pages over and over again trying to process my thoughts and coming up with new ones every time.

I’m going to keep this review on the short side because it is better just to dive in and read ZAMM at your own pace without any preconceived expectations. I will say that you need an open mind and a deep appreciation for philosophical, existential, and thought-provoking material. This is the book you seek out for answers, for more questions, for self-reflection, for meditation on life... and it is most definitely not a literal, technical guide to maintaining motorcycles.