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This was a tricky book. I’m not sure I could explain what the plot had to do with Phaedrus� arguments about philosophy. I’m not sure I could explain the arguments themselves, or even the counter arguments they were pitted against. This book has a very important prerequisite in Motorcycle Maintenance, and for a better understanding I should have reread Zen before starting this one, and then brushed up on philosophy 201, and then sat down with Lila.

Though I enjoyed a lot of the meandering discussion (was there more structure to the plot / themes than it seemed? I can’t say) a lot of the arguments struck me as: “Here’s why Broccoli doesn’t work in a subject-object metaphysics. But if you reimagine Broccoli as a collection of values, everything makes much more sense.� That being said, I’ll attribute my loose grasp of the material to my ignorance rather than a major problem with the writing.

The last few pages� happy ending and nice summary of Phaedrus� metaphysics of Quality brought this from a 3 to a 4. “Good is a noun rather than an adjective.� I like books whose last few pages really impact my impression of the story overall. Enjoyed this one. Couldn’t describe it to save my life, but enjoyed it.