Tom Quinn’s Reviews > Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values > Status Update
Tom Quinn
is 38% done
It built very slowly but an overarching conceit connecting motorcycles, the trip they're on, and the mind has emerged. Something about continuity, whether/how a machine is still the same thing from one moment to the next, and if/how that applies to the Self - the finer details are hard to put into words but I'm absorbed enough that even though I don't care for this narrator I want to see this to the end.
— Feb 17, 2021 10:20AM
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Tom Quinn
is 83% done
By this point the "split personality" subplot has become so buried in murky metaphysics, repetitive roadside detail, and academic political theater that it's losing significance. I feel this book is too long by a solid 50 or even 100 pages, and something should have been excised.
— Feb 23, 2021 07:50AM
Tom Quinn
is 52% done
Oooookaaaayy, we've crossed a line and I'm getting bored and irritated. There's some interesting stuff in here but it's growing tedious. Time to start listening on 1.25x speed.
— Feb 20, 2021 07:17AM
