Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

This book has two distinct sides to it, entwined throughout the book.
The one is Robert's road trip with his son and a couple of friends.
This part is really good and enjoyable. It has an unassuming way of conveying the beauty of a journey in a lot of easy going things making you spontaneously appreciate the way Robert enjoys life.
It can make you remember how good it feels to appreciate the moment for what it is.

The other side of the book is the author's home brew philosophy. This side is the direct opposite of the first one. I found it to be very pretentious and self glorifying. And a lot of times the philosophy is very outdated (to be fair, the book is over 40 years old) and pretty narrow minded. And it's written in a way that it should be obvious that this is the best way of thinking.
After a while it became extremely cumbersome and I had a hard time pushing through it.
Unfortunately the emphasis is on the philosophy part which for me ruined the whole book.
If only the motorcycle travels were a separate book. That would be a gem.