Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
by Neil Peart
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Author: Neil PeartEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN: 1550225480
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Ecw Press
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Book Review: here's how bad this book is
Summary: 1 Stars
About 6 months ago I was reading this book, about halfway through. Right about that time I was moving, and the movers were packing up everything in my house to put in the shipping van.
As they were about to seal up the last box, they asked if there was anything else. I took one glance at this book, then tossed it in the box, knowing that I wouldn't see it again for several weeks. In fact, I've never finished it.
Yes, that's how bad it is. Not only did I put it down unfinished, I actually shipped it overseas mid-read.
Despite having long been a huge fan of Peart's lyrics, I found this book to be a waste of time -- though believe me, I so wanted to love it and get to know more about the man and his outlook.
Though Peart is here seemingly writing an intimate memoir, he has in fact produced nothing of the kind.
They say that when you write, you have to break down the barriers between you and your reader, to really put your heart on the page. But Peart never does this, keeping the reader at arm's length throughout the book, or at least throughout the part I read. You never really get to know him.
Peart, as you probably know, was struck with a dual personal tragedy a few years ago, enduring the death of both his wife and daughter, only months apart.
As one way of dealing with the situation, the author hops on his new BMW motorcycle and aimlessly crisscrosses the U.S. and Canada for several months.
Sure, the book is a memoir of that time, but not in any interesting way. I guess everybody deals with tragedy in their own way, but here Peart limits himself to describing what it's like motorcycling through the rain, the various things that went wrong with his BMW, and how unforgivably obese Americans are.
That's about the depth Peart achieves here. It's disappointing.
It's a bit like hearing somebody describe their transgressions in a Catholic confessional: the words are there, but there's still a screen up.
In the end, Peart the man remains opaque to his readers -- possibly, you might say, the way he prefers things. But if so, he has no business writing a book of this nature.
Summary of Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
In less than a year, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. This memoir tells of the sense of loss and directionlessness that led him on a 55,000-mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back again. He had needed to get away, but had not really needed a destination. His travel adventures chronicle his personal odyssey and include stories of reuniting with friends and family, grieving, thinking, and reminiscing as he rode until he encountered the miracle that allowed him to find peace.Rock Books
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