A review by henry_wallison
Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road by Neil Peart

4.0

This book served as a unique reading experience. Peart creates an interesting exploration of grief through this book as he travels across large swaths of the western hemisphere by motorcycle. In the first half of the book, I enjoyed his dissection of the places he stayed and the unique characters he encountered that either reinvigorated or detracted from his interest in humanity. In the latter half of the book, I enjoyed the metaphor surrounding the self-perceived fragmentation of his identity, and the way that it tied back to the broader narrative. The primary reason that this book gets four stars instead of five stars from me is simply a matter of enjoyment—this book deals with some very heavy realities, and the fact that it was 460 pages meant I found myself spending a lot of time with a book that was not all too pleasant to read (not that it should have been more "pleasant"—considering the severity of the subject matter). While that point of detraction is more of a reflection of the books I typically prefer to read, I would still recommend this book to anyone interested in a different perspective on the process of grief.