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Summary: Neil is GOD!!!!
Review: Forget the book!!Sure, it's interesting. But turn your gaze toward those speakers, and lend him again your ears!!! Listen to the ingeniously, inhumanly technical drum fills in classics like Subdivisions, Hemispheres, and Xanadu! Listen to the poetry of The Trees, The Analog Kid, Limelight, and Natural Science!
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Summary: Excellent travelogue and brilliant writing
Review: This book is the best "travel book" I have ever read. It is true reading joy to live vicariously through Mr. Peart's adventures while bicycling through Africa. He is a brilliant observer of human behavior, personal interactions and cultural differences. Combine this skill with his obvious mastery of prose and you end up with the unforgettable experience of reading, "The Masked Rider." Regardless of whether you are a Rush fan you will undoubtedly enjoy this book if you like great writing and the sense of "being there" as the story unfolds. Critics of Rush often point out that Mr. Peart can sometimes be "difficult" or is lacking "people skills." I have read several passages from Mr. Peart, on various Web pages, that summarize his take on such opinions: he never wanted to become famous, all he wanted was to play the drums the best he could and perfect his craft and style in percussion. He is a free-thinker, intelligent, articulate, creative and exceptionally talented as a drummer/percussionist and a writer. He doesn't try to be everybody's best friend nor does he bend to expected modes of behavior in certain situations. He is his own man. Read this book and you will gain keen insight into a remarkable person. And bicycle through Cameroon along the way!
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Summary: Take it from me, I know!
Review: I have had the distinct pleasure and pain of taking the same bicycle tour as Neil. I read his book after I completed my tour for no reason other than to observe someone else's interpretation of the events. I was amazed to find his experiences almost identical to mine in every aspect from the makeup of the group to the gut-wrenching pain of the night. I was even more amazed by Neil's ability to recall and so eloquently illustrate the details of his journey. My journals lack by comparison. While reading this book, I felt as though I were a member of his tour group. I think anyone with imagination can.....that is the mark of a brilliant author.
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Summary: Recommended reading for modern African Culture studies.
Review: This is a well written book that details the sights, sounds, smells, and attitudes of a contradictory modern and primative West African state. The striking contrasts between the "hellish" introduction to the journey and "heavenly" ending resound throughout the book in both the people he meets and the places he sees. It sounds like a ride I would like to take literally, and in reading this book I believe it is symbolic of a journey we all make. Read it. A recommended academic read for African Studies or literature in the same vein as Hemmingway.
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Summary: Impressive look at Neil from the inside out
Review: Neil relates with character each encounter with the people and places in Africa. The people are alive, the food is awful, and each sweltering day during his tour can be felt in the pages.
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Summary: An interesting guide to Neil Peart's mind
Review: There's no doubt that many readers of the masked Rider are Rush fans (as am i) so the first aproach to this book is usualy a quest for Rush tips. But when you read it you discover a lot more than tou are expecting: a diary, the dynamics of living for a short period of time with people you don't know, an insigth of people behavior on extreme situations, as Neil always says "the point of the journey its not to arrive". a truly a good choice. Thanks again Neil. enjoy the ride
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Summary: Excellent, Good Read
Review: Even if you don't like the band Rush (who doesn't) it is very insightful of a man's bicycle journey both physical and mental. Extremely well written and easy to invision yourself in his worn out shoes. From airport to airport and all the warm soda you can drink, a real page turner.
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Summary: Damn the road, full speed ahead! the masked rider.
Review: Neil Peart is intelligent, perceptive, and his story is at once with much insight into human nature (especially Elsa & Annie), particularly if you don't mind taking on a few roadblocks and unexpected detours along the way. A startling portrait of West Africa and the nature of it's people. My mouth got sore from smiling.However, this story is from 1988 and Neil is passing through a somewhat confused period today. Within the pages of the masked rider specifically, pages #183 and #280 Neil demonstrated that a man could realize the highest good of which human life is capable: Love. Love for Jackie, and Selena!
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Summary: The world according to Neil
Review: For those who know and love Neil Peart through Rush, you will certainly enjoy this book. If I wasnt a fan and read this book, I would have found the colorful text just as enlightening. I recommed The Masked Rider to everyone with a philosophical and adventuresome spirit. We now get a glimpse behind the mask of Neil.... and Rush.
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Summary: masked rider shows true face
Review: neil peart shares the fragile side of a man who is safe behind his fame and fortune at home but very naked when among a group of accidental tourists.His interaction with others is in contrast to his protected life and he is racing through Africa with this group but knowing very well he like all men are really best left alone.
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