Lots of conspiracies in this funny nicely written book. TL;DR: Capitalism has to go! ( )

This book is fair. Not more.

Or rather, it contains a lot of great information and thought-worthy elements, but given Brand's a) ADHD way of acting out - which I think works well in condensed textual form, or while performing stand-up - and b) how the book should have been much better edited, it's a bit of a failure.

Brand obviously caters to Noam Chomsky - whom I love - and Bill Hicks - whom I also love - but can't pull off what they brought to the table. I mean, his thoughts are interesting but not much more. I hope this book will work as a kind of trampoline for people who will reach Chomsky and Hicks because of it. ( )

Confused structure and a bit self-indulgent at times. however, Brand makes some good points and synthesises the arguments of academics rather well. ( )

In Revolution Russell Brand considers why he doesn't vote. And the result is a quick, entertaining, funny and thought-provoking read. Brand is articulate, impulsive and refreshingly idealistic. His life has been a series of addictions: materialism/drugs/sex/self-promotion/love/spirituality, and I'm fascinated to see in what direction he will ricochet off to next.

In the meantime I'm watching politicians/the media/the local shopping centre with fresh eyes. Thank you Russell. ( )

While I didn't finish this one (too many books, too little time), it was interesting in an offbeat way. I didn't know much about Russell Brand, other than that he's a Brit who used to be married to American pop singer Katy Perry and that he had done some reality TV program.
After dipping into the book, I now know he's an articulate man who's deeply dissatisfied with many of the same things about modern society that I'm not very happy with myself. However, he advocates more radical methods (as the book's title suggests) of addressing those problems.
He makes it a point not to take his own celebrity too serious.
Interesting ideas. Since the book (or at least as much of it as I read) appears to be more of a series of topical essays, it lends itself to reading in fits and starts.
My only problem with it (other than the fact that it was competing against more compelling reads in my stack) was occasionally having to untangle some impenetrable bit of English slang. ( )