Khurram's Reviews > Revolution

I did not like Russell Brand. His laddish personality, coupled with his childish pranks, made me think he was just another celebrate who thought that with his cash and fame, he could do whatever he wanted. Actually, by his own admission, he was. Then I started hearing people saying, "Did you see that clip of him or that appearance of him on the news?" I gave in and listened, and the man was making sense.

The book really shows Brand's intelligence, research, and even his vocabulary. He makes lots of great points and points out many facts that make me angry as a reader just thinking about it. The huge divide between the rich and the working class. This gap is not only being maintained but is expanding exponentially. I do agree with 99% of what he says. I do especially like the way he puts things into the book . For legal reasons, I have no proof of this, but if you google this, see how many times their name come up. I do also like that Brand acknowledges that there are people smarter than him and rather than take their ideas as his own. He quotes them and explains them.

The parts of the book I did not like are the writing style. It is very disjointed. He makes a good point, explains it well in laymans terms, but then he goes off in a tangent or a story, then comes makes another point. It is like doing a job and then running round the block to do the next bit.

The other problem with the concept of the Revolution it's self. It is unknown even to him when the Revolution does come, is he going to be a leader or a victim of it. Even though he is spewing all these damming facts about the rich, he is still one of them. He says he would rather give up his money and life in the society the revolution creates, but the same concept of losing everything he has worked for and conditioned to think he wants scared the crap out of him.