My Booky Wook by Russell Brand
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Book Reviews of My Booky Wook
Book Review: Delicious Read!
Summary: 5 Stars
With trepidation I read this book not only because it hit the Best Selling list but out of general intrigue in this flamboyant bohemian, hypermanic comedian/actor. I fell in love with the character Aldous Snow in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and have thoroughly enjoyed Brand's stand up. Upon reading this Booky Wook I, along with millions of others, have fallen, albeit deeply, in lust for him. The book is brilliant. Brand has a way with words and is a fabulous writer. He is witty throughout his gamut of emotions the book takes you through. He uses his self-mockery in a playful way with such openness and honesty telling tales of his sordid past impulses, addictions and triumphs. His vocabulary turns me on. His dark, brooding camp-victorian look is seductive to so many including his "mental patient" hair and punk/Dickens/bohemian attire. He has style. Also loveable is his adoration for his mother, Barbara. Russell is a confusing mix of a playful man/child bursting with energy; vibrant, ambitious and yet vulnerable and sweet. He bares his soul in this book including his self-proclaimed addiction to women and sex. Such a cunning linguist he is! His central themes for life are authenticity, honesty, revolution and triumph over conformity. His beliefs and practice in Hinduism, yoga and vegan-ism contradict the narcissism, liberal revolutionary style he portrays. This makes him complex and uber interesting. He has his fans AND foes wanting for more. As soon as you finish the book you will want more Russell Brand. He'll be a household name soon if not already as he brandishes out into the entertainment industry.
One of my favorite quote's of his is: "That thing of how you're scared of the storm because nature is much bigger than us? Well, I am the storm." Russell Brand is taking the world by storm, mark my words!
Book Review: Cheeky, That Russell Brand Is
Summary: 5 Stars
Russell Brand's stage show is singularly his own, and so it would follow that his prose would be similarly unconventional. I just didn't expect that it would be as good as it is.
How many working comedians have the time to write a 400+ page memoir at the outset of their careers? For that matter, who has this much to talk about happening in their lives BEFORE stardom? Russell Brand, that's who.
The writing is pretty dense with English colloquialisms, so I'm not sure how those will translate for American readers. Footnotes, maybe? Regardless, it's hilarious as hell, proving that Brand is a worthy successor to the outlaw comic crown previously worn by Richard Pryor and Bill Hicks.
The book is finally being released in the US, subtitled as a tale of "Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up." There's a fair amount of sex, but not as many drugs as you might expect (and very little stand-up, for that matter). The book starts and ends with Brand's stay in a sex addiction clinic, but judging from his recent troubles with the BBC, he hasn't quite banished all of his sexual demons. Can't wait for the sequel!
Book Review: Loved this booky wook!
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first saw Brand--somewhere on British TV; Big Brother, I think?--I was kind of creeped out. But then I saw him as a contestant (with Noel Fielding, who is just plain charming and adorable!) on a quiz show, and my heart started to melt. Then I saw him in a more serious interview with Dawn French, and I was a smitten kitten.
Next, I ordered his autobiography, My Booky Wook, and I honestly couldn't put it down. He makes me laugh; he makes me cry...he grosses me out. He admits to doing some truly disgusting things, and still, I love him so!
Book Review: Intense, funny, slightly sad too...
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw Russell Brand live in Sydney a week after reading this, and he is just as large in real life as he is through the story on these pages... Such an amazing life, its amazing he's still alive AND making people laugh. Well written, chatty and hilarious, even the most painful of situations that are everyday for this young man. Well worth the read. I will pick it up again in about 6 months to experience it again.
As he mentions at the start "Dedicated to my mum. Now for God's sake don't read it!" you know its going to be good!
Book Review: Fascinating book
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this after being impressed with Russell Brand's performance in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." The book is honest, kind of alarming but also quite funny. What a fascinating person he is. Last night I watched "Get Him to the Greek." SO funny. I wish him a long and happy life, especially now he has married Katy Perry. I look forward to seeing him in more movies. He's brilliant!