God Is Not Great

Thought provoking and complete in its argument against religion, God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens is certainly an unusual read. Hitchen’s uses modern and personal experiences as a international journalist throughout his own years as evidence for being against religion. Nearly this alone makes God is Not Great into an amusing, brutally honest, refreshing read. Hitchen’s factual, but unexpected writing style and dry humor shine through the book. Hitchen’s includes and continuously cites the bible in his work and proceeds to hypothesize, point out ironies, weigh the pros/cons, and effectively attack the case for religion. I really enjoyed reading Hitchen’s book. Though the book may be considered offensive to some, I hold it up as an example of excellent writing. The book can be dry in some areas but rarely does Hitchen's ramble on one point for too long. Clearly, God is Not Great is not suited for all readers but Hitchen’s systematic argument against religion and unique writing style make me wish all readers would give God is not Great a chance.