I like that Hitchens' careful research leaves no stone unturned. I have watched a lot of Hitchens' debates on YouTube, and many of what is written in the book were already said in these debates. On addition to Hitchens discourse, he also provides his readers dozens of books and articles which he had used for his book research. All in all, if English is not your strong point, (Hitchens use a lot of unfamiliar words -- the book's vocabulary is way too rich for me) I suggest that you have a dictionary at hand (thankfully, I am using Kobo Touch which has an awesome dictionary).

I hold a high respect for Christopher Hitchens. Many people may or may not agree with everything that he says, but he does have many persuasive argument when it comes to religion. I highly recommend this book.

Having watched a Christopher Hitchens' lecture on YouTube, I immediately bought this book. He has a way with words, some that to be honest, I had to look up, but he invariably gets his points across with which the reader has full understanding.
This book is for anyone and everyone - believer and non-believer alike. I admire his respect for people's choices with regard to religion as he states his case.
My book is dog-earred and I have looked up so many references that he uses to better understand his position.
This book makes one think, which is what I believe is one of his goals in writing it.
A serious, controversial subject however for those searching, I highly recommend it.

Entertaining and witty book by the celebrated Christopher Hitchens on the shortcomings of religion. The book is funny and will have you reading all night. The devout should not be afraid to read this book as it might enlightened.

The main flaw of this book is that it relies only on fanciful rhetoric and hardly presents any facts. As well, it is difficult to get into as the tone is quite harsh and arrogant and the work itself is very random (as in, not planned out). It seems as if he was just writing whatever came to his head at the time without trying to correlate any of it together. Confusing, convoluted, and ultimately, not worth it.

This book is wildly entertaining with little anctedotes you could use in mixed company to get a rise out of folks. A few hours in, I started to imagine Hitchens was a drunk uncle ranting about religion. He picked some easy target to blast away on which comes off as a little lazy but somehow okay. While his points are (for the most part) good; none of it is very original. Loads of fun though.

Read God Delusion for more thought out arguments.

I love Christopher Hitchens' writing anyway - always thought provoking, and usually charming and funny, too. This book adopts much the same ironic tone as his essays in Vanity Fair. He reveals himself in some passages to be a seeker who hasn't found what he was looking for, but almost wishes he had.

The faithful will find the book challenging. Those who are faithful, but open minded, will probably find it changes the direction of their faith journey. Fundamentalists will want to burn it - there is no answer within a literal interpretation of any of the sacred books of the big three religions for the questions the author raises.

I savoured this book, and did not rush through reading it. Mr. Hitchens is erudite, highly intelligent and has huge knowledge about many subjects. This makes the book something to be consumed slowly, and while checking out other authors and footnoes at the same time.

Everything I've always thought but could never articulate as clearly and brilliantly as Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens exposes the hypocrisy and irrationality of religions/adherents who justify terrible actions because they believe a god is on their side.

This book was really disappointing. I think that the idea of the book is intriguing but the author makes it very complicated for people to actually understand what he is trying to say. I think Christopher Hitchens is pompous and I had to stop reading the book after two chapters because it was just that bad.

This book is bold, beautiful, and the ugly truth that the "religious" and "pious" try to sugar coat and feed to the rest of the world. This book was like a shot of brandy. It may taste horrible, but its good for you!

There is no denying that Hitchens is a fine, expressive writer. However, clever phrasing and humourous observations should never overshadow historical inaccuracies and simplified conclusions. The title is provocative, but truly indicative of the irrelevant nature of the book itself. If GOD is GOD and one advances past the issue of existance, greatness is pre-established. Application of faith is a clearly a separate matter. The book fails to make that critical distinction.

The last part of the title of this book is rather misleading (How religion poisons everything). I expected a more thorough and intelligent analysis of how religion poisons every facet of society, and was sorely disappointed. This book was a much less organized version of Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion. Such a promising title… such a great let down.

The iconoclastic ideas flow from this guy's pen on every page. We need this breath of fresh air to blow away the cobwebs of centuries-old superstitions.
This funny and intensely intellectual critique of the god concept will offend small-minded monotheists - including all those fundamentalist Christians and Muslims who can't see past the folly of their own "sacred" books. This is a thoroughly satisfying read from one of the world's great thinkers.

Although many might disagree with Christopher Hitchens' view on the recent Iraq War, it is quite difficult to disagree with his thesis that 'Religion Poisons Everything'. He inspects numerous examples of religious tyranny and injustice throughout history, and picks away at the foundations of the monotheistic faiths and many emotion driven myths about the likes of Mother Teresa (The Ghoul of Calcutta) and the Dali Lama. His attack on Mormonism is particularly effective, and very informative.

I found this book very difficult to read. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins is much better. Hitchens' arguments are unnecessarily obtuse and complicated. He seems determined to use words of 10 syllables when 3 or 4 would probably do.
This book obviously was not intended to reach out to the masses but if you belong to Mensa it might just be your "cup of tea".

It's nice to see more of this type of thinking; organized Religion is destroying the world a piece at a time, and the only solution is to step back and say "no" to the fundamentalists.
After reading this book, I have to wonder how anyone can watch the news and ignore what is going on around us.
Highly recommended.