Incredible contemporary account of the events of the October revolution, presented with Reed's revolutionary optimism and a little bit of humour. Especially loved the descriptions of various revolutionaries and full transcripts of their speeches at important meetings and events. Only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is because of clear bias towards the Bolsheviki (which Reed himself doesn't hide and I don't blame him for it) and lack of more in depth representation of other political factions like the Left Socialist Revolutionaries and Anarchists, which might make his description of events not entirely accurate at times. Otherwise a superb read. Long live the proletarian socialist revolution!