Book review: The Big Data Revolution

Yesterday, I read The Big Data Revolution by J. and J. Kolb. It was a bit of an impulse buy: a couple of quid for the Kindle version and a couple of spare hours on a Sunday to read it. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. The book (if you can really call it that) is poorly written and edited, with many repetitions of the same points and peppered with adverts throughout. I guess you really do get what you pay for. If you are completely new to "Big Data", are at the board level of some company looking to make a move in this direction and have a couple of hours to spare at an airport then you might take something away from this book. Otherwise, if you actually want to implement an algorithm or set up a system to gain insight into your data then look elsewhere.