It was a disapointment - Rated 
I think this guy is great on TV and has had a great book. This a a weak follow up. He has built up a good fan base and has now let money run his mind.
Get back to what made you big Mr Clarkson, You have to admit this book is not it. And what is the picture of the Bunny for.??
"To everyone except John Prescott" - Rated
Jezza's dedication, above, is a little unfair, in that he and the redoubtable Mr "two-jags" Prescott at least share a passion for cars. I like Clarkson's refreshinging un-PC attitude, although not his complancency about CO2 (although he may yet turn out to be right) and enjoy his columns on cars, and on more general matters, in The Sunday Times.
But is this a good book? Mr wife bought me it for Christmas, bouyed up no doubt by my positive reaction to "The World according to Clarkson" the year before, but I have only read a few of the fifty or so "chapters". Why?
Well, I can remember most of them from when I first read them, 2003 - 2006, for a start. At the same time, some of the contemporary references were so fleeting that they conjure forth no recollection at all. For example: in October 2003 "BBC bosses" decided to replace DJ Sara Cox with someone. Jezza suggested it was "The Queen". I have no recollection at all what that was about - have you?
In any case, Clarkson's humour about cars is perhaps a little intense when presented in such a format.
That having been said, the full colour plates of the cars are excellent - you didn't get that in the Sunday Times. What you don't get, oddly, is the number of "stars" Clarkson awarded to each car in that paper. How much would that have cost?
This is a book for the "lavatory reference section", or from which to try to read one chapter before bed. Within those terms, but those only, it succeeds.
Peter Pan, anyone? - Rated 
The little public schoolboy who has never grown up, still playing in the mud with his Dinky toys.
Car Haters will spit some more... - Rated 
This is a book about cars. Reviewed in Clarkson's own inimitable way. He rambles on about this and that, and suddenly the point becomes clear. Sometimes he can sum it all up in a small paragraph at the end, sometimes not. But just because he is writing for ages about a particular car, does not mean he actually likes it! For those who hate cars and Clarkson, this is not for you. For the rest of us, enjoy! Clarkson, I feel, is often waging war against the lefties of this world and long may he continue. Clarkson for PM anyone?
Arrogance and Prejudice - Rated
Looked at this at high street bookstore.
Like in his TV programme, this book is full of 'Arrogance and Prejudice'.
Almost every page is full of skewing facts and asserting unverified assumptions as truth.
He should learn how to write.
Writing is a different art from chatting.
Worth reading if you have really nothing to read.
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