He is most loved for his role as part of the trio on Top Gear but Jeremy Clarkson seems to be everywhere these days. Whether it be on DVD's or newspaper columns or even the 24 hour Top Gear channel that is UKTVG2. So when I spotted his latest book, The World According To Clarkson Vol 2 reduced ... Read review
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Advantages: An honest, frank look at the world through Clarkson's eyes Disadvantages: If you don't like him, you'll hate this
...of his other books recently and if I'm honest I'm very surprised by how much stuff I agree with him on. I'd enjoyed the first volume of this series over Christmas and was sure before starting it that I would enjoy this one too.
Like the first book, Vol 2 is a similar collection of his articles from the Sunday times, this time from January 2004 to December 2005. Of course the book does reflect some events from that period but by and ... ...with his style of writing and presenting being quite close together. Unlike the first book though I didn't feel the need to be constantly reading this one, but that's more down to a change in my personal circumstances. But regardless of this I found that picking up the book and dipping into it every now and again worked just as well as reading one article straight after another.
The articles all flow in date order and cover about 3 ... more
He is most loved for his role as part of the trio on Top Gear but Jeremy Clarkson seems to be everywhere these days. Whether it be on DVD's or newspaper columns or even the 24 hour Top Gear channel that is UKTVG2. So when I spotted his latest book, The World According To Clarkson Vol 2 reduced from £18.99 to a fiver I had to buy it. I've read a couple of his other books recently and if I'm honest I'm very surprised by how much stuff I agree with him on. I'd enjoyed the first volume of this series over Christmas and was sure before starting it that I would enjoy this one too.
Like the first book, Vol 2 is a similar collection of his articles from the Sunday times, this time from January 2004 to December 2005. Of course the book does reflect some events from that period but by and large it focuses on his life and things he is doing at the times. The focus of the articles ranges from how impossible it is to buy a jacket in Britain while it's actually cold to how he should perhaps be a little nicer about David Beckham.
Of course in typical Clarkson manor the style of the articles are quite dry, with a brief sprinkling of humour laced throughout. While I was reading it I actually found that it was almost like watching an episode of Top Gear, with his style of writing and presenting being quite close together. Unlike the first book though I didn't feel the need to be constantly reading this one, but that's more down to a change in my personal circumstances. But regardless of this I found that picking up the book and dipping into it every now and again worked just as well as reading one article straight after another.
The articles all flow in date order and cover about 3 and a half pages each, which does make this book ideal for reading whilst doing other things. I found with the first book that if I'd perhaps been a Sunday Times reader I wouldn't have enjoyed the book so much, mainly because I felt I would have read them before. This book however has changed my mind on this and I actually feel that regardless of whether I'd read them before they would still hold the charm and humour as if I was reading them for the first time.
Over the course of the book there are a couple of subjects that seemed to come up quite often, environmentalists and Health and Safety for the most part but he puts enough of a new angle on these points that it doesn't feel like your reading the same thing again. It was one of the only downsides to the first book and it seems that the approach to editing this one and the choice of articles has perhaps taken that on board. Other than that I really couldn't find any downsides to the book, well unless you don't like Jeremy of course, that would be a major one.
Overall this is quite an entertaining book. It's important to bear in mind that all of Clarkson mannerisms and attitude goes into every article. It is a bit like watching him on Top Gear in so much as you could actually imagine him presenting a political show or something similar with his views. I think from a personal point of view I enjoyed it so much because I agreed with a lot of what he's saying. Well that and I seem to be becoming Clarkson. I would certainly recommend to anyone who likes him or Top Gear but if you don't then I seriously recommend giving this a wide birth.
Andy.mack 17.03.2007 (17.03.2007)
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Advantages: very funny book with some strong views Disadvantages: a re-print of articles from the sunday times
...'The World According to Clarkson' and being an avid watcher of top gear, I felt obliged to read the second edition of Jeremy Clarksons book. I found the first book really enjoyable to read and extremely funny in parts and this book is the same. I especially like the fact that because it is simply a culmination of his articles written in his sunday times column, that you can read a few and then put the book down until you feel like going back to it ... ...Clarkson just saying the words and after a while thats exactly what happens. You end up reading the paragraphs in the style of JC in you're head - well I did anyway. Moving away from the last comment, a game which I liked to play whilst reading the book was to read the title of the article and try and guess what it was actually all about - most of the time I was completely wrong because he loves to go off on a tangent. You'll realise if you have ...
beanie8844 20.06.2008
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Advantages: Funny easy to read Disadvantages: Not for anyone easily offended
...a fan of Clarkson's humour and dry wit and I'm most certainly a huge fan of top gear. I'm sure I wouldn't like him in real life but I don't intend to meet him!
This book gives you an outlook of life according to Clarkson and funnily enough i do agree with a lot of what he says despite the age difference.
An exampe is his views on the latest mobile phone technology being so advanced and having so many features like cameras etc... which all function ... ...a lot in the book and it does certainly cheer me up when I'm feeling a bit down, so I save chapters for those moments of boredome in my life rather than reading the book every night before bed.
Only one thing though, I do feel like he's cheated since the book is made up of all his articles from the Sunday Times column which essentially means he's profited from plagiurising himself! Not fussed myself really!
Definitely a good read and I fully recommend. ...
lcharm 04.04.2008
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Advantages: Hilarious, Girls can read it too!! Frank! Disadvantages: Not for Piers Morgan fans
...I quite like most books and will give anything the benefit of a few chapters but when I spotted Jeremy Clarkson's - 'The World According to Clarkson Volume Two And Another Thing' lying on my stepdads bedside table I didn't really think a book written by a car fanatic would appeal to me - a female teenager. Open minded I picked up the book knowing if I liked it, it would be read and returned before my stepdad even noticed it had gone.
The book contains ... ...call them) about the world and life from his Sunday times column. The first title, 'I'm a nobody, my jet-set credit card tells me so' baffled me a bit, what a weird title I thought! He must be a bonkers car lover. 10 'rants' later I was well into Clarkson's book and laughing a lot along the way.
The book is easy to read yet absolutely hilarious. His humour is full on and he is jaw-droppingly frank. His stories may be about subjects I don't really ...
curlymurphy 08.09.2008
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Advantages: Hilarious, Informative, And easy reading Disadvantages: No audiobook so far!
...we all feel strongly about, and is very close to being offensive, but keeps it on the edge where he doesn't cross the line. I am only 13 but this book still appeals to me, after reading short bits of the first 'World according to Clarkson' I went out and bought this one especially. A great read if you have 20 minutes to kill, or if you just want to settle down and relax for an hour. I sat and read this one start to finish on holiday, and all the ... ...a I sat and giggled away at Clarkson's humour. I watch far too much Top Gear and I am a huge fan of his, but I have also read other books like this, often written by comedians who make people laugh for a living, and find it more serious and grown-up than Clarkson's book.
To conclude I would pay a lot for this book, but the paperback is an hours pay for most people, so if you like the sound of having to have an operation on your throat and sides ...
w1ll73 08.02.2009
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Advantages: fun to read, rather intresting Disadvantages: nothing
...across. He will use foul and bad mouthed language, accompanied with his humour to make a very unintresting topic, intresting.
Along eith this you find yourself falling prey to clarksons charm and humour.
This is the sequel to the sunday times bestseller "The world according to clarkson".
The book contains over 80 plus mini-topics that he talks about, ranging from life of obese people,useage of technology,politics and celebrities,e.t.c..
He critises ... ...the fools for their names and dodgy tatoos. On another positive hand he targeted the americs consecutively for everything they did right and wrong, Hurray for jeremy clarkson.
He practically verbally tortures them for being fat and copying british ideas.
I brought this for £3.00 off ebay after bidding relatively,It can brought off amazon rather cheaply for around £2.00.
And another thing ...........
thanks for reading!! ...
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Title
And Another Thing: The World According to Clarkson: v. 2
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Jeremy Clarkson
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141028602
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9780141028606
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Everyone knows that Jeremy Clarkson finds the world a perplexing place - after all, he wrote a bestselling book about it. Yet despite the appearance of "The World According To Clarkson", things don't seem to have improved much. However, Jeremy is not someone to give up easily and he's decided to have another go. In "And Another Thing", our exasperated hero discovers that: he inadvertently dropped a bomb on North Carolina; we're all going to explode at the age of 62; Russians look bad in Speedos. But not as bad as we do; no one should have to worry about being Bill Oddie's long lost sister; he should probably be nicer about David Beckham Thigh-slappingly funny and - as ever - in your face, Jeremy Clarkson bursts the pointless little bubbles of the idiots while celebrating the special, the unique and the sheer bloody brilliant ...
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