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The Big Book of "Top Gear" 2009 | 
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| Author: Richard Porter
Publisher: BBC Books
Category: Book
List Price: £12.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 6
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1846074630
EAN: 9781846074639
ASIN: 1846074630
Publication Date: October 16, 2008
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 FUNNY November 19, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I don't even watch Top Gear that religiously but I bought the book for my brother for Christmas. I opened it to write a message in the cover and ended up reading most of it! I laughed out loud on so many occasions, it is SO funny!! As funny if not funnier than the show.
 A 'Marmite' book, if ever there was one... November 17, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
You have to be a fan of the show to even have a chance of liking it (too many in-jokes for anyone who doesn't watch it regularly) but even then it's still gonna divide readers into two groups, lovers and haters.
To love it you'll most likely have to be either a teenager or one of those spikey-haired Evo-with-big-exhaust owners (or wanabee owners) who really think all the lads' messing about on-screen is GENUINELY funny, rather than just very mildly amusing and worth putting up with in order to see the good bits of the show.
I am a die-hard fan of the show - have been for years - but honestly...
Another reviewer compared it to one of those kiddie 'Annuals' - I agree, I think what they've done here is create a niche product, an Annual for teenagers rather than kids. This is NOT the TV show in book form - the show is SO MUCH better.
 Excellent value and fun!!! November 17, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This easy read is this years ultimate stocking filler. It will make you want to re-watch all of the Top Gear episodes, so would be the perfect accompaniment to a box set.
It is appropriate for any age, and you don't even have to be a fan of the show. Be prepared to experience `lol' moments, and don't take it too seriously. excellent value for money!!!
Unworthy... November 15, 2008
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
It is simply nothing like as good as the TV show. Way too superficial and childish (if you think the TV show is getting a bit silly nowadays, you certainly won't like the book - but if you think the show needs more silliness, then you just might like the book...)
As for content, they just seem to have put all the 'challenges' in comic-strip form (why not watch the DVDs) and thrown in a load of childish stuff about the Stig (isn't all the Stig stuff getting a bit long in the tooth nowadays, it used to be funny, but...)
Not the way to go...U-turn needed November 15, 2008
12 out of 17 found this review helpful
I am an avid viewer of the TG show, a subscriber to the the TG magazine, and a regular reader of Mr. C's columns in the Sunday Times, BUT I have to be honest - this book is a stinker - a complete cash-in - as a throwaway stocking-filler, OK - but I was expecting something a bit meatier in terms of content (closer to TG magazine's style), especially as there's also a separate 'TG Annual' aimed at kids. All I can say is, goodness knows what that Annual is like, because most of what's in THIS should be in the annual - it just looks like someone's decided 'let's milk the name for all it's worth' - big pity...
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