I've read a few of Jeremy's books now and this is arguably better than most but still falls into many of the same pit falls as the others. 

Let's start with the good things; the humor is spot on, even if you don't agree with his political opinions, most of which I can say I don't, the way he makes fun of bureaucracy, and the left, is on the nose. It’s also remarkedly self-deprecating, something we don’t quite except from him. The pacing is nicely done, along with the structure, separating the book into months of the year is a good idea, on top of that the season breaks and subsequent chapter breaks give each chapter a clear purpose. The writing itself is surprisingly good, Jeremy starts the book by saying he loves writing and it’s clear after many books he has improved in this skill set, I can imagine the editor had some work to do but they’ve done a great job as well so we can bung their contribution into this point as well. 

Then let’s get on to the downsides; This book feels like a cash grab, it was clearly written before the release of the TV series given that the main characters from the series besides Clarkson and Lisa were not named in the book. Also, it’s just far too short. Don’t get me wrong, a book doesn’t have to be long to be good, some of my favorite books are short, including the killing fields which is actually referenced in this book, but given they managed an entire amazon series from it I think we could manage more than a 90-minute book. There were one or two snippets of information in the book which weren’t in the TV series which was nice but overall It’s definitely better to watch the TV than read the book in this case. Finally for downsides it’s a collections of newspaper articles again, which just don’t work well as a book due to their repetitiveness. 

In summary it’s a fun read and if you have a couple of hours free why not read it, but if you’ve watched the tv show then unless you’re a massive fan just read something else. I’ll give it a 3.5 (7/10) because it is genuinely well written, fun to read, and looking at my previous ratings I can’t give it lower but it’s a low 3.5