My Ox Is Broken!: Roadblocks, Detours, Fast Forwards and Other Great Moments from Tv's 'the Amazing Race'

by Adam-Troy Castro

Book Overview

The Amazing Race is a reality show like no other and it has the best set around.
Best-selling novelist, Adam-Troy Castro, explores The Amazing Race in My Ox is Broken one of the first books ever published about one of the best reality television programs around. From Thailand to Greenland, this show has consistently gone where no other show has gone before, and Castro continues the excitement of the Race in a book that is funny, entertaining,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932100911
• ISBN13: 9781932100914
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Benbella Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Details

This book gives excellent details from the first nine seasons of "The Amazing Race." There are reviews from different racers that give a more in-depth view of the race. This book is a must-have for all race fans!

This quick read made me giggle

I had read good reviews of this book all over but I generally dislike books without much dialogue so I put off buying it. I finally broke down and spent the cash and am glad that I did. Even though I haven't watched every season of the Amazing Race, I got quite a few chuckles about the racers and the races themselves. It is written with a bit of generalization so it isn't nit picky and focuses more on the people and their personalities and interpersonal relations. A nice quick read that makes you smile and laugh.

Terrific and engaging reading

Adam-Troy Castro's book has all the energy of the tv series it covers, racing from event to event with humor and an engaging style of writing that brings the situations to life. Much of the background information is new to this reader, and the approach Mr. Castro takes is a fresh one. This book is highly recommended for both fans of the series as well as those who would like to know more.

Completely Unauthorized

Well, it is! Seriously, despite not being authorized (and therefore lacking in certain aspects of information concerning behind the scenes production of the show), this is an excellent book as it is written from the viewpoint of both an avid viewer (as the author admits to being) and the contestants themselves. There are some interesting interviews, and some "reality check" moments from the author, including a vomit chapter and a Dear John letter addressed to Jonathan (of Jonathan & Victoria infamy). The author doesn't take sides on anything, but acts as a devil's advocate in all cases, giving even the Guidos airport ploy from TAR1 a fair hearing as well as Jonathan's outbursts. Team names the author comes up with are generally okay where particular teams are memorable, but fail where they are less so - but to be fair, the names some teams give themselves during the game in such cases are the same, and at least in the case of the book you can flick back a page or two to check which team is which. Better are the alternate titles Adam Troy-Castro gives to the races and the legs themselves. All-in-all, its a fun book. And it serves CBS right for not bringing out a book themselves or more DVDs after the two initial DVD releases. ;P

thumbs up from TEAM DOOMED

Even though the author decided to name our team "DOOMED", i enjoyed My Ox Is Broken. A good recap of the series, with good interviews. I think fans will like the book, and people just coming to the Amazing Race can benefit from the recaps. PS. I guess we were doomed after all Steve (of Steve And DebraTAR4)