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Summary: Good, light reading
Review: I read most of Grisham's books, so I couldn't past this one. It's a very different style and it doesn't even seem to be written by him, but it's a good book nonetheless. Light reading, funny and with a few twists in the middle.
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Summary: compulsively readable
Review: 'Skipping Christmas' provides the experience of reading a very good novel without actually knowing it. Its length and ease make it the book I turned to for quite some time when I had nothing to read or wanted some inspiration, in 2002, and as a result I read it numerous times in the first half of last year. Although different from the typical Grisham, I believe his mark is stamped all over it, and it has confirmed that it is the author who I appreciate, and not just the genre, to a greater extent than 'A Painted House'. This christmas tale is written with great perspicacity, and although it largely focuses on the negatives of christmas, is heart-warming nonetheless.
Luther is not scrooge, in my opinion, but the book does highlight how christmas loses its appeal when the youngest grow up, but paradoxically how this appeal is able to prevail despite this.
Very addictive and enjoyable, and I might just go and read it now...
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Summary: A different story
Review: first of all let me tell you how I read this book, it was december 29 and I went shopping with my wife, I saw a book store and bought this book, I started reading at 10 o'clock and finished that night, even if I don't celebrate X'mas I like very much this book, because when you do something every year you just can't skip it one year just because.
The book is very easy to read and it has a great message of friendship at the end, is a very nice story.
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Summary: Skipping Christmas
Review: Terrible book. The plot had all the originality of a TV sitcom.
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Summary: Skipping Christmas
Review: I thought it was wonderful! It is a nice fast reading story with a wonderful ending. How many of us have thought the same thing, to skip Christmas. It put a funny side to the whole thought. And when you come to the last page, you can't help but have a smile on your face. I would love to read more stories like this one. It is wonderful for young people to read and see a light and funny side to adults. You too will be glad that you did!!
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Summary: Good holiday reading
Review: This book is easy to read and does a good job in driving home the message about the true meaning of the season. It's surely not his typical courtroom drama but certainly entertaining. Would love to see the movie..
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Summary: a wonderful look at the hectic nature of Christmas
Review: Luther Krank wants only one thing for Christmas -- to skip the holiday altogether and escape with his wife Nora to a cruise in the Carribbean. Frazzled by the expense and materialism of Christmas, and with their daughter away in Peru with the Peace Corps, Luther sees this as a perfect opportunity to leave the chaos behind. Little does Luther realize that no matter how hard he tries to skip Christmas, fate, and his neighbors, ultimately play a hand in bringing Christmas back into the forefront.Grisham does an excellent job spinning a tale in which he describes all of the things that make Christmas so hectic ... long lines at the grocery stores, crowded malls, bills piling up. All of these things are easily identifiable with those who celebrate the holiday. Grisham pokes fun at these things through the character of Luther Krank who sees Christmas as a materialistic holiday and one that he wishes to escape from. Opposite Luther is his wife Nora who agrees with her husband about taking a vacation since their daughter is away but whose heartstrings are constantly tugged at by the Season. It is fun to see the encounters between Luther and his neighbors as he tries to defend his ideas and how they react. Grisham has created a definite Christmas classic in this novel, one which satirizes the materialism of Christmas, but in the end brings out the true meaning of the holiday.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: I got this for Christmas from my husband and had it read within a day. It was humorous but also realistic, since we had plans on "skipping Chrismtas" ourselves this year. The way the neighborhood sticks their noses into the Kranks' business is essentially small-town America. If you don't partake in the riots and nauseating decor of Christmas, something MUST be wrong with you! The only problem that I had was that after all the nastiness that the neighbors put the Kranks' thru, all became peachy in the end. The constant "selfish" theme was set around the Kranks, with no mention of the town being selfish because they weren't getting free food and drink off of them this year ($6,000 dollars worth!). Good for fairy tales, but I think I would seriously have to evaluate my neighborhood "friends" had I endured a Christmas like these people.
Definitely worth a quick read if you're in the mood for something lighthearted and witty.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down.
Review: I'm not a real big book reader, but this one was small and was by a well known author so I thought I'd get it to have something to read while riding on vacation. I couldn't put it down. It was soooo funny. I read the whole thing on my trip back from Florida to SC. I'm sure the normal readers of the author were a little surpised and taken back by this different setting. But I
absolutely loved it.
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Summary: Light, Festive Holiday Read
Review: John Grisham takes a break from writing legal thrillers and puts a new spin on the hustle and bustle of the Christmas holidays in his novel, Skipping Christmas. As Luther Krank, an accountant, tallies up last year's Christmas expenses and headaches, he decides that the best plan for this year would be to skip Christmas all together. Especially with his daughter out of the country aiding the Peace Corps. While it took a little convincing for his wife, Nora, the Kranks agree to restrict Christmas spending, Christmas decorations and Christmas parties and instead spend their money on a cruise. However, the Kranks learn that thier new Christmas activities, or the lack thereof, may be more of a headache and disaster than they planned for. With many laughs along the way, Grisham tells a wonderful, festive story with true Christmas spirit shining through in the end.
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