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Summary: A TOTAL SURPRISE
Review: I am an avid romance and mystery reader. This book was a total surprise. It was definitely a comedy that I could relate to. My husband was definitely Luther and I was Nora. By the middle of the book, I was laughing so hard - tears were flowing down. Everyone in the house wanted to know what was happening. My husband and a friend have already borrowed the book and thought it was great. It is a quick read.
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Summary: a pleasant christmas story
Review: Let me begin by saying that I grew tired of John Grisham's legal thrillers some time ago so I approached this book with skepticism. I was delightfully surprised by this book - with the most pleasing blend of comedy, drama, and yes - even real emotion. The book is a short read and one that I will reread every year.
The story focuses on a married couple whose daughter has left them on their own for Christmas. Vowing to buck the tradition and ignore the holiday the couple face the hostilities of those around them who see participating in Christmas as a civic responsibility. Several twists bring the story to a place where the heart is warmed, the belly can revel in a hearty guffaw, and where the meaning of Christmas, for this family, is (re) discovered.
This is not great literature nor Dickens, but it is a light-hearted Christmas story well worth your time.
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Summary: Skipping Christmas
Review: What a fun and comical book! I definitely think they should make a movie out of this one. It would be the new Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase (a classic).
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Summary: A nice light christmas read
Review: I think a book is well written when it accomplishes its goals. This book was obviously intended as a nice, light Christmas read. It achieves this goal admirably. Although many people may be looking for an indictment of the commercialization of Christmas, Grisham's work still finds that under all the money changing, there still is a feeling of community and family and friendship. The book was a very good portrait of upper middle class life in America. If you are thinking of buying the book, the book seems pricey for the amount of content, but, especially at Christmas time, it is nice to have an extremely easy book that you can read in a few short hours.
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Summary: a reader from tennessee
Review: I enjoyed the book. Not typical of John Grisham, but very entertaining. Looking forward to next book in February!
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Summary: Definitely NOT worth a buy
Review: A good storyline, as can be expected from John Grisham, but Skipping Christmas definitely lacks the substance of most of his previous works. It's an easy read as the book is quite short. Worth borrowing a copy but not something you'll go back to if it's on your bookshelf. Skipping Christmas has the feel of a last-minute push by a publisher to "get one in the aisles" before the holiday shopping rush. Save your money.
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Summary: Ho Ho Hum.....
Review: Tax accountant, Luther Krank, is skipping Christmas. His only child, Blair, joined the Peace Corps, left right after Thanksgiving for the jungles of Peru, and won't be around to celebrate the holidays for the first time in her twenty-three years. Luther just spent the evening going over his meticulous records and receipts, and found that the Krank family spent $6,100 on the holiday last year. Outrageous! Well not this year. No gifts, no tree, no decorations, lights, or Frosty the Snowman on the roof, no matter how tough and persistant the neighborhood pressure. No cards or invitations, he's cancelling their annual Christmas eve party, and saying no to the office black tie dinner, parties, fruit cakes, calendars...the list just goes on and on. This year, he's convinced his wife to put all that money to much better use. They're going to skip Christmas and go on a first class, ten day cruise..... Take It's A Wonderful Life, minus the joy and magic, and combine it with an uninspired version of Dicken's, A Christmas Carol, and you'll end up with John Grisham's, Skipping Christmas. This is a short, and readable little tale, with a few good laughs thrown in, that pokes fun at all the commercialism and silliness of the season. With a trite and predictable plot, full of one dimensional cartoon characters, this is definitely not a story that stands the test of time, to be pulled out and read, year after year, as part of the holiday tradition. For Grisham fans expecting legal action, drama, twists and turns, you'll be sorely disappointed. For those of you looking for a fast, light, and distracting couple of hours, Skipping Christmas works just fine.
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Summary: Skipping This Christmas Book
Review: I have always enjoyed reading John Grisham and had no reason to think otherwise until I read this book. As with many "departure" books, this type of story telling is not Grisham's strength. I found the character development good but the story itself lacked depth and the ending was all too predictable. A disappointment for all Grisham fans.
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Summary: How Grisham Stole Christmas
Review: This book was so UNGrishamlike, but had his usual attention holding style. I completely indentified with the whole idea of too much spending at Christmas and it was SOOOOOOOOOO realistic. How many times have you rewrapped gifts and passed them on to someone else or let them hang in the closet when someone else could use them? Skipping Christmas was an adults version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas but had a delightful ending in which the main characters heart grew two sizes that day. Great Christmas story!
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Summary: Grinch Grisham Delivers A Present For Readers
Review: It was the week before Christmas in my little home
I had nothing to read and I was alone;I zipped to the library to see what I could find
and to my great surprise Grishams new book was to be mine; At first I thought ' Ha " if it's here it must be bad
But I grabbed it anyways..it was all that they had; I dashed home to my chair and sat by the fire
Flipped open the book hoping the critics weren't liars; An hour went by and then two more
Before I knew it I had laughed till I was sore; For to my surprise this was a wonderful book
One that deserves just more than a look; This was by far a great story that I believe most of us can relate to at Christmas time. I recommend it highly. I have learned not to be a Grisham snob. Used to be I would only read his books if they were about lawyers. Carole's Corner of the World
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