Skipping Christmas
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John Grisham
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A classic tale for modern times from a beloved storyteller, John Grisham offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition.Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That’s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they’ll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty, they won’t be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash, they aren’t even going to have a tree. They won’t need one, because come December 25 they’re setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences—and isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined.Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
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Author
John Grisham
Pages
240
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2010-03-16
ISBN
0307576078 9780307576071
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"Quick disclosure if you were hoping this review would not contain comparisons from the movie Christmas with the Kanks then you might as well move on. Because for me the Christmas magic was missing from this book. Not often is the movie better but c'est la vie.<br/><br/>The set up was good for December 2020. After all that has happened I was not in the mood for the holidays. Skipping sounded like a stress free paradise. Unfortunately Skipping Christmas seemed as if it was an outline to a magical story that would have to be reread every December. But it was just an outline it was still missing important essentials. Magic, love, character growth, and details.<br/><br/>Luther was not the likeable Tim Allen from the movie. He was pretty much a horndog for all women other than his wife. The Kranks in general had no redeemable qualities at all. Even Frohmeyer "The unelected war boss of the street" according to the the movie just bullied the neighborhood. In the book we are told a Pakistani couple lived down the street and moved out just as quickly. So the community felt a little like white washed Christmas Nazis when it came down too it.<br/><br/>I was just disappointed. It is apparently very hard to find a Christmas story that warms the heart as much as holiday movies have done for me. So please if you have any suggestions I would love to hear them in the comments."
"Light and funny. No romance, no drama… just fun. "
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Elizabeth Clark
"Actual rating: 3.5 stars.<br/><br/>I saw the movie "Christmas With the Kranks," and was surprised to see that it was based on a novel by John Grisham. I had heard of some of his other books, but I had never heard of this one. I borrowed it from the library, and started reading. It took me a lot longer than I would've expected to finish a 177 page book; reading at night has it's drawbacks.<br/><br/>The film was very true to the novel. I can't think of anything right away that was missing in the movie, though they added some things here and there, and changed a few things too. All in all it was a fun read, especially since it was so like the film and I could see the characters and actions clearly in my mind. The only thing that kind of turned me off in the book was when Luther and Nora were worried that Henrique would have dark skin. I felt like that was random and kind of unnecessary bigotry. Though that did not really take away from my enjoyment of the book.<br/><br/>I would be interested to read other books by this author, though I know they are quite different. The writing style was casual, and easy to read. I'm curious to see how his other novels are."
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