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Summary: A Summer Read
Review: Forget trying to analyze this novel-- enjoy it. This book is entertaining and takes just a short time to read. My stomach hurt because I was laughing so hard. Perhaps this book created so much enjoyment for me because my husband is an accountant. That, or I was ready for a light book that would make me laugh. Regardless, avoid analyzing the materialistic/traditionalistic/religous messages that could be discerned from this book, and just read it!
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Summary: Fun Yet A Bit Ridiculous
Review: Its nice that John Grisham takes a lighter tone for Skipping Christmas. No lawyers are involved in this tale. However, there are some interesting accounts on how some people indulge in the holidays. Its funny that when Luther and Nora don't decorate their home for Christmas, the first thing a neighbor questions, "Are They Jewish?" This makes me wonder, How well would a Jew or even a non-Christian fit in on the Hemlock block?It's pretty comical how Luther side-steps all the neighbors, police officers, co-workers, charity causes regarding Christmas since Blair, his daughter, is supposedly out of the country for a year. However, when Blair suprisingly makes her return with a newly found fiancee, all of a sudden Luther and Nora revive their holiday cheer. This part of the story is pretty annoying and unlikely though not impossible. Maybe Skipping Christmas is a bit silly in spots. However, Grisham gives a fine account on how the holiday maddness is a bit exaggerated. I could definitely see a made for Television movie for this farce-like novel.
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Summary: Skipping Christmas is okay
Review: I'm not an avid John Grisham reader, because his books usually partain to law and such, which is not of interest to me, but as an off-twist he spun a good one. The book contains some good points about how materialistic our society has become especially around the Christmas season, however we partake in the madness every Christmas season any way. This book was reviewed by many others as very humerous, and in comparison to some of John Grisham's other books it would pass as such I suppose, but I did not get many laughs out of it, certainly not as many as I was led on to receive. Overall I would give it a 4, because it was an interesting and fast read that did manage to entertain me for most of the duration of the read.
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Summary: Skipping this book
Review: The story revolves around the Kranks, a married couple, that decides to "skip Christmas" and instead take a cruise. They are fed up with the excessive spending and trivial gatherings that are associated with Christmas. With there 20-something daughter being away for the first time ever, it provides them with the perfect opportunity. The problem with the story is every character is developed into unlikeable, one-dimesional characters. By the time the reader is suppose to feel any emotion or sympathy for any of them, they are so unlikeable that the reader doesn't care what happens. Grisham's style is very simplistic and basic, reminiscent to Hemmingway. However, deep symbolism does not accompy his style. It's a very easy to read and the story's lesson is a very predictable "Christmas" resolution. Just don't read this book for anything more.
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Summary: Good Reading
Review: I really enjoyed this book because it was very comical. I loved how the characters in the book had figured that since their only daughter had left home that they would not celebrate Christmas, and go on a cruise instead. I didn't care for how annoying their neighbors were by trying to make them participate in the neighborhood decorating committee that takes place every year, but in spite of everything when their daughter decides to go home for Christmas and bring her fiance with her, then the neighbors all pitch in to help them put everything together for her return. I really enjoyed it and would recommended that everyone read this one.
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Summary: Delightful - A new side to John Grisham
Review: Have you ever thought of skipping Christmas altogether because of all the commercialism? I certainly have. Not his usual intense style, this book is delightful light reading from John Grisham, and thoroughly enjoyable from cover to cover. Well worth the price, and a great book to have handy for a day you're rained-out or snowed-in.
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Summary: Thinking about Skipping Christmas?
Review: Thinking about skipping Christmas? Not exchanging gifts? Not addressing cards and writing notes to people during the holidays just to keep in touch? Tired of endless decorating and buying calendars and fruitcake and candy and on and on and...........??
When Luther Krank added it all up he learned he spent $6,100 on Christmas and didn't have a lot to show for it. So........ With his daughter in Peru with the Peace Corps for the coming winter and this being the first for just him and his wife alone he thought about skipping Christmas by going on a cruise in the Caribbean.
He gets his wife excited. Nora and Luther Krank patronize a tanning booth in preparation for their trip. They diet to lose weight for their trip. They look at brochures. They buy clothes for the cruise.
However, people around the Kranks aren't excited. Word spreads fast about the Kranks' decision. First surprise, then shock and disbelief. Neither his co - workers, the policemen and the scouts who knock on his door selling items for Christmas for worthy causes, and his neighbors (did the people down the street orchestrate the sending of blank unsigned Christmas cards with Frostys on them from far away places?) and the Kranks' daughter remembers Christmas with her family and the way her family has always celebrated the holiday...
With an unexpected phone call the Kranks' idea of skipping Christmas is threatened. Read what happens...
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Summary: Quick enjoyable read
Review: I really enjoyed this book. You understood where each character was coming from, lessons were learned, and the ending was great. Take it on a holiday.
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Summary: A funny, quick read
Review: Non-pretentious. Laugh out loud towards the end. Sure to be a 90 minute TV movie next Christmas.
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Summary: What a change in storyline, refreshing
Review: John Grisham's Skipping Christmas is nothing what I had expected. This is not a classic Grisham storyline, but enchanting and a good quick read.
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