What readers think of Skipping Christmas, plus links to write your own review.

I liked the book but it was well below Grisham's standards. I wish the book could have been a little longer. As far as the funny side is concerned, some of his earlier legal stuff were more humoo packed in them than this one.

Bah humbug! Reading this book—and even though it's very short, I still had to force myself to finish it—is turning me into Scrooge. Author John Grisham should stick to writing legal thrillers.

I bought this book several years ago, but never read it. The title made it seem like the perfect book for 2020, since it feels like we're all skipping Christmas this year. I was wrong.

It's the Sunday after Thanksgiving and Luther and Nora Krank have just bid farewell to their only child, Blair, who has begun service in the Peace Corps in the jungles of Peru. Because she won't be home for Christmas, they decide to skip the celebration this year, as well as all the frenzied work that goes along with it, and go on a cruise instead. Thanks to ridiculously nosy neighbors, coworkers who pay far too much attention to Luther's personal life, and weirdly offended friends, their quest to skip Christmas is met with everything from concern to disbelief to outright hostility. And then the most unexpected and potentially calamitous thing happens.

The writing is part sappy and part snarky, the plot is groaningly predictable, and the characters are mind-numbingly one-dimensional. Paper dolls have more personality!

Don't skip Christmas, but make sure you skip this book. I'm being generous giving it three stars.

I am a great fan of John Grisham. However, this book is not up to his usual standard. The subject of the book is, in my opinion, trivial. Grisham should spend his time doing more serious work.

Overall I thought the book deserved a 3 or 4. Luther Krank does complain an awful lot. His wife is semi foolish and a push over. He is quite selfish and over-the-top mean. The idea of going on a cruise was a pretty smart idea though. But he hordes it over everyones head. He internalized it all saying that all will secretly admire him and wish they were going as well.

He does seem to be in a depressive state. And it doesnt seem just to be entirely about the spent money (which is an awful lot to spend without seeing a return on the investment). Maybe he is suffering from a mid-life crisis or something like that.

In any case he is a grouch and an overalll mean person. His character shows one ounce of decency when he invites his neighbors to go on the cruise in his stead. Other than that, he is a very miserable man. In some ways, I thought that Grishim had hit the "nail on the head" with his characterization of Krank and for that purpose, the book receives a 3 out of 5 rating from me.

I liked this book and I thought it was great but I think Grisham should stick to legal thrillers. I wish this book was a little longer than it was. I liked the ending though. I thought that Luther Kronk was selfish but then I thought he had a good idea skipping christmas and taking a cruise.

As a Grisham fan, I was disappointed with this book. It 's subject matter is trivial. One can tell it is a Grisham book, but that is about all one can say about it. If you are, like me, a dyed in wood Grisham fan, then you should read it. Otherwise, find another Grisham book to begin with.

Ralph Ekwall

This book was not up to par with what I expected from John Grisham. If you are looking for an easy read, this might be the book for you, but there is nothing there that stimulates the mind and the humor . . . well, I just didn't think it was "hilarious" as some call it. In my opinion, it was a bit of slapstick humor - John Grisham should stick to what he does best which is devise wonderful plots with a twist at the end. This book had no plot, no twist, no evidence of brain activity.

It's a stupid, boring and very, very irritating book. Reading it is a waste of your time. I can only advise skipping this book.