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

When I was finished with this book I could not stop laughing for days thinking about it. I immediately gave the book to my sister inlaw then my brother and then my Aunt. They all had the same impressions of the book I did. They could not put it down.

I listened to this audiobook one day while driving in my car. It was so funny that I laughed until I cried, which is not a good thing while you're driving! I love this book so much that I can't wait for Christmas this year, so I can listen to it again, and I am going to buy the Hardcover edition as well, just because I love it so much! I have enjoyed many of Grisham's books, but this is by far my abosolute favorite. I would love to see it made into a movie, if it could be done exactly the way it is written!

This book was absolutely impossible to put down. Thank heavens it wasn't long... A great story about good intentions gone bad and a community redeeming itself. A story can't have an unpleasant ending! It would be interesting with an alternative ending, one that is not so "Christmasy".

This book expressed exactly what I would often like to do at Christmas. So much madness, so little Christ. But also, what happened to Luther would surely happen to me in some form or another. A great read, with both humer and sensitivity. May be Grisham's best.

I read the book last christmas and i think it really is interesting. It will be a good gift to add to ur friends' christmas trees next year

Did any author have a better start to their career than John Grisham? “The Firm,” “The Pelican Brief,” “The Client,” “The Chamber,” and “The Rainmaker” broke an extended reading drought. I DNFed a few of his middle works and did not return. “Skipping Christmas” is a cute piece of writing that reminds you of his skill and gifts.

“Skipping Christmas” became the critically panned movie “Christmas with the Kranks,” starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, but the book was fairly popular in 2001. It made a nice Christmas gift. Protagonist Luther questions the forced Christmas Spirit and calculates that a cruise will cost less. Even though we anticipate a change by story’s end, we question the process as well.

The usual hijinks ensue, and you wonder how the novel would be different now as opposed to 2001. With housing authorities, you anticipate snide, indirect punishment for pure, unbridled nonconformity. When the Kranks’ plans inevitably unravel, you do not know what to root for. Is this a “true meaning of Christmas” piece or a thought-provoking alternative to the commercialized norm?

In the spoiler alert department, a famous critic came up with a solution to their predicament that would have made most of the story unnecessary, but I enjoyed the ride. We expect syrupy lessons in a holiday movie and appreciate the resolution if it allows us to yearn for Christmas. Grisham isn’t reinventing the wheel here, but he knows that.

The only knock on this I can say is that I didn’t really laugh out loud, as the jacket said I would in its promotional statements. It was a nice Holiday story without going overboard in delivering a Yuletide message. Storytelling is Grisham’s gift, and here he does not disappoint. It holds up well 25 years later and satisfies me.

Its awesome. I would recomend this to my friends, as it gets you in the holiday cheer and is fun to compare to with the movie Christmas with the Kranks.... John is an awesome writer the descriptions and story line are awesome,and the comedy adds a nice spice. It is a easy read. GO READ IT

It was a fairly funny book, but i've read better...