Dieses Weihnachtsbuch hatte ich mir von einer Freundin geliehen, als ich erfuhr, dass es die Vorlage zum amerikanischen Weihnachtsfilm „Verrückte Weihnachten“ (mit Tim Allen & Jamie Lee Curtis) ist. Mein zweitliebster Film zu dieser Jahreszeit.

Das kleine Büchlein macht fast genauso viel Freude, wie der Film selbst welcher zum Glück sehr nah an der Vorlage ist. Natürlich hatte ich die entsprechenden Schauspieler*innen immer vor Augen und musste diverse Male lächeln. Es kommen keine Längen auf und man rauscht gemütlich durch die Seiten.

Ich war sehr überrascht, dass John Grisham, welcher sonst eher durch Justizthriller von sich reden macht, so ein humorvolles Buch geschrieben hat. Hier und da hätte ich mir aber gerne noch eine etwas „blumigere“ Sprache gewünscht. Dafür gibt es einen Stern Abzug, aber ansonsten überlege ich mir, ob das Buch auf meine Wunschliste für meine Bibliothek kommt. Denn der Freundin gebe ich es natürlich zurück.

Den Originaltitel „Skipping Christmas“ finde ich übrigens gelungener als Frohes Fest, aber das nur am Rande :) Es war mir eine große Freude Nora & Luther durch ihr turbulentes Weihnachtsfest zu begleiten, was so herrlich amerikanisch, überdreht und verrückt war. Auch wenn ich es nach Weihnachten gelesen habe, kam dabei die Weihnachtsstimmung wieder richtig gut auf!

3.5⭐
Al principio el libro no me enganchaba, pero según iba leyendo la cosa se iba poniendo mejor, y ya el giro k pega a un tercio del final hizo que terminase gustandome... es un final muy americano pero me encanto

Happy holidays to everyone!


Except to the author of this novel. Plus the literary agent who put him up to it. Neither of you deserves joy.

When I tell you this is one of the worst things that has ever been written, what I'm really saying is Skipping Christmas by John Grisham is an absolute masterpiece of garbage.

I cannot stress enough how poorly written this is, with the most noxious cast of characters. This book takes advantage of the worst parts of Christmas - the overindulgence, the capitalism, the competitive nature of who-has-the-better-spread, etc., and never improves. The message maintains it's negativity until the last 10 pages. Wow, how celebratory.

Grisham's leads - Nora and Luther - were both deplorable, in their own right. Luther is a huge creep, noting on multiple occasions how nice his travel agent’s legs are or the pleasing body shape of a random woman. WHY? His blatant disregard towards his daughter is shocking, who is in the Peace Corps in Peru. She's only been gone for a month, why would she feel the need to surprise her parents for Christmas? SELFISH GIRL. He ignores his wife any time she voices concern about her daughter's safety. It's a mess. He's disgusting, hateful, and way too self-centered to ever be considered a good man.

And Nora is such a throwaway bimbo character, there's no point in even bringing her up. Her only concern is how she's being perceived by her neighborhood. She worries about cancelling her famous Christmas Eve party while she's volunteering at a battered women’s shelter. Ok yea, YOU INSIPID HORROR.

The neighbors are all nosy, ill-spirited wanks that literally terrorize the Kranks when they find out they're foregoing Christmas. OH OK. Because that's how NORMAL adults act.

Hey John Grisham, seriously? SERIOUSLY? We all wish you'd gone back to being a lawyer before writing this nightmare. You need to donate all the money you made off of this book (and what I'm sure was a terrible movie adaptation) to charity, in hopes that maybe you can erase some of the fuckery that Skipping Christmas put forth in the universe. Thank you & goodbye forever.

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А всъщност предисторията никак не е лоша. Гришам (или който там) създава убедителен тезис защо Коледа в САЩ си заслужава да бъде пропусната и че на точно половината разход за нея двама души могат да си прекарат райски цели 10 дни на тропически остров. И се заема да докаже тезата си – Лутър и Нора Кранк (фамилията е очевиден маркер какво трябва да мислим за тях) тъкмо са изпратили дъщеря си на друг континент и могат да си представят поне веднъж да пропуснат Коледа. Която в техния случай е смазваща тегоба – съседите им са откачени на тема кичозни украси, от тях се очаква да плащат наляво и надясно солидни суми, да киснат в безкрайни задръствания и на огромни опашки, да дадат голяма вечеря на Бъдни вечер и изобщо да положат чудовищни усилия за нещо, което трябва да носи почивка и радост.

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