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A review by mishale1
The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas by James Patterson
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
My expectations were a bit high going in on this one cause everybody kept calling it hilarious. It was silly funny but it wasn’t what I was expecting. After reading the book description I had pictured something like Skipping Christmas by John Grisham, which I loved. This book is about a family kind of being forced into celebrating Christmas again too but it has a different spin.
Henry is a widower with a 12 year old daughter and 14 year old son. Henry’s wife died 5 years ago. It didn’t bring the family closer together, it pushed them further apart. Henry’s kids need him but he’s too sad and miserable up to realize or to do anything about it.
Henry’s kids sign him up on a dating app without telling him. They’d like him to get married again because they lost Christmas when they lost their mom. Henry hasn’t celebrated a thing about the holiday since losing his wife. His kids would like a tree, decorations and most importantly they’d like presents. They figure if Henry was happy again they’d get to celebrate Christmas again.
They get more than they bargained for. The first, and only, woman who contacts Henry before he finds out about the dating app starts sending surprises to the house. The presents line up with the song The Twelve Days of Christmas. As it turns out, most of these are actually pretty inconvenient presents and require a lot of work from Henry and his kids.
To state the obvious, I don’t know why they were surprised every day with what the present was. If someone started sending you the gifts from the song, wouldn’t you Google the lyrics so you’d know what to expect atleast?
This won’t be on the list of my favorite Christmas reads this year but I did love the ending. The ending surprised me and it was incredibly heartwarming.
Henry is a widower with a 12 year old daughter and 14 year old son. Henry’s wife died 5 years ago. It didn’t bring the family closer together, it pushed them further apart. Henry’s kids need him but he’s too sad and miserable up to realize or to do anything about it.
Henry’s kids sign him up on a dating app without telling him. They’d like him to get married again because they lost Christmas when they lost their mom. Henry hasn’t celebrated a thing about the holiday since losing his wife. His kids would like a tree, decorations and most importantly they’d like presents. They figure if Henry was happy again they’d get to celebrate Christmas again.
They get more than they bargained for. The first, and only, woman who contacts Henry before he finds out about the dating app starts sending surprises to the house. The presents line up with the song The Twelve Days of Christmas. As it turns out, most of these are actually pretty inconvenient presents and require a lot of work from Henry and his kids.
To state the obvious, I don’t know why they were surprised every day with what the present was. If someone started sending you the gifts from the song, wouldn’t you Google the lyrics so you’d know what to expect atleast?
This won’t be on the list of my favorite Christmas reads this year but I did love the ending. The ending surprised me and it was incredibly heartwarming.