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The Christmas List

by Richard Paul Evans

4.00 · rating details · 2,349 ratings · 544 reviews

The New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Box returns with a holiday novel of hope, love, and redemption.

Hardcover, 352 pages

Published October 6th 2009 by Simon & Schuster (first published January 1st 2009)

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Dec 22, 2011

K.D. rated it

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Shelves: christmas

James Kier is a ruthless businessman. Ruthless in the sense that what he wants is only to make money and he does not care about the feelings of his employees and their families. He also does foul business practices and he enjoys seeing his competitors close their shops. There was a time when he drove one of his competitors to bankruptcy by clandestinely buying all the materials in the market so the poor winner (his competitor) in the bidding had to close shop so James Kier got the job for his co...moreJames Kier is a ruthless businessman. Ruthless in the sense that what he wants is only to make money and he does not care about the feelings of his employees and their families. He also does foul business practices and he enjoys seeing his competitors close their shops. There was a time when he drove one of his competitors to bankruptcy by clandestinely buying all the materials in the market so the poor winner (his competitor) in the bidding had to close shop so James Kier got the job for his company. Then he marches to his competitor, calls him "donkey" and says that he should improve on his planning.

One day, he is reading the newspaper and sees an obituary of himself. What's in it makes him think of what he is doing in his life. So he asks his secretary to make a list of the people he has wronged and as he wants to make amends. Since the list is given 3 weeks before Christmas, he now refers this as his "Christmas List."

So, the rest of the story is about the lives of these 6 people who his secretary thinks her boss hurt or did wrong in the past and how James Kier tries to use his money and power to make them happy and his secretary is like his guardian angel. You see, James Kier and his secretary work very closely that the secretary knows almost everything about her boss.

Sounds like very similar to the plot of Charles Dicken's The Christmas Carol minus of course the three ghosts. Instead, the plot is filled with people who were like characters in a T.V. afternoon drama. There is nothing to it really. It's just that they mouth terribly melodramatic words and they are there to highlight how opportunistic James Kier as a person not even as just a savvy businessman. It is like James Kier is all evil and the other characters, the ones that have been wronged, are good if not like angels without wings.

Life does not normally work that way, right? There are always the good side and the bad side in everyone. John Paul Evans' way of presenting his characters is what I am not so happy about his works: it is so simplistic that his characters appear like unreal or caricatures.

But the theme of repentance followed by redemption is there and oh what the hell, at some points in our lives, we all sat down on front of the television and watched afternoon series. Or like Coney Reyes in the recent hit T.V. series 100 Days. The ABS-CBN writers were probably inspired by Dickens or maybe even this one.(less)

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Dec 29, 2011

Jill rated it

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This book was a Christmas present two years ago. At the time I really wanted to read it and I was reading a lot of Christmas books, and then the holiday passed and I guess it ended up on the shelf for longer than I was planning. I think though that sometimes books come to you when you need them or are ready for them, so it wasn't really forgotten there on the shelf, it was just biding it's time until it was the right read for me for right now. Maybe that sounds silly, but I know I buy books t...more

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Jul 31, 2010

Judy rated it

Since some of my Christmas decorations are still up--hey, I think that once you reach June, you should just leave them up because December is right around the corner--I decided to read this as a "Christmas in July" treat. Not such a treat. This book is a retelling of A Christmas Carol without Jacob Marley dragging his chains and I missed that. James Kier reads his obituary in the newspaper while at a bed and breakfast several hours from home and when he logs onto the computer he fin...more

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Jan 26, 2010

Jennifer Wardrip rated it

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James Kier is not a nice person. He's a ruthless businessman whose son wants nothing to do with him, and his wife, Sara, divorced him. So when he finds his picture attached to a news article that announces he died in an automobile crash, no one is more surprised than he. And when he reads the comments that are posted on the newspaper's website, he's livid. He's shocked at the mean things that people are saying about him. Everyone, that is, excep...moreReviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com

James Kier is not a nice person. He's a ruthless businessman whose son wants nothing to do with him, and his wife, Sara, divorced him. So when he finds his picture attached to a news article that announces he died in an automobile crash, no one is more surprised than he. And when he reads the comments that are posted on the newspaper's website, he's livid. He's shocked at the mean things that people are saying about him. Everyone, that is, except for Sara. For some reason, Sara defended him in the chat.

When the paper prints the obituary for the actual James Kier that had died, something propels James to travel to the memorial service. The other James Kier lived in a poor section of town. He has to park a few blocks away and is shocked at the line of people outside the house, waiting to pay their regards to the family. He can't grasp how a lowly bus driver could garner so much respect and love. He was only a bus driver!

Pondering what he encountered, he goes to his longtime secretary, Linda, and asks her, "What do you think of me?"

Fearing he'll fire her, Linda is hesitant at first. He assures her that her job is safe and insists on finding out what she truly thinks of him as a person. But deep inside, he knows the answer before she tells him. It's because Linda has worked for him for so long that he turns to her for his quest. He asks her to compile a list of the people he's hurt the most. She, of all people, is in the best position to do this task.

By Monday morning he has his list, and his journey for redemption begins. Some on the list physically assault him in their hostility towards him. Others brush it off as all in the past. Some are gone, and others are in need of much assistance. It's as James goes from each past wrongdoing that he truly changes and becomes the man that his ex-wife still believes in. Those around him are wary of the man he is becoming, but hope that this new man is here to stay.

THE CHRISTMAS LIST will hit you right in the heart. From the moment James reads the story about his supposed death, up until the final pages as he tries to rebuild what he lost with his family, Mr. Evans weaves a story of hope, forgiveness, and the grace and love of God, friends, and family.

I always think that Mr. Evans can't possibly top his previous works, but THE CHRISTMAS LIST proves that, once again, I was wrong.
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Dec 20, 2009

Shonda rated it

Shelves: read-2009

James Kier is reading his morning paper when he reads an obituary. His obituary. Puzzled by the false report, he searches the internet and finds a story explaining his death. Even though he knows he’s very much alive, it’s the anonymous, (and not so anonymous) unsympathetic comments he reads, that cause him to re-evaluate his life.

James Kier is a shrewd real state investor. He’s richer than rich and will be the first to admit he’s taken advantage of many individuals to reach the top ...more

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Dec 18, 2009

Carol rated it

James Kier is a wildly successful president of Kier Company, one of the West's largest real estate development firms. Kier got much of his success by swindling, cheating and destroying the lives of many people.
As the story begins, Jim Kier is in the process of a divorce from his cancer-striken wife and is estranged from his only child, Jim Jr.
We learn about the lives of the people who have had the misfortune to
have been exploited by Keir in the course of the story.

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Dec 14, 2009

Mary (MrsBrownsFan) rated it

Shelves: 2009

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Dec 07, 2009

Shawna rated it

There are some spoilers in this review.

Having had first-hand experience with a relative that died of pancreatic cancer, I was disgusted with Evans' patently romanticized version of Sara Kier's death. One does not impart declarations of love and a pithy bon mot about how heaven-won't-be-heaven-if-you-are-not-there-my-love in the final stages of death by pancreatic cancer. In reality Sara Kier would have been comatose. And the schmaltz doesn't end there...Sara dies on Christmas Day....moreThere are some spoilers in this review.

Having had first-hand experience with a relative that died of pancreatic cancer, I was disgusted with Evans' patently romanticized version of Sara Kier's death. One does not impart declarations of love and a pithy bon mot about how heaven-won't-be-heaven-if-you-are-not-there-my-love in the final stages of death by pancreatic cancer. In reality Sara Kier would have been comatose. And the schmaltz doesn't end there...Sara dies on Christmas Day...which was their 25th wedding anniversary to boot!

Another point where I had a lot of trouble suspending disbelief was when Sara tells her son how good his father used to be, how he had wanted to be a social-worker, how he had been a just and upright man, it was only after he got swindled that he turned evil. So Junior had never before heard this bit of family lore? What house did he grow up in? Was Sarah keeping it a secret? Call me crazy, but it seems like this family history should have come out much sooner, say the first time Junior expressed anger or frustration with his absentee father, maybe at age 13.

We are lead to believe that James Kier is real estate developer in Utah, and Mormonism is never mentioned...I can't believe that Mormons in good standing aren't going to be a little wary of doing business with a man who appears to be an unrepentant sociopath. Wouldn't his reputation preceed him in such a community and he'd quickly be frozen out?

Finally, James keeps a Bible given to him by an old woman whose walk he shoveled as an adolescent, a Bible that he can lay his hands on immediately. It's not buried in some box in the attic somewhere, no, apparently he took it with him when he left his cancer-ravaged wife!

So the moral we are to take from this little syrupy gem is that apparently, when you are rich, it is super easy to make amends. First, because you can afford to take lots of time off work (and have your staff handles everything.) You can buy houses for people you've wronged, you can give your loyal secretary an outrageous pay raise and let her work from home, you can remodel your basement to create an art studio for the son you've neglected, endow scholarships, etc...so what are us working class slobs supposed to do? (I guess since we'll never have the power to be as cartoonishly evil as James Kier, we don't have to worry about it.)

This book is a heavy-handed morality tale with very little nuance and flat characters. If this novel had been written by a thirteen-year-old girl, I'd say the girl had some talent, but I expect more than this pabulum from a grown-man with 13 (!) bestsellers to his credit.(less)

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Oct 20, 2009

Louise rated it

Shelves: christian-fiction

As usual, Richard has once again written a touching and meaningful novel. We always learn a lesson with his books and lessons that are important to our own lives. Although the stories are mostly fictional, the lessons are not. I hope everyone will read "THE CHRISTMAS LIST".

From dust jacket:

"Dear Reader:

When I was in seventh grade, my English teacher, Mrs. Johnson, gave our class the intriguing (if somewhat macabre) assignment of writing our own ...more

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Dec 25, 2010

Julie rated it

Recommends it for: EVERYONE!

This is a modern day Ebenezer Scrooge story. Kiel is a very busy business man who has left his wife and son. He and his girlfriend have plans to steal away for the weekend at a quaint bed and breakfast in the mountains. He arrives early and waits...and waits...and waits. She never comes. The morning paper arrives and he sees his obituary. He supposedly died on the trip!

Comments are pouring in from all over the world about him. Comments that you don't want to read about yourself. The...more

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Dec 13, 2009

Wanda rated it

Shelves: 2009, heartwarmer

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I enjoyed reading this book. I was struck by the fact that initially Kier only wanted to be a better person for his own selfish reasons - because he felt that is what he should do. Kier did not believe that he should have been a good person all along; but, rather, now that he had been such a bad person, he must go in the opposite direction and be a good person.

His wife, Sara, always believed in him and knew that he could be good because she had known him when he was good and kind an...moreI enjoyed reading this book. I was struck by the fact that initially Kier only wanted to be a better person for his own selfish reasons - because he felt that is what he should do. Kier did not believe that he should have been a good person all along; but, rather, now that he had been such a bad person, he must go in the opposite direction and be a good person.

His wife, Sara, always believed in him and knew that he could be good because she had known him when he was good and kind and her faith enabled her to know in her heart and believe in her mind that Kier would come full circle eventually. She only hoped she would be able to witness this event. And, I believe she wanted him to return to being a good person (the one she fell in love with) whether or not they remained married.

I enjoyed the fact that the goodness which Kier wanted to do for those individuals whom he had caused the most harm (personal/financial) did not come easily to him and he had to bear his cross and realize that some people would not accept his desire for forgiveness so easily. For example, Grimes was the hardest person for Kier to win over probably because Grimes carried a great deal of pride and hate in his heart and could not forgive. Rossi's sister had already forgiven Kier for her brother's death because she acknowledged that her brother was partially to blame due to the fact that he had other paths he could have chosen. Rossi's sister also summed it up very well when she told Kier that carrying around all that hate took too much effort. Kier did not care or even know that she hated him; he continued on with his life completely unaware that Rossi was dead.

I liked that the story ended on a very positive note and that Kier had done a complete 360 and returned to the individual he had always wanted to be but had buried in his quest for fame and fortune. Oftentimes, he forgot that his fame and fortune were his wife and son and they would be his legacy when he passed from this Earth - not his money!
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Nov 26, 2011

Jackie rated it

Recommends it for: Christians

James Kier is a scrooge who embarks on a quest to turn his life around after seeing his own obituary . When he reads some nasty comments about him that were left online by his co-workers, it makes him realize that he didn't want to be remembered for what he was~evil . Only his soon to be ex-wife showed any sympathy at all...

His Christmas List involves 5 people to whom he feels the need to apologize to for ruining their life.

It brought tears to my eyes when his wife Sara ...more

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Dec 19, 2010

Sue rated it

Shelves: 101booksin1001dayschallenge, audio, librarybook, pages-read-challenge, read-in-2010

Title: The Christmas List
Author: Richard Paul Evans
Genre: Holiday (Christmas), Romance

Challenges: 101 Books in 1001 Days Challenge, The Naming Convention Challenge, Book Around the States Challenge, Read and Review Challenge 2010, 2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge, 100 + Reading Challenge, Romance Reading Challenge 2010, Audio Book Challenge 2010, Romance Challenge 2010, Pages Read 2010, Every Month is a Holiday 2010, A to Z challenge,

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Nov 02, 2009

Nandi Crawford rated it

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Shelves: holiday-stories, empowering-stories

It is hard for me to put this book in any of my categories, but I have put it towards Holiday stories; I wrote on Mr Evans' facebook page that he was probably one of the few authors left who could write some of the best writings that somehow encourage mankind to go on. I like that. In this book, although it starts us hating the man, by the end, we have a change in attitude. James Kier is a powerful businessman in Salt Lake City who isn't above doing unscrupulous things to get his way in the busi...more

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Dec 24, 2011

Elizabeth rated it

Shelves: christmas

This book was inspired in part by Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and reading it, I can certainly see the parallels. However, while Scrooge's sin was indifference to others' suffering, the miser in this story, a business exec named James Kier, is guilty of causing suffering. Instead of being visited by a ghost, as Scrooge was, his change of heart comes after his identity is mixed up with that of a car accident victim: he reads his own obituary and finds out what people really think of him.

...moreThis book was inspired in part by Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and reading it, I can certainly see the parallels. However, while Scrooge's sin was indifference to others' suffering, the miser in this story, a business exec named James Kier, is guilty of causing suffering. Instead of being visited by a ghost, as Scrooge was, his change of heart comes after his identity is mixed up with that of a car accident victim: he reads his own obituary and finds out what people really think of him.

All in all, it's an interesting premise, but I found the book to be a disappointment. The characters, for the most part, are too flat to be engaging. The dialogue is too soppy-sweet, and parts of the book just feel like a cheap Harlequin. Some elements are so ridiculous as to be funny, and parts of the book, particularly parts involving some of the flatter characters, were almost predictable. Worse, the main character's initial interest in the people that he's hurt, which ultimately leads to his redemption, is just a little too sudden, out-of-character, and convenient to be believable. The worst part for me, as a reader, came about two-thirds of the way through the book, when his (ex)wife delivers a shmaltzy monologue about how she will always love him because this horrible person that he is isn't who he really is. She even tells of a specific bad situation that turned him into the cruel, selfish person he became. I think I understand what Evans was trying to do -- showing that everyone has a past, that the main character is himself a victim, and so forth -- but the whole passage just left a bad taste in my mouth. In addition to being an unrealistic (and also unnecessary) back story, it makes the main character seem rather passive and dumb. He's not really a villain, you see, not on purpose: he just kind of fell into it and doesn't realize what he's doing. I don't think it makes sense for someone just to change in a single moment for no good reason (Star Wars III, anyone?), particularly since the cruel person that James became is polar opposite to the kind, generous, loving person he was. People can change, of course, which is more or less the point to the story, but I don't think people suddenly start doing things they never would have done before without serious, conscious, thought. It also takes away from his triumph when he changes his life for the better. He wasn't fixing a gradual mistake, nor was he even changing himself since, as we find out, the bad, hurtful person (who is, as you may recall, worse even than Scrooge) wasn't "really" who he was to begin with!

That said, the book wasn't all bad -- not by far. After I began it, I couldn't put it down, and I stayed up until one or two o'clock just to finish it. There were some aspects of this book that were very well-done, especially in those places where Evans differed from Dickens' famous novel. For one thing, James Kier's change of heart does not come in a single epiphany. He decides to make amends for his actions near the beginning of the book, but he is more concerned about his legacy, his reputation, than about his own morality. This attitude is very real and human. His subsequent encounters with the people he's hurt are what lead to his ultimate change, and this change comes gradually, rather than in a single moment. It was well-done, all things considered. Best of all, I liked that he was unable to make amends for everything he'd done. He has destroyed lives, and no amount of sorriness or good will can change the past. I liked the darker edge that the book got from his visits with his former victims (victims is probably the wrong word, but I couldn't think of what else to call it). Moreover, it is these victims, particularly Estelle, who are among the most real, fleshed-out characters, even though they only appear for a handful of pages. Perhaps Evans should have written less about James' family and business associates (and business associates' families), and included more about the people whom James visits, who are the reason for James' change of heart. As it stands, they are just shunted into the background. And they're the best part of the book.(less)

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Dec 16, 2009

Karalee rated it

Shelves: winter-09-challenge, fiction-general

This book provides a heartwarming story that is entirely predictable but completely genre-appropriate. Seriously, if you pick up a book called The Christmas List and expect it to be anything less than heartfelt, inspirational and tear-inspiring, you picked up the wrong book. Essentially, this is a Scrooge tale. James Kier, a tough real estate entrepreneur who has lost his way, is mistaken for dead and an obituary is published. The obituary is less than kind and the follow-up commentary even ...more

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Dec 28, 2009

Becky R. rated it

Richard Paul Evans is famous for his The Christmas Box series. I was one of those kids who received his books for many Christmases along the way, and have almost everything he's ever written. The funny thing is, all of them were gifts, and I might not have picked them up had someone not given them to me. Why? I can't really say, but I somehow thought these were too short to really have a story I could sink my teeth into. I'm happy to say, I was wrong.

In The Christmas List, we find a ...more

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Nov 28, 2010

Katie Johnson rated it

Shelves: book-club

This was an extremely quick read and a good Christmas spirit story. It is very much like Dickens A Christmas Carol, so it was pretty predictable. However it was an interesting book that I couldn't put down. I really like the idea of a character not only reading his own obituary (which are usually always positive) but that he saw a message board on the newspapers site under the article about his death (which was brutally honest and even cruel). Kier tries to make amends with people that he ha...more

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Nov 18, 2011

Michelle rated it

Recommends it for: anyone

Recommended to Michelle by: my grandmother

This book was wonderful! I finished it in 2 days. It was one of those that I couldn't put down.

Have you ever wondered what people really think of you? What if you had the chance to see what people would say about you if they thought you were dead? That's what happens to James Kier when the paper accidentally prints his obituary. He goes to the online version and sees the comments people are leaving about him - including a co-worker, business associates, and his wife - who he is ...more

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Nov 30, 2009

Jaclyn rated it

Shelves: books-i-own, christmas

I finished this book in one sitting today on my flight from SLC to DFW. I can't remember if I've read the Christmas Box or not, I think I have, but obviously I don't remember it well enought to make a comparison. I will say however, that I really liked this story and found myself in the embarrassing situation of crying more than once while reading this story. It is a touching story of a ruthless business man who finds his heart again after the unusual cicrumstances that lead to his reading his...more

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Oct 26, 2010

Tami rated it

I am always on the search for a new great Christmas story every year. I was disappointed this book wasn't the one. I'm not sure what I was looking for, but I didn't find it here. I guess it bugs me how the story takes place in Utah with characters who aren't mormon and how "corporate" and cut-throat life is, as well as the drinking, etc. (yes, I do realize that half of Utah is not mormon!- but I grew up there and that lifestyle was so completely different from what it was like for ...more

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Jul 11, 2010

Evelyn rated it

Reminiscent of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, The Christmas List focuses on a greedy and greatly disliked businessman.
The book hit me emotionally and I was surprised I was so moved by it. I read this in the middle of July not feeling any of the holiday blues and just grabbed the book without knowing anything about it. Glad I did.
Anyway, I want to believe in the moving words of how our harden hearts can be soften and the regret we feel can move us to change ourselves for the b...more

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Dec 30, 2011

Darlene rated it

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Shelves: audiobook, books-i-own

This is a modern-day retelling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

James Kier is a successful businessman, but he is as ruthless as you can get. He thinks nothing of double-crossing those who trust him and has no appreciation for his employees. He left his devoted wife when she needed him most, leaving her to battle cancer alone. He is a pretty despicable, sorry excuse for a man.

One day, James is stunned to read his obituary in the newspaper. What is more shocking is reading al...more

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Jan 01, 2010

Janetkc7wvy rated it

This was recommended to me by the son-in-law of the author. He described it as a modern day "Srooge" story. So I bought one for each of the girls in our family and had the books personalized by the author, Richard Paul Evans. Then I read it. It is about a man who prided himself on moving to the top and even gloated on how he used others to get there.Then something happens to wake him up and he tries to make amends with those he has hurt the most.
I learned that in our lives we...more

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Dec 16, 2011

Judith rated it

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I am new to Evans' books, and this one just appealed to me as a light, easy read for the holidays. I ended up finishing it within a few hours. I am an avid reader, and this wasn't one of the most difficult books to read, but it was charming and just deep enough to hold my interest.

This book is another spin on a very common theme during the Christmas holidays, the chance for a little soul searching and then vows of change and renewal. It is a take on Dickens' Scrooge, I think. Obviousl...more

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Dec 01, 2009

Sarah Sly rated it

I really don't know if I should rate this book 2 or 3 stars...so I will say this book was more like 2 1/2 stars.

It was a good book to read before the Christmas Season begins and I even cried. However, it was predictable and was heavily influenced by Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol.

The book is about a ruthless man who would take candy from a baby if it would make him richer. When his wife is diagnosed with cancer he leaves her. He really is a snake of a guy.
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Dec 10, 2009

Andrea rated it

I give this 3.5 stars. Nice Christmas story. Funny side note on this book, I actually met this author when he was on his way to see his publisher in NYC. Michelle Coleman accidentally pushed me into this author's lap on our plane to NYC, ::so:: embarrassing, lol, but seriously funny. We realized who he was as we were sitting down several rows behind him and I recognized his notebook cover to be the cover of this book, confirming our suspicions that he was indeed, Richard Paul Evans, and I indee...more

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Jan 19, 2010

Maureen rated it

This is the book about a man who leaves his family to pursue his goal of being a ruthless business man until one day he sees his obit in the newspaper and finds what his friends think of him. What they say about him is really true but he is appalled at what they say. He goes out of his way to find five of those he wronged to make it up to them. His wife all this time is bouting cancer. He goes back to her and tries to undo the wrong he has done. He is successful in his efforts. His wife dies and...more

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Oct 23, 2009

Liz rated it

Shelves: christmas, 75-in-2009

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Before I read the book, I automatically thought that it was an updated version of A Christmas Carol. But actually, it seems to be based more on the Robert Burns poem "To A Louse, On Seeing One On A Lady's Bonnet At Church" .

Jim Kier has the rare gift of reading his obituary. We are all curious about what would be said about us after we are dead. We all hope nice things; however, Kier learns that he has left a trail of misery in his path. Can he repair the damage he has mad...more

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Nov 13, 2009

Nancy rated it

This book has the subtlety of a sledgehammer. After an unbelievable epiphany, the main character goes from being the most heartless man on earth to being the most loving. What upset me the most is that the character couldn't even make his own list. He destroyed countless lives with his greed, but looked to his secretary to define his redemption.

We all need to live the best lives we can. However, his need for external validation represents one of the main deficiencies in our so...more

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When Richard Paul Evans wrote the #1 best-seller, The Christmas Box, he never intended on becoming an internationally known author. His quiet story of parental love and the true meaning of Christmas made history when it became simultaneously the #1 hardcover and paperback book in the nation. Since then, more than eight million copies of The Christmas Box have been printed. He has since written ele...more

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“We humans...are seriously flawed. The things that are the most necessary, the most critical to us, are the things we take most for granted. Air. Water. Love.

If you have someone to love, you are lucky. If they love you back, you're blessed. And if you waste the time you have to love them, you're a fool.
-The Christmas List- p. 296” — 33 people liked it

“Can you ever forgive me?
I already have.
How could you? I don't deserve it.
That's what makes it love.” — 28 people liked it

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