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Summary: I LOVED this book
Review: I absolutely loved this book. I had a hard time putting it down! The idea of how often and how unknowingly we change other peoples lives has really made me wonder how many lives I have changed and how many people have changed my life as well. If the afterlife is anything like this book we have a lot to look forward to.
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Summary: Five Stars for "Five People"
Review: This is the story of Eddie, a carnival maintenance man who grows old and embittered and dies making a heroic effort to save a little girl at the carnival. When he dies, he meets five people in heaven who explain things about his life to him. He meets people he barely remembers, and he meets people he cares about the most. They each have important lessons that help Eddie sort through his life and put meaning to certain events.This book reads very quickly and will offer a vivid picture of what heaven might be like. It will also inspire you to try to have a positive impact on everyone around you. You just don't know who will end up explaining YOUR life to YOU.
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Summary: Connection To Others In Life
Review: I think everyone should read this book. Mitch Albom respects all religions in his heart warming story of an old man that die's to save a little girl from death. When Eddie dies he meets five people that were part of his life. Some he knew very well and the others he never met, but had a connection to his life. Eddie feels that his life was wasted, but the five people he meets show him the truth about life and the true meaning. I plan to read over and over again. It is one of my all time favorite books! Thank you Mitch Albom! I hope you enjoy his book as much as I have.
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Summary: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Review: Sports columnist, radio talk-show host, and author of Tuesdays with Morrie, Albom has written a parable quite different from his best-selling memoir about his old professor but with the potential to follow it as a favorite of the book club circuit. At an oceanside amusement part, 83-year-old maintenance mechanic Eddie is killed while trying to save a little girl. Instead of floating through the cliched tunnel-and-light territory, Eddie meets five people whose lives intersected with his during his time on Earth. The novel comes down firmly on the side of those who feel that life matters, that what we do as individuals matters, and that in the end there will be a quiz. The touchy-feely phobic need not be afraid: this is not judgmental ax-grinding; nor does it favor any religion. Before you finish reading, you can't help thinking about your own life-Albom's whole point, of course. Morrie fans will want to read this first novel, and readers daring to examine their own lives may enjoy as well. For all public libraries
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Summary: Five people you meet in heaven is a must read for all.
Review: I will be brief. This book is outstanding. Everyone should read this book, regardless of their religious background. The message is universal, simple, yet astonishingly profound. I am of the opinion that this book should never take up space on a bookshelf, it should be forever in motion, from one person to the next untill it is in tatters. If you havent read this book, read it. If you own this book give it away to a dear friend with instructions to do the same.
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Summary: Profound Messages on the True Meaning of Life. 10 Stars!
Review: Mitch Albom writes with heart, soul, truth and meaning. This profound book brings you the true meaning of life, and "why" certain people are in our lives. Through the poignant stories told, you will learn that even the smallest acts from the heart make a profound difference. You will learn compassion and understanding for those whose role in your life you have had difficulty understanding "why" they are in your life to begin with. You will learn that even in Heaven you are loved, and how your deeds on Earth make more of a difference than you may realize. This book is a captivating, heartfelt and beautiful read that will bring you genuine wisdom, as it opens your heart. A true page-turner, and a MUST Read! Deserves 10 Stars! Barbara Rose, author of 'Individual Power' and 'If God Was Like Man'
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Summary: A Tad Overrated
Review: Look, I enjoyed it while I read it, but it didnt stick with me. Its really not literature. If you think about all the great boks out there and how many you can read in a lifetime why read something that won't stick to your ribs, so to speak!
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Summary: Wonderful surprise
Review: I had heard so much about this book I bought it just for something different. I couldn't put it down. Somehow I thought it was going to be based more on scripture. I loved it! This will be one of my read several times book.
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Summary: A pleasant, but meaningless experience
Review: After reading this book, I came away having a bit of a pleasant, upbeat view on life. The absolutely inoffensive, but positive view of the afterlife, I suppose might have been a nice fiction for some (and it was indeed very nice), but upon further reflection I got nothing from this book. The afterglow of the positive experience was nice, but I didn't grow from reading this novel. I didn't realize another way of thinking, understand something better, or even learn anything; all that I got was a short-lived positive afterglow.
Some may not expect so much from a novel, and, if you don't, then by all means read "The Five People You Meet in Heaven". Afterwards, this book FELT like a novel that was made merely to be a bestseller. I can't really see anyone really commiting to Albom's view of "heaven", but instead see it as an inoffensive medium in which the author can present what is meant to be a soulful life story. This is the book's weakness: it takes absolutely NO chances, but instead is bland. I don't mean bland as in poor writing (for the style was satisfactory), but in ideas. There is no real groundbreaking theological speculation, but merely passing references to an afterlife which could be a part of any religion. In conclusion, this book's weakness is it's friendliness. It is like an evening out with friends, pleasant at the time, but unimportant and forgettable past the next week.
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Summary: fluffy but good
Review: There are some interesting thoughts in this book. Had me crying at a few points.
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