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Summary: FANTASTIC!
Review: I picked up this book during a trip to Boston. I stopped by a store in the Airport and it caught my eye. I was not able to stop reading this book. It is fantasic. I love the way the book ends. I did not think it was going to end that way, totally caught me off guard. Everyone should read this book...especially those who are still unsure why there are here...Enjoy!
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Summary: Not that Great
Review: Before I read this book, I was looking forward to reading a thoughtful and engaging novel. I was kind of dissapointed. The book is very basic, it isn't very in depth. I was hoping to immerse myself in the world of the character, instead, I was bored with reading words. There was no connection. Overall, it is a decent enough novel, but if you are looking for an engaging read, don't spend your money on it.
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Summary: Decent, quick read
Review: I bought this at the airport and read the whole thing that evening. It does keep you wanting to learn more, but I suppose I also was expecting more after all the hype this book has received. Don't expect any life-changing revelations! I'm glad I read it once, but I would not read it again. I preferred 'Tuesdays with Morrie', as it moved me to tears several times, this book did not. Albom shows that he is a talented story teller, but the story left me disappointed with its ending. If you are a frequent reader, I'd recommend it.
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Summary: Hyped too much - disappointing
Review: I was hoping this book was as good as "Tuesdays with Morrie", guess I bought into the hype.
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Summary: the greatest things happen in the small moments of life..
Review: AMAZING!!! Mitch Albom has written a novel that is impossible to stop reading once you start. He dares to answer the question that so many people ponder, what is the purpose of life?
In this novel an 83 year old gentleman dies and his life is explained to him by five people that he meets on his journey after his death. They help him to understand what some of the critical points in his life were, who helped steer him along his true path and those whom he helped guide along their own path. Mitch Albom shows us that some of the most important moments of our lives, are not the GREAT moments or the momentous events, but they are the times when we sometimes unknowingly shape the life of another person and help them along their path. It is in the small moments that the greatest beauty in life exists, the moments of pure love and an open heart, the moments when selfishness vanishes and great things, although small occur. It gives you pause to wonder who would be the five people that you would meet in heaven who would help you to understand the meaning of your life.
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Summary: Odor
Review: I read bokk and finished it, so I could write a book good. My ideas of heaven were renovated and upheald as the things for with I belive. I lveo the Mitch Albom (AUthor) binsights into what we have.
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Summary: BUY THIS
Review: I have never read Tuesdays With Morrie and would now love to. This book was awesome. I finished it in one night between Kansas and Ohio. I disagree with anyone who says that the characters are too simple. The simplicity gives this book a true-life appeal. The message is so powerful and makes us examine the future and life itself. Borrow it from someone if you have to.
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Summary: Tainted food for thought
Review: What a vile little book this is!! To suggest that when you go to Heaven you are forced to relive all the pain and anguish you went through on earth PLUS find out about the others you killed/hurt that were unknown to you is irresponsible and cruel. After meeting his first person, Eddie feels responsible for his death, then again for the second's, then, to top if off, to his horror, he finds out that he was directly responsible for the death of a child. And he finds that he is responsible for these deaths when death seems like nothing more to him than waiting interminable lengths of time in a limbo where you get a taste of the love you need and then it is yanked away, you must feel anew the rejection, emotional torment and physical pain experienced on earth and are required to forgive before you go on, and you are subjected to horrifying, gruesome experiences not possible on earth, without any additional emotional capacity to handle them than what was available to you on earth. If God is my Father, and his view of me is as his beloved daughter, I refuse to even consider that this could be my fate after death. If I must explain to my sons something of the harsh realities of this world, I do it in an environment of love and support, not uncertainty, anxiety and pain. I am positive that this is the way God will treat me, his daughter.
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Summary: Very Mediocre
Review: This book first caught my eye while I was browsing Amazon online. Many people on the site talked about how this book was life-altering and that it showed the real meaning of what life is all about. Sadly, the book was very mediocre to me. The moral of the book (I won't ruin it for anyone) was very cliche - something we've all heard a million times. The book didn't have enough sustenance to keep me very entertained and the storyline got tedious after a while. If someone is truly looking for the real purpose of life, I would not recommend this book as an appropriate read. Save your money and get another book that will be more worthy of your money.
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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: This is the worst book I have read all year. I was really excited to get the book, but as I started to read it I found the plot very weak and the characters shallow. If this book were any longer I would have thrown it out. I still can't figure out what people see in this book. The message is obvious after the first person you meet in heaven. Furthermore, the message is nothing that has not been said in a hundred other (and far better) books...or films for that matter (think It's a Wonderful Life)
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