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Summary: Five stars for "Five People"
Review: This is a book not to be missed. It's a quick read, but will leave you with plenty to think about for a long time to come. Don't miss this book!
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Summary: An Interesting View of Life After Death
Review: Eddie a wounded war veteran who works at Ruby Piers as the maintenace representitive for the rides. The beginning of the story takes place on Eddie's 83rd birthday. You live through the last minutes of his life knowing down to the minute how much longer he has to live. Though Eddie has no idea wat is coming. The author even goes into such detail as to tell you wat Eddies last words are going to be. You read your way to Eddies death. But the story doesn't start there, its more of where it all begins. ITs now time to follow Eddie through his adventure in Mitch Alboms idea of heaven. Eddie will now meet five pivotal characters who help him on his journey of understanding by teaching him one lesson. Once he masters the concept he moves on to the next level of heaven, until he reaches his niche. Eddie is there to better understand his place on earth, and to prepare himself for the journey in his new life after death.
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Summary: 5 people - 3 actions. Read. Think. Act.
Review: If you haven't read Albom's first book, this one will hit you right between the eyes. If you've read Tuesdays with Morrie, you'll be prepared for Five People. Other reviewers have laid out the premise of the book. Let me tell you what I think will happen to you. First, this will likely be a book you read and re-read. It's a keeper that will occupy a prime spot on your bookshelf because it will make you think...and think some more. Albom has a quality of making you read about others and reflecting on yourself without pushing his writing as another self-help manual. It's a cute story, a parable I suppose, that has you thinking about the relationships you have, have had or wish you had. It then spurs you to think how you should improve or revive those relationships.
If you have or have ever had a relationship you wanted to be better, read Five People and you will be challenged, encouraged and very likely delighted to act on that desire. If you find your attitude headed the wrong direction, the ideas from this book will help you to change your outlook. If you think your job doesn't matter, this will help you understand why almost anything you do is worthwhile to someone.
This is a must-have book. I rank it in the top-10 of any contemporary book I have read.
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Summary: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Review: Good Book! Parts are a little slow but still a very, very good and inspirational book.
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Summary: Whaaa!
Review: I truly believe if Albom had not had the previous bestseller, or the manuscript for this book was submitted under a pen name it would never have been published. It is simply awful. Poorly written, as if in a hurry; poorly edited -if at all; and plotless, one dimensional characters, and a preachy tone that was just too irritating to describe.
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Summary: Short and simple
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In this really short book (reads like 100 pages of a novel) Eddie, an embittered old maintenance man at an amusement park dies and then encounters five people in Heaven who shed light on the meaning of his life by explaining how their lives were affected by his or vice versa.This story is short and engaging and moves quickly. And if you haven't already done it it will prompt you to ponder the meaning of your own life from a new perspective. Unless you've avoided all introspection for your entire life, this book is not going to be life-changing - but it always helps to be reminded again to step back from the rush of our lives now and then to think about our significance in the greater scheme of things. So as long as you're not expecting too much from it, it's hard to imagine anyone not liking this book except for those people who (missing the entire point) get their knickers in a twist because this picture of heaven isn't consistent with their religious viewpoint. :)
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Summary: Its er, ok...at best
Review: I read the book over a few days after reading the hype about it. It was a pleasant read - but I found it very hollow. There wasnt much substance to it and, after each person visits Eddie and leaves, you feel like there are more questions than answers. The book didnt do much for me and had no lasting impact...
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Summary: Not worth the read
Review: I was wary of the book at the outset due to the fact that heaven-views rarely line up with the only authority on heaven. I felt that Albom's take was more like a drawn-out Twilight Zone episode. I kept expecting Rod Serling to appear and explain this story. If you want a better clue as to what heaven may be like, try John Eldredge's "Waking the Dead."
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Summary: A Comfort and a Joy
Review: The time when I became familiar with this book has, unfortunately, been a time of premature losses for me, and I give a great deal of credit to Mr. Albom's book for helping to sustain me through such dark times. Obviously we cannot know, while we remain on earth, what the ultimate destination will be like, but I would very much like to hope that it is indeed an answer, a state where we can come to fully understand the *why* of our lives. You do not have to adhere to any particular religion to read this book, but I do recommend that readers be spiritual in some way--otherwise, it may be much more difficult to be truly moved by The Five People You Meet in Heaven. One of the nicest touches Mr. Albom puts in this story is choosing a very "ordinary" man to be his main character. As he so wonderfully illustrates, many of the people who make a real difference in our lives are unsung heros. They are people we may not even recognize as we go about our lives, but their impact is tremendous. Eddie himself is, to countless many, one of these, and others have been to him. This book, as well as being an idea of Heaven, also becomes a tribute to the everyday, unsung hero. We would be nowhere without the Eddies of this world. There are too many enlightening and comforting passages to ever hope to name them all, but I'll highlight one of the best here. This is probably the one that's been the most helpful to me in dealing with recent losses: "Lost love is still love...It takes a different form, that's all. You can't see their smile or bring them food our tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken, another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it. Life has to end...Love doesn't." Be prepared for things to be revealed in a fractured, often out-of-sequence manner where things don't always make sense until the end. This is, in fact, how we remember our own lives: in pieces, not always able to see the subtle interconnections that give them meaning and purpose. Heaven, according to this tale, is the lifting of that veil, a place where the gaps are filled in and the total picture becomes clear. This is a Heaven I would very much like for my lost loved ones to experience, and one I'd also love to have waiting for me when my time comes. But The Five People You Meet in Heaven is not just a daydream about what will someday be--these are also wonderful lessons and comforts that we can apply to our lives, here, now. Take it from me...this is worth it.
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Summary: Not even for 10 People!!!
Review: I had read a small excerpt of this book somewhere and I made it my mission to find it and read it. I found it in a new Borders store and it was 40% off also. Maybe because I had hyped myself up so much to read this book that I found it to be a complete flop for me. It would almost seem that the author would be on to something and just as he is ready to dive in, he holds back and moves to another character. It was a cute book that did not have an inch of depth. I can really see how this could have been a real winner of a book if the characters were fleshed out with some details. It needed to have several sub plots to make it over the hump. It made a nice Christmas stocking stuffer. I would have been better off sitting through "Its a Wonderful Life" once again.
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