Rating: 
Summary: the five people you meet in heaven
Review: Mitch Albom's "the five people you meet in Heaven" is a heart warming tale of a regular man named Eddie. We follow him throughout his last day on earth and his journey through heaven. Along the way Eddie learns five valuable lessons about life. Mitch Albom does an excellent job of mixing entertainment with wholesome life lessons.
Albom uses a tale based on his own late uncle to teach some very important lessons we should all know. He uses Eddie's journey through Heaven to convey them to the reader. While in Heaven, Eddie meets up with five people who each played a significant role in his life. From these individuals, Eddie learns that even though he was ordinary, he was also extraordinary in his own way.
I felt an honest connection with Albom's character. I believe Eddie possessed qualities everyone can relate to in some form or fashion. The stories behind each character draws the reader in wanting to know what will happen next or who will he meet now. I feel that if everyone could incorporate all or a few of the life lessons in this story to themselves then we would all be better individuals.
In conclusion, this book was an overall success. Sometimes it was confusing with the flash backs, but the overall prose was great. It used vivid scenery and physical description to bring the reader on a fantastic voyage of one man's journey through Heaven.
Rating: 
Summary: This was a terrible read
Review: I read "Tuesdays" and loved it, as many reviewers here. I bought this book based upon the depth of that previous book. Everything that "Tuesdays" is, this is not. The story rambles, and I just don't care enough about the characters. Like other negative reviewers, I had to throw the book out after reading about 50 pages. I don't usually discard books, but this is definitely not a "keeper."
Rating:
Summary: The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Review: What a wonderful perspective on Heaven! The book takes you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions (pun intended). The story brought me back to the days of my childhood. I could almost smell the smells, and taste the tastes. The writing is masterful, and the end left me with a tear in my eye!
Rating: 
Summary: Good read when you're in the mood for warm and fuzzy
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It is a fast and easy read and you feel warm and fuzzy at the end. Perfect for curling up with on a chilly afternoon.
Rating:
Summary: Great story!
Review: I LOVED this book. I couldn't put it down, was done it in one day. A beautiful story about an old man who was unhappy in his life, who dies and finds out what it was all about. Truly heartwarming. It made me cry! I had never read any other books by this author, but now I plan to. His writing style was so descriptive, I could really picture each character and scene as if it were on a screen in front of me. Brilliant! I highly recommend this book to anyone. It is a fast read - a short book with a big heart.
Rating:
Summary: Only in passing
Review: Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.This is a tale that's in the same league with "It's a Wonderful Life". That is that some lessons about the relevance of your life are only learned when all that's taken for granted is taken away. This author really handles the issues associated with appreciation of ordinary life amazingly well. I liked this one better than "Tuesdays with Morrie" so if you enjoyed that book you'll enjoy this one as well. It's a very quick, easy read. I didn't give it five stars because the fictional melodramatic theme is not my favorite genre.
Rating:
Summary: Nothing like I thought it would be
Review: I bought this book hoping to get a little inspired but it did the opposite. Though I am confident I am going to heaven, I hope it is nothing like Mitch describes.
Rating:
Summary: Best read in a long time
Review: I bought this book and had a gut feeling it might be really boring. Was I ever wrong! I loved it and could literally not put it down till I was finished. In the end I thought it was a very interesting idea that not only do loved ones effect our lives but also the lives of complete strangers. The one downside to the book was it made me cry in parts. I am a rather soft touch though. Good Luck!
Rating:
Summary: sorrowful
Review: I dislike Mitch for the fact that he came to Atlanta a couple of years ago to promote his "shallow" book on "Tuesday With..." I have a sister with Lou Gehrig's disease -in her 14th year. So Mitch comes to Atlanta to give a talk on the "Tuesday" book and my sister had bought a copy, the family and friends bought one and so many other ALS patients had as well.. So the HUGE effort it takes to get an ALS person to such an event was a big deal. The dinner sucked for "it" was a dinner for the average "joe" who could swallow normally. FEW people understand the ALS suffering.... And Mitch did little to communicate that idea... I sat there and listened to his "self-grandiosity" and was repulsed. "His" visit was all "about his trite little expereience with ALS" and not about the huge amount of work that it takes to keep an ALS person comfortable for seven days a week, twenty four hours a day.... The final "straw" about my loathing for his self-aggrandizement was when the 8-10 ALS people all had their books, wanting an autograph. Waiting for Mitch to show up at their table, David Jayne, my sister, Susan and others and then, after his farewell, he left the building without even going over to the table of the people with ALS... I have no respect for this "sportscaster". NONE! He is a "user" of a circumstance and "got lucky" with the opportunity... He should really be ashamed of himself and will ultimately have his own struggle to deal with..... Deal with his "greed" for his "message is of Ego". 14 years I have lived with ALS.... Mitch has no clue.... Read my notes of four years and he might "grow up".... Sincerely, Kevin Duffy
Rating:
Summary: Good Book
Review: Very interesting, creative, confusing little book. I enjoyed its uniqueness and found myself very engrossed in the plot. Very touching in parts with good character development and believable dialogue. I enjoyed the writing style as well which shifts back and forth in time perspective. The ending left me feeling a bit unsatisfied however. I still have a question or two. But I guess that's a good thing too. A good read that makes you think. Recommended.
| 
