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Summary: Fine read. Makes you think.
Review: The book is a relatively short but engaging read. I recommend this for anyone who enjoys a "good tale" but especially for those interested in spiritual and philosophical matters. The story sometimes brought me to tears. It certainly provoked thought on the "meaning of life" and how our mundane earthly existence might be much more important than we imagine.
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Summary: A short, but very poignant, life story!
Review: I picked this book up, when I was wandering through a Border's book store, a few weeks ago. The story sounded very interesting from the information I read on the back cover, and I found it to be very captivating. I found the story to really be a parable about life, and really that is where it is effective. The story about Eddie, though it may be fiction/fantasy based, does show how people can affect your life even without you being aware of it. You don't have to believe that the premise could be true to enjoy the story. I was completely unprepared for the final person, as I am sure most readers will be. The person I expected it to be didn't appear, but rather the one person who had the most impact on his life from the day Eddie saw the person. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to readers of all ages.
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Summary: A truly Heavenly book
Review: This is a very special story about life, death, a person's purpose and redemption. I'm sure you have to be in just the right place in your life to truly appreciate it's value. And if you have no heart, you just won't get it. It is written very simply, but anything more complicated would ruin the message. Yes it is a message book, but I think it's specialness is that it's message is unique to each person. I couldn't put it down. I thought it was one of the best stories I had ever read, and yes it did bring tears to my eyes.
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Summary: Author is creative, but way too cheesy to be engaging
Review: I had high expectations for this book, given that Tuesdays with Morrie was as moving as it was. The author tries sell another book to the same audience, but ends up presenting a soap-opera/cartoon of a novel as a way to engage the same subject. There is clearly a need in this day and age for writing on the meaning of life, but this was not well done at all, and it was not worth plowing through the melodrama (as someone mentioned above) to get to the several, sentence-long, semi-compelling aphorisms. I actually couldnt finish reading the book it because it was so annoyingly overdone. It seemed way too artificial to present anything real on the meaning of life. Youre better off picking up a film by woody allen.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: Albom does it again. He is able to touch on the afterlife in a wonderful way that hints of a higher being, but does not focus on it.
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Summary: A Gift to Yourself
Review: I have been an avid reader all my life, and periodically a book comes along,that I have to shout, "buy this book"...Has anyone ever done something special for you, or been part of a giving moment,when, after its over you say, "Wasn't that so nice". Thats the feeling you get after reading this book..It was a very nice, quiet, thoughtful book.It made me wonder who my 5 people will be! There was a quote from Ruby to Eddy at the end of the book, that is still resenating in my mind. It teaches, but does not preach.Kudo's to Mitch, you did it again..
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Summary: Albom Convincingly Explores Meaning of Life
Review: I do not enjoy cross country airplane flights in cramped coach seats, so I picked up "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" to help me pass the time and get my mind off my discomfort. I started it at take-off and finished it a couple of minutes before deplaning. I just couldn't put it down and I felt like I had truly taken *two* voyages - one on the plane and one with the protagonist. The first trip got me a little closer to home, the second got me a little closer to my heavenly home. Albom scores here with a touching tale that spells out the interconnectedness of mankind. The book is gripping, heartwarming, faith-promoting, and reminds us that no man is island in this life. We all have purpose in life, regardless of our station.
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Summary: It's a miracle!
Review: All I can say is that when you're done with this book you'll know all you want to know about the five people you meet in heaven!
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Summary: Riveting and seminal manifesto
Review: I'm not sure to what the negative reviewers are reading. Who are Vince Foster, Houston Nutt, Charles Grodin, Gene Stallings, and Jeff Goldblum and what exactly do they have in common and why would I want to meet them in heaven?!!!??
I'm not sure....maybe you could fill me in.There may be a more all-encompassing transcendent riveting commentary on the human condition out there than The Five People You Meet in Heaven, but if there is, suffice it say, this humble reader has yet to come across it. Today's the 2 week anniversary of this infinitely profound tour de force - 2 weeks! And to think that I was able to even carry on and actually live in this cruel world without it?!!!?? I guess what I'm trying to say here is this....Mitch has proven himself time and time again in The Detroit Free Press with his unwavering dedication of eye-opening commentary(i.e. few people are aware that he coined the term Bad Boys in honor of the notoriously raucous Pistons teams of the late 80's - however, being a HUGE Bill Laimbeer fan - he's doing wonders as a coach in the WNBA- I DO know this salient and groundbreaking fact). Mitch has made his mark on the most watched sports commentary show in history - The Sports Reporters. Let's face it, TSR layed the veritable groundwork for PTI w/Wilbon, Kornheiser, statboy and co. Am I wrong? Didn't think so. And who can forget the incomparable Hank Azaria and his unforgettable role as Mitch in Tuesdays with Morrie. If you loved the book and the movie, this new bad boy will knock you right off of your rocker(if you're still sitting down and not weeping on the floor at its tumultuously shocking conclusion). So, if you don't own a copy, what are you waiting for?
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Summary: A Salute to Life!!
Review: This book is so thoroughly enjoyable I could not put it down until I finished it. His writing just pulls you into Eddie's life story and makes you review your own life and the lives of those you touched. The last chapter gave me a lot of tears and then a smile. Five people you meet in heaven left me with a warm, feel good sensation and a renewed resolve that every life has meaning to it and to live your own with that sense of purpose. I would recommend this book highly and will read it again when life gets me down.
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