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Summary: Poor Writing
Review: Well, this is not Tuesday's With Morrie. That book was really good and based on a real person. Here we have a fable that is poorly written and rather flat. I did not feel inspired at all. This is really a reworking of It's A Wonderful Life, so the idea behind the book is not original. What gets me is the publisher's attempt to market this book as a sequel. The book looks like Tuesday with Morrie in size, shape and color, which makes me think that one really should never judge a book by its cover!
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Summary: easy read/uplifting
Review: If I read a book that bores me after the first few chapters, I put it aside, maybe to try again sometime. If not, I give it away. Every book doesn't have to be life-changing, but if it can make me think, laugh, cry, inform me or fill an otherwise boring evening, it's done it's job for me.
This book does that. Granted, I was thinking of "A Christmas Carol" meets John Edwards when I read it, but I have to admit it was a thought provoking, uplifting read. I enjoyed it!
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Summary: So telling!
Review: The first post here was a classic! From his misuse of the English language, to his brilliant display of ignorance. I envision a guy sitting in his trailer, watching Bill O'Reilly, sipping a Busch Beer, anticipating the day when he votes for GW Bush. Great Book, illiterate first poster!
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Summary: This vet resents this book
Review: I am a veteran and I resent this book. It's supposed to be about this guy who's taken prisoner on some Phillipine island. I was in the south pacific, buddy, and the Japanese didn't do it that way. They took a lot of prisoners on the Phillipines when the war started but they all surrendered in mass. After that, no Japanese soldier sneaked in and put a rifle to your head and took you prisoner. They just shot you. They hated prisoners. So right there, I knew this books hadn't been researched very well. I was told it would make me feel better that my wife is in heaven. Well, my wife would tell those five people where to go and it wouldn't be in heaven, I can tell you. I'd just soon watch Touched by an Angel. At least, I know that show is just trying to get me to buy something. Let me save you the price of the book and tell you what it says. When you die, you go to heaven and people will tell you what a neat guy you were and it's all OK. Are you buying that? And it's supposed to make me feel better that this writer made up this story? Like he knows? He don't know. Nobody knows. Me, I hope to see some of my buddies there and have a beer while our wives roll their eyes at us old cranky guys.
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Summary: What's the hype about?
Review: It's at least short and so my two stars but Albom's attempt at writing a fable left me feeling as if I'd been manipulated. I suspect a ghost writer or a panel of them at work here. This is a study in how hype can sell any book, I suppose, and from that standpoint it deserves to be studied as a pop culture creature.
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Summary: Judge for yourself...
Review: Anyone who gives this book a poor review isn't saying much about the book, but a lot about themselves. This is the kind of book that will comfort you when you feel like no one cares, and recommended for those who have lost a loved one.
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Summary: Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!
Review: I would highly recommend this book to anyone searching for a beautiful, life-affirming way to spend an afternoon. Mr. Albom has written a book that is a cut above and well worth your time. I could not put this book down!
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Summary: A Simple, Touching Fable
Review: In "Tuesdays with Morrie," Mitch Albom passed along lessons from a man facing death. In his first novel, "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," Albom speculates on what may happen after death, and shows how our lives here on Earth are intertwined in ways we may not imagine. Eddie felt trapped in a life he didn't choose, spending much of his life as the "ride man," at Ruby Pier amusement park--just like his father. On his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies trying to save a little girl. Did he save her? That's the first thing Eddie wants to know, but before he can learn the little girl's fate, he first encounters five people whose lives intersected with his. This story is a reminder of the impact our actions have, often unintentionally and unknowingly, on our lives and the lives of people we may never have known. Albom's novel shows that there is meaning and purpose in even the most mudane of lives. Albom has said that the character of Eddie was inspired by his Uncle Eddie, a man who felt he hadn't achieved much in life. Perhaps Uncle Eddie knew how much he influenced and inspired his nephew, but if he didn't know in life, I'm certain a copy of this book has made it to heaven.
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Summary: Heaven ok. Enjoyed the recommended title
Review: I bought this book with the recommended Emotional Intelligence Quickbook. I wasn't that impressed with "heaven" though maybe I was looking for something different. The Emotional Intelligence Quickbook fit the bill and can see why it was recommended. It was interesting to read and test my emotional intelligence online--there's a free test with the book ;)
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Summary: Insightful
Review: Thought provoking and insightful, as well as witty and creative. I also suggest the book, The Little Guide To Happiness.
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