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Summary: Heart felt and thought provoking
Review: This book (in cassette version) made me think again of what Iwant on my tombstone, and it isn't material things like Ted Turnerasks for, and definitely not something like "I wish I had of worked longer and harder". I take away the thoughts of what truly is important for my life, and in trying to understand death it makes me value life all that much more. Mitch Albom does a great job presenting his book to the listener. I highly recommend the audio version - it brings out the emotion of the book with wonderful results. I'm glad I was able to have similar talks with my father when he was dying of cancer. This book is a must to share with friends and family. Take time to discuss it with all of those who make a difference in your life and who make this brief time on earth such a marvelous experience.
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Summary: A very inspiring book.
Review: This book was given to me as a gift. What a wonderful book. I didn't have the honor of knowing Morrie and yet I felt like an old friend of his. I cried with him, I laughed with him, I learned with him. Morrie has moved me deeply and has made me question a lot of aspects in my life. I just finished the book and I can't wait to read it again and learn something different this time. It's a must read book for those of us who believe in self-growth.
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Summary: Amazing book, Shallow closing
Review: This is a great little, short book. It's a great thesis paper about one's life in general, and each tuesday's subject penatrates the reader with its strong point of view. But the ending comes too suddenly, and is once again simple, but this time around also very flat and shallow, leaving the reader without smile on his/her face and dry eyes. It's still a great read and it's worth the money. Take what it gives you, and don't expect more. Enjoy your one Tuesday with Morrie.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book was great. I read it in 2 days. It was refreshing to read about Morrie, too bad there aren't more people like him in this world. It made me laugh and cry.
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Summary: oh, please
Review: There's no question, Mitch Albom had a great idea for a book. You can't hear the premise of this story without wanting to read it. Am I right? But the reality doesn't live up to the promise. In Albom's hands, Morrie is vapid, superficial, shallow, and entirely predictable. You'll find deeper thoughts about death and the meaning of life in the diary of any teenage girl. Morrie's fault, or Albom's? Ultimately it doesn't matter. This book is a waste of time.
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Summary: Shallow bathos from a hack
Review: Mitch Albom is a hack sportwriter who can't seem to string togther sentences of more than half a dozen words, but in this book he mines the kind of bathos that sells self-help books, romance novels and other literature that attracts people without a lot of emotional depth. A far, far better book is Tracey Kidder's "Old Friends", a profile of a number of the residents at a senior's home where Kidder got to know the residents. Read that book and skip this drivel.
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Summary: truthful, real, sad yet joyful
Review: I had to read this book for my Life Ethics class. We were assigned to read the first forty pages on the first day that we received the book. I read the assigned amount and then some. After the first few weeks, we were to have the book finished. I was the only one that had completed the assignment on time. I love reading. I mostly choose to read mystery or horror novels, but I had decided that I should go ahead and give this book a fair chance. After reading only the first few chapters, I was totally into the book. A lot of the things that Morrie had told Mitch were very truthful. He spoke from experience. I related and understood a lot of the things that Morrie had discussed with Mitch. Throughout the entire book, the men's relationship grew stronger, along with the respect that they held for one another. Even though I am only a high school student, I will honestly admit that a lot of the things that Morrie said were outstanding. I really enjoyed this book to the fullest. I encourage anyone who is thinking about reading this book ,to just give it a try. It's very short, but the topics that are discussed and the lessons that you may learn from it are well worth it.
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Summary: Highly Recommeded
Review: This book makes you think about life and makes you be thankful for things that you take for granted in life. I am a freshman at Saint Louis University and they asked the freshman class to read it. I am glad that they did because when I opened up that book, it was hard putting it down.
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Summary: Best book I've ever read
Review: I had a very dear friend who had AlS. She bought at least 36 of these books for family, friends and caregivers. What a wonderful gift it was that she gave us. My friend Pat Bodnar, like Morrie chose to live life to the fullest, A lesson to be learned from reading this book is that you have a choice, you can give up, or like Morrie and Pat, you can live while you're dying. I recommend this book to everyone. Once you start reading it, you won't put it down till you've read the last page!!
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Summary: If you listen to what Morrie has to say, you'll question
Review: I think that this is a book that a lot of people should read, especially those that buy into the 90's. Morrie's insight into the quality of life is wonderful and important. We all should point our souls in that direction and this world would be a better place. If we all gave more and took less, what a great life this would be!!!!!!!!!!!1
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