Tuesdays With Morrie : An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (AUDIO CASSETTE)

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Summary: A Great lesson
Review: People of ALL ages (if you can read fluenty) sohuld read this book because it has a great lesson in it. I am 13 and i believe that everyone should read "Tuesadays With Morrie."

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Summary: This book changed my life!
Review: I can't say enough about this book. I read it in 2001, and it changed how I viewed a lot of things; this world, my life, my relationships.
In February 2004 I found out I have MS, and in doing the tests to see if I had MS, they found a cyst in my brain.
After this, I had to reevaluate everything in my life. So again, I went to this book. It comforted me greatly. So now, when I am feeling down, or just need a reality check, I go to this book.
I am eternally grateful to Mitch Albom for writing this book and sharing his experience with us.
Thank you!

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Summary: What?
Review: My girlfriend gave me this to read.

I thought it was very bland. I started to read it, realized half way through that I was just staring at the pages and none of it was registering, so I put it down.

I'm not sure what the point of the book was. The story is beyond boring. The author tries to convey life's lessons thru the eyes of a dying old man. Each chapter starts with some generic axiom like "Learn to love" then goes into a bunch of lifeless dialogue where the old man basically tells the author to "Learn to love"

There's nothing interesting or unique about this book.

Don't waste your Tuesdays and pass on this book.

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Summary: Spend some time with Morrie, or at least Mitch Albom
Review: I actually enjoyed THE FIVE PEOPLE more than this one, but that said, TUESDAY'S is still a great book. You should read them both. The story is inspirational, full of life (and death), sadness, tenderness, and above all, an excellent portrait of one, no two, incredible men. The book is not long and you'll be amazed at how deceptively simple it seems, but the underlying message is one of greatness. I found the writing to be inspired, much like Jackson McCrae's writing in THE CHILDREN'S CORNER. If you want a book that you'll be recommending to all your friends, pick up this latest Mitch Albom read.

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Summary: Bah...if I could give this a lower score...
Review: What a digusting piece of utter and complete crap. There's no other word for it...Tuesdays with Morrie is crap. I truly cannot believe how hyped up people got about this mediocrity. The quotes in the beginning from people whose lives it supposedly changed, were particularly sickening and I think it shows a lot about our country. Our ability to judge quality from vomit-worthy sentimentalist "self-help", if it ever existed, is now extinct. My brother tossed this book at me the other day muttering how great it was before he sauntered out. I picked it up, not expecting much, and as I read my disgust deepened to the point at which I could no longer go on. I have yet to get past page 50 and I don't think I will attempt it ever again. What a waste of life. The guy has the writing style of a grade school kid. Go five-word sentences! There is no need to point out the insipid and hypocritical nature of "self-help", if you cannot figure it out yourself than you most likely enjoyed TWM and you make me sad. Alboum should stick to his sports writing and never venture into the world of literature again. I think it's kind of depressing that his life-changing revelation is so cliched and cardboard. When philisophers have been juggling with the meaning of life for centuries how could MA possibly presume to know it? And put it on the front of his book like a cheap advert to catch attention. Read Emerson! Read Kundera! Read anything but this! How on earth did this top the best seller list?

On a lighter note, I liked Morrie's dancing...

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Summary: Moving, thinking book
Review: The fact that this book has prompted over 1700 reviews should make you think that there is something special about this book. And I think there is. It is a simple book that makes you grapple with life's deeper questions. Definitely worth a read.

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Summary: A meaning of life
Review: What is life? How do we definite a life? That's a complicate and difficult question for answer. Mitch Albom has a good experience with great teacher "Morrie".

Like this axiom makes me realize something in my mind; "So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

I knew this is a common sense. But if I realize something from like this tiny book, it works for me. When I mind my own business in routine life, I sometimes lose a point. What motive makes me going to do? What is my life goal? Sometimes I feel my life is similar to labyrinths. Whoever realize burden of life, it's a good experience to look back a meaning of life.


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Summary: Changed my perspective.
Review: I'd avoided reading this for a long time because I thought it was about dying - death scenes are always so wrenching for me. However, this simple concept, of tapping Morrie's soul little by little, one day at a time, was easy to digest. It turned out to be a huge life lesson in a very small package. I smiled a lot, cried a little.

It's a book I want to revisit again for the reminder I seem to need, which is to stop worrying about the trivia in life, to slow down and focus on what's really important, and to live fully in the moment I'm in.



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Summary: Powerful
Review: By far the most powerful book I've ever read. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is dealing with a loss of a loved one. The book is real, funny, and allows one to think of what's really important in life.

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Summary: The most powerful message any book can give
Review: I am a 17 year old Junior in HS and I had to read this book for my Reading Olympus Club at school. At first, I thought.. eh, what a funny title. The cover doesn't interest me at all. But then, I slowly forced myself to read this book and I'm so greatful that I did. Tuesdays with Morrie has definitely changed my perspective on life. I used to be an unhappy girl who just covers up with a "fake smile" and now I've become a teenager who is starting to really understand the meaning of life and how to "live everyday like it's your last day". One last thing that I have to add is that, right after I read the end, I cried. Maybe that sounds too overly sentimental, but the part of Morrie's last day reminded me of my very close grandmother. Overall, this book taught me to appreciate the little things in life more and to look at life as if the grass CAN be greener on the other side. Optimistic? Yes, but this is the kind of book that will change you entirely as a person.