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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I enjoyed every minute of it. I highly recommend it
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Summary: Two hours with Morrie
Review: Tuesdays with Morrie - now a successful TV movie- is a story about dealing with death with a positive attitude, about accepting and enjoying the hand that is dealt to you, and about relationships with both the sick and the healthy. As some of the reviewers here have noted, none of the ideas in the book are very "deep" or "surprising." Unfortunately, these ideas are often forgotten or ignored, and this book reminds us to stop and appreciate things. Mitch, the sports commentator who spends several Tuesdays with his dying college mentor, is not angelic by any means; it is probably not altruism alone that compels him to visit Morrie, but circumstance, guilt, and a need to understand his own relationships. I think many of us can identify with Mitch, who has traded in some of his youthful idealism for success and money. As he learned from Morrie, so should we all.Lets get a few things out in the open. This book was full of sophomoric writing, trite moralizing, and odd aphorisms. Between the chapters recounting the Mitch's visits, we find anecdotes about both the author and his subject: their origins, their sufferings, and their idiosyncrasies. Unfortunately, there is not enough expository information to get a complete picture of either of them, only enough to get a feel for their respective personalities. I personally would have liked to know a bit more about Mitch - the book was as much about his struggles as it was about Morrie's. The book's faults do not in any way negate the importance of Morrie's message to the world - live life. It is an important message even if this is not great literature.
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Summary: Simply put...a must read for '99!
Review: This book bridges gaps of communicating about death, life, and priorities for several generaltions, but mainly opens up talks for baby-boomers frightened of their own mortality. It is definitely a must-read!
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Summary: Foisting this book on others must stop
Review: Are you among the (too) many who were handed this book by a well-meaning soul promising it would change your life only to discover Tuesdays with Morrie is by turns maudlin, treacly and trite? While it is impossible to dislike Professor Schwartz, and hope against hope that he will beat his cruel disease, it is also impossible to escape Mitch Albom, who is so sophmorically self-absorbed that he annoyingly assumes his shortcomings must also be our own. For those of us who actually spent our growing-up years growing up, I have a small insight for the author: Professor Schwartz's aphorisms sum up the kind of love, compassion, empathy and fair play most of us learn as children, not as gifted undergraduates in a Brandeis lecture hall. Readers who find Morrie's observations startling, stimulating or novel may, like Albom, merely have some growing up to do. May they do so and find joy, but I respectfully suggest they keep their therapy (and this book) to themselves.
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Summary: Touching & effective
Review: The book reaches to explore areas of life that are often shunned and avoided. It gives dignity to the dieing, providing insight to the fact that a person is a real individual with feelings and love for all to the end. Also, it shows that a person no matter how incapitated, can be a real player in life, no matter how frail the body becomes. Being a person that is facing terminal illness, I recognized Morrie's thoughts and feelings and understand where he is speaking from. The book made me feel good to know there are other people out there who understand that each day is special.
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Summary: Oh, please.....
Review: Well this review is going to be a voice in the wilderness, butto be totally honest, I have seen more in depth touchy/feely slogansand platitudes on bumper stickers. It is hard to throw stones at the 'ol professor who suffered from a horrible, relentless disease. That isn't my intent. But to spend $$ on a book that you can read in two quick sittings and not get much more out of it than a review of the Golden Rule with a few homilies thrown in is pretty grating. The hype that this book has garnered is just unbelievable to me. This book just does not live up to its billing like so many over-hyped things. Frankly, if Mr. Albom hadn't caught his old mentor, Morrie, on Nightline I doubt that he would have given any thought to him whatsoever. Just like the previous 20 years. I also got the feeling that it was fortuitous that Mr. Albom was on strike at the time because it gave him time out of his busy schedule to make time for Morrie. Without the strike there is no book, even with the Nightline exposure. Some books are a page turner because you are anxious to see what is coming next. This book is a page turner because you keep on thinking there must be something deep and thought provoking coming or, perhaps, something new. But, no. Then you are at the end of the book wanting to head out for the nearest highway to take in a few bumper stickers.
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Summary: An eye opener
Review: With it's simplicity and directness, this book made me feel how life would be so rewarding and we wouldn't be afraid of death if we could see it through Morrie's eyes. It brought tears to my eyes, as well as smiles and laughter because of Morrie's wit. What a blessing it is to have the kind of relationship between Morrie and Mitch. I cannot wait to read it again. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Sweetness and Sensibility in "Morrie"
Review: My mother is one of those Oprah's Book Clubbers who always reads the latest top sellers and tries to force them on me, her lit student daughter, when she's through. Needless to say, I usually refuse. For some reason, however, I accepted her copy of "Tuesdays With Morrie." I'm not sure what prompted me to open the cover and give it a shot...but for the next hour or so, I found myself completely absorbed in the book. Okay, so it's not the best writing. And yeah, okay, it's sort of cliche at times. But it's sincere. This book was created from a very real place in the author's heart, and I've gotta give that some credit. Oh, alright...and I got a little weepy near the end. Most of all, I completely understood the book's mass-appeal factor. This is a story for everyone: young; old; educated; non-educated; white collar; blue collar...it doesn't matter. It's not a story about being something...it's a story about just being. This book isn't going to tell you anything you haven't heard before, but it may make you listen with a different perspective. And for what that's worth, I recommend it.
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Summary: This book made a 19 year old college guy cry
Review: At the beginning of this semester one of my professors required all of her students to read this book. I never thought that I would be so moved by a book required for a course. I reccomend this book to anyone who has ever questioned the meaning of life or had trouble facing their own mortality. This book will be my Christmas gift for my mother. As for my professor... Thank you Lisa
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Summary: Morrie is awesome!
Review: I LOVE TUESDAYS! this is such a great book! i recomend this book to anyone who loves to be inspired--this book DEFINATELY inspired me to live me life completely different, and for the better!
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