Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

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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.