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Summary: A dying man's message
Review: "Tuesdays with Morrie" is about how a young man and his mentor can find each other, save their friendship and learn a little about life and death. The book has a mixture of all emotions. From the first page to the last, it made you want to laugh and cry at the same time. Mitch Albom was a student at Brandeis University more than 2 decades ago. His favorite professor was Morrie Schwartz. As Mitch goes off and makes a name for himself, he loses contact with his beloved professor. while flipping through the channels quite a while later, he hears the familiar name of his prof. and decides to pay him a visit. Mitch finds out that Morrie has AlS or Lou Gehrig's disease and is slowly becoming crippled. At the same time Morrie is becoming more dependent upon other people, he starts squirting out little philosophical bits of information. Many of Morrie's old students come back to visit him at his house. As Morrie tries to tell them that material things don't matter and how everybody nowadays is just running around only caring about themselves. As Mitch and Morrie spend the next 14 Tuesdays together, talking about the meaning of life. This book was an overall good book and showed the pros and cons to a close-ones death. This book helped me see what is really important in life.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: <br />Beautiful and touching, inspirational and rich. A book that not only teaches but makes you feel. <br />Also recommended: Nightmares Echo by Katlyn Stewart, Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs,The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
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Summary: TOUCHING!!!
Review: Another book worth reading. This book is so profound and inspirational. If we all could be a little bit more like Morrie, this world would be a wonderful place.
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Summary: Tuesdays with Morrie
Review: ¡§Tuesdays with Morrie¡¨ offers answers to any person in search of the secrets of life. The book stresses how one can be educated about life by others, especially elders, in addition to our own experiences. Furthermore, if one is positive then one will be able to see the learning opportunities behind one¡¦s difficult moments. Consequently, bad events change from only being about suffering to being about valuable life lessons. Mitch Albom¡¦s novel is an example of how to face life with courage and how to learn about life from one¡¦s hard times.
The novel is a true account of a student and his professor¡¦s conversations about life. Not long after Mitch¡¦s college graduation, he was inspired to throw himself deeply into his career. Gradually, Mitch lost contact with his mentor and professor, Morrie Schwartz, with whom he had a tight relationship. Through a coincidence, Mitch became reunited with his college professor and from that point, they agreed to meet on Tuesdays to discuss life. The novel describes their time together as they talk about life and its secrets.
¡§Tuesdays with Morrie¡¨, might be considered a self-help book, but it is not. The novel is quite different from other books that cover life¡¦s issues since its format is simple, direct and it does not make one feel as if they are being preached to. In addition, the book¡¦s topics are easy to relate to since they are practical and universal. Morrie¡¦s character is very inspiring since he has an optimistic and courageous attitude towards life, in spite of his obstacles. I learned a lot from Morrie¡¦s experiences, which have made me think about the meaning of life more.
The main theme of the book is to love, forgive and live positively. Unlike most people, Morrie chose to look beyond his obstacles, have a positive attitude and express his love for his family and friends. Consequently, he was able to live happily and created an example for every reader to follow. The book is an emotional journey that I strongly recommend everyone to take.
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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.
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Summary: TOUCHING SHORT READ - HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Review: I enjoyed this one. I usually do not care much for "death and dying" books and thier ilk, but this one was a bit different. Through the conversations with one of his old college professors, during the last days of the teacher's life, the author is able to share the wisdom of a man who lived life as it shoud be lived. While sad, it was sad is a sweet way. There were few great revelations in this work, few bits of wisdom Morrie shared which were "new," only confirmation of what most of us know in our hearts to be true. I found that to be quite wonderful. I hope we can all find a Morrie in our lives, and if not, become a Morrie for someone else. The author's handling of the subject was quite good, well worded and honest. Nice work Mr. Albom. Highly recommend.
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Summary: Heartwarming
Review: I had been avoiding this book despite hearing from numerous people that this was a great book because I was skeptical and because the biography of a dying man's last months was not exactly an appealing topic for a book. However, someone gave me this book a couple of weeks ago and I read it in a couple of hours. The book is a short work by Mitch Albom, a sports reporter in Detroit and on ESPN. Albom heard on Nightline one night that Morrie Schwartz, his favorite college professor, one with whom he had developed a real friendship at school, was dying from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). Albom had not seen or talked to his professor since then. However, Albom called his professor, was invited over, and then, at the professor's request continued to visit him while recording their conversations to transform into a book, or as the two of them described it, a final thesis. The story that emerges is a combination of Morrie's reflections of life, how to be happy, how to feel satisfied at the end of it, and so forth and Morrie's reflections of what it was like to know you are dying and watch your body wither away. None of Morrie's ideas are particularly novel. Morrie tells us that we should be good to each other and that we should care more about being happy than making money or buying things. Morrie is sad about his body deteriorating, but he tells us that if you live a good life, you can go through even this horrible death without worrying that you didn't do enough in life. However, Albom tells Morrie's lessons to us clearly and, as much as is possible, without lecturing us. The story of Morrie's last months is, of course, tragic, but worth reading. The only part I disliked was Albom's interspersed story of his own life. Albom starts telling us a bit about his life in college, and that was interesting, but then Albom switches to the present. I guess the point is that Albom wants us to know that he had lost his way but that he was taking Morrie's lessons to heart. It seemed an unnecessary addition to the story. Better to let Morrie's lessons speak for themselves.
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Summary: Morrie, affectionate. Mitch, deadweight.
Review: I have conflicting thoughts about this book. On one hand, although it does give the all too cliche life lessons from the earnest voice of Morrie, it is one that you respect and hopefully reaffirm in your life (whatever you may think about Morrie, whether good or bad). After all, some light soul reading is never harmful to anyone.
However, there are a few things that irritate me. For one, Mitch Albom, is sometimes simply unbearable. As Mitch has Tuesdays with Morrie, it is like watching a conversation with a albeit eccentric but venerable professor and a stereotypically superficial football player who has no brains to actually think (in the philosophical and broad sense) about some things in life. Not to mention, although simplicity was probably the point, the writing is sub-par.
In addition, future readers should be warned for extremely sappy material. In some ways, Morrie's completely open affection almost makes the book seem... ... insincere. It was basically a recant of how much they all love each other, which isn't bad, but there are always different ways of illustrating the same emotions if you understand what I mean.
The book in general seems almost as an overzealous effort to show Morrie and Mitch's new found enlightenment, which in turn unfortunately makes it seem too saccharine or sickly and accordingly, sometimes even fake or insincere.
Thankfully, it is a quick read, and there are some parts which does make you laugh (maybe even cry) and nod your head in agreement. Overall, you do appreciate Morrie and it does mostly give you a warm fluffy feeling inside... unfortunately, with lingering doubts. Recommended, but not highly, for easy reading.
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Summary: A phenomenal read
Review: I just finished reading Tuesdays with Morrie, and there were tears in my eyes by the time I was reading the last couple of chatpers in the book. The book itself started out very sad from the beginning. But when I read the chapter about the good-bye, I just broke down.
This book has touched me so much, and there was so much truth in Morrie's words. He was a wonderful teacher.
Tuesdays with Morrie has changed my attitude about life. I now know to live life to its fullest, and to share love with people. Morrie's undying love for teaching, his optimistic attitude, all of these tenacious, strong qualities of him make him a fantastic man. There is so much I have learned, and I feel that this book is the epitome of inspiration and hope.
This book is definitely worth the read. I first read Mitch Albom's The Five People You meet in Heaven, and would also strongly recommend it. Tuesdays with Morrie is not a very long book, and I found it a quick, sad, but inspirational read. I have recommended it to my book club and I hope everyone will pick up a copy of this book, for it has wisdom and love to share. Mitch Albom has written a book that deserves five stars, no doubt about it.
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