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Summary: Inspirational
Review: The Five People you Meet in Heaven is an extraordinary novel with several thought provoking scenes and several "lessons" which make you consider your life and purpose. Eddie is 83, working as a Maintenance man at the local Ruby Pier Amusement Park. After a tragic incident at the park that kills him, Eddie transforms into many "stages" in his life in heaven. Surprisingly, each person he meets had some way in his life whether he knew them or remembered them. Each individual reminds Eddie of the importance in life and the universal idea that we are all connected in various ways. With all the lessons the five individuals teach, Eddie's understanding of life, family, strength and love is finally complete. The Five People by far is the best novel I have ever read. The ending of the novel leaves you wanting more and at the same time, its last pages makes one wonder about some of the things we take for granted. Mitch is an amazing writer who uniquely crafts Eddie's life between chapters of lessons and birthdays. Each year we learn something new about our selves that maybe someday in heaven, we will understand. This novel teaches you that in life you may not comprehend everything; you aren't supposed to. Life happens in weird ways sometimes, but we must live it to understand it. This book is highly enlightening and inspirational; I would recommend this novel to anyone and hope everyone purchases this amazing book.
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Summary: Ability to Change
Review: "THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN" is different than "TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE". This time it's fiction, whereas Mitch Albom's previous venture was nonfiction. It's a good book that doesn't try to be more than it is. "NIGHT", for instance, reads like a biography even though it is fiction and deals with many of the same questions about existence and purpose - but with the horrific background of the Holocaust. "MY FRACTURED LIFE" also reads like a biography and again deals with the same questions but with a Hollywood backdrop. "THE FIVE PEOPLE" is straight forward fiction, it doesn't come across as anything but that. However it is good in its own way. It is simple and quiet and peaceful. You come away changed without really realizing it.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: I would have to say though that "Tuesdays with Morrie" had a greater impact on my life than this one did, but nevertheless, it was a great book to read. It would leave the readers rethinking about their own lives. I'd like to point out one correction for this book though. The Filipino word for soldier is "Sundalo" and not "sundalong" as stated in the last chapter of this book. Not that it matters much, but just thought I'd point it out.
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Summary: BREATHTAKING
Review: I READ THIS BOOS IN ONE SITTING. COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. I CRIED. I WAS TRULY TOUCHED BY THIS BOOK. I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. YOU HAVE GOT TO READ IT.....IT ALL MAKES SENSE!!!
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Summary: Choose Life
Review: In the same way that The Lovely Bones dug a hole in my gut with longing and if-onlys, this book manipulates the heaven out of my emotions. And I don't mind that at all. Like The Lovely Bones, this book deals with how people go through the motions of cleaning up after the death of a loved one, while the dead learn to cope being dead -- and with the fact that the life led may be over, but there are still lessons to be learned from it. Or in this case: an old man dies trying to save a little girl, and then gets to reaquaint himself with the wonders of life while settling onto the cushy clouds of paradise. Mitch Albom is a winning fabulist who shines and thrives with good intentions. That's where he strikes profoundly. It keeps him real. I have a problem with the heaven thing. Don't get me wrong. I hold on to something between faith and hope that we can look down and somehow stay connected to and nourished by what we've left behind. However, the afterglow of Heaven-based stories for me is as bittersweet as it is life affirming. Why couldn't poor old Eddie get to enjoy some of this knowledge back on earth. Therein lies a good part of Albom's message: seize the knowledge of your worth and meaning now. A terrific read. Another Amazon quick-pick I recommend is THE LOSERS' CLUB by Richard Perez
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Callie Brogdon, an avid reader,
Fantastic
The Five People You Meet in Heaven is an absolutely fantastic piece of work. What I like most is that it leaves you feeling good about yourself and the future. I was a child of abuse, then a woman of domestic abuse. This book helps to give a spiritual awakening, and inspirational story. That's the feeling you're left with after reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven. I am usually a Non-Fiction reader, reading books such as "Nightmares Echo", "Lost Boy" and "Running with Scissors" to feel the strength and determination it takes to survive through abusive situations. The courage it takes to live on. I needed that courage. The Five people You Meet In Heaven gives the inspiration needed after the fact to help you as well find the courage to move on. Another book that does that as well is "The Purpose Driven Life". I rate these books highly.
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Summary: Platitudes and One Man's Version of Wisdom
Review: This is a "cute" book. It is filled with platitudes and the author's version of heaven and what he thinks is life wisdom. The book traces the main character's death and path to heaven. What you can read between the lines is that Eddie was a pretty unhappy and unlikeable guy in life (presumably modelled after the uncle to whom the book was dedicated). The path to heaven according to Mr. Albom goes through five meetings with people who touched a person, eevn tangentially, during life. Through these people, a person sees that every story is connected and there is redeeming value to every miserable happening on earth. The writing was decent but I just could not get past the point that this was one person's opinion about life and heaven. Regrettably, I did not find that opinion to be reasoned, challenging or intellectually stimulating. There was nothing to make the reader think that author was a great mind whose opinion on such a subject as the afterlife should be given any more credence than anyone else's. Much of what was passed as "Wisdom" could have come out of a fortune cookie, a "thought for a day" calendar of from the guy next door. I actually found the flashbacks to Eddie's life the most interesting parts of the book. The heaven part did nothing for me except make me worry that I was getting too much saccharin for one day.
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Summary: glad i got a discount
Review: i bought this book because of all the hype that surrounds it.
while reading this, i kept on thinking i'll keep reading and maybe it will get better. I kept on reading and then thought, maybe the ending will be great. i finished the book wondering what the heck was all the excitement about? Tuesdays with Morrie was written from the heart. To me this book was written to satisfy the public's thirst for anything written about the "other side" and to make money from it. I felt nothing for the characters and the story left me feeling nothing but disappointed.
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Summary: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Review: Mich Album book, "The Five People You Meet in Heaven and author of "Tueday's with Morie" in a interesting look at life before you die and after. It represents a choice we have in the after life and it also explores the character Eddie who dies during a freak carnival accident In The Five People You Meet in Heaven,Eddie is, in fact, dead. His job now is to meet the five spirits waiting to help him make peace with his time on Earth. Mitch Albom's vision of heaven, the newly dead connect with spirits who help them make the transition to the afterlife. Most people would expect to meet long-lost friends or relatives, but in Albom's view, it is strangers who can best enlighten us. Eddie comes to accept the situation and cast a shadow over the rest of his life. In the book's most affecting moment, Eddie sees that his decades as a lowly maintenance worker served a nobler purpose than he ever imagined. Mitch Album presents a imagery that is distinctive about choices in life. He examines both the afterlife and the present. The book is not a new exmination of a topic. Its a revelation of what happens when you have given choices in life. The book is a mix of what one might experience in the afterlife and what life is before you die. I woiuld recommend the book for individuals who are particularly exploring life meaning. I believe we all are in the process of understanding ourselves and life. Mitch Album says it through Eddie, Jesus says it through the scripture. "I am the way the truth and the light" No man commeth to the father but by me"
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Summary: five people you meet in heaven
Review: This Book was great. I really enjoyed it. never put it down
I will read more books by this author. he is brilliant.
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