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Summary: Don't bother ...
Review: I love a good tear-jerker. I love a book that tugs at the heartstrings and makes you think. I like to read deep, thought-provoking novels that stay with me long afterwards. If you do too... don't buy this book.As a huge fan of "Tuesdays with Morrie," I saw this and couldn't wait to begin reading. I figured if it had only half the depth of his first book, it would be wonderful. Then I started reading it ... it was absolute torture to get through. I kept reading figuring surely there would be great meaning. I kept reading faster and faster figuring the meaning and the emotion would come on the next page... or the next page...? or maybe the next page...? It never came. At the end, I thought, oh here it comes; we're getting close. Nothing... I kept thinking I had to of missed it. I just didn't get it. I wanted to cry, or at least feel like I've read something completely thought-provoking. I even sat there afterwards holding it, waiting... I tried. I tried to feel it; I tried to like it. But I just didn't care. I didn't care about Eddie or the dull 5 people he met. And a book like this is supposed to make the reader care. And after Albom's first book, this was a huge disappointment. Actually, I take that back. No matter what Albom did previously, this was a disappointment. I just expected so much more from this sports writer after 'Tuesdays'. But I guess maybe he should stick to sports. It will definitely make me think twice before purchasing a book by an a new author just because I liked the first one. I was actually angry after finishing it because I wasted my money on it. For the first time ever, I wanted to return a book I had already read. I felt jipped. Complete disappointment.
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Summary: OK
Review: Like everyone else has said the book is a quick read, but it isn't because of a lack of a story. The book, like a few others, did compel me to continue reading to find out what was next and the end set me back in my chair...pleasantly. I am anxious to read the authors other books.
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Summary: Just Good Writing
Review: As one who enjoys plain old good writing, I have great appreciation for "The Five People You Meet in Heaven." The plot of a man learning to look back on his life with appreciation is well crafted - sentimental but not overly so. The dialogue is excellent. And, the characters are well suited to their setting. Overall, avid readers of well crafted stories will be delighted with "The Five People You Meet in Heaven". To qualify this statement, I refer to "well crafted stories" to mean more commonly accepted library recommendations, critic's picks, and book club selections like "The Secret Life of Bees", "The Time Traveler's Wife", "My Fractured Life", and "The Amateur Marriage."
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Summary: Must Read!!
Review: I have finished two books in the last three weeks, this being one of them. As a pretty avid reader (6-12 books per year, mostly fiction) this is in the top five books that I have read all-time. It's a quick read, but one that you'll want to re-read as soon as you finish. Somehow he, the author, is able to capture very different emotions with each character, which would make this book very appealing to all types of people. Pick up a copy and read for yourself, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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Summary: Very thought provoking
Review: As a theologian I find it interesting, some people's "version" of heaven. As the author points out - all of which should be respected (except maybe the having sex with 70 virgins version). The lessons learned deal with things we can do now - letting go of hate, learning to love, forgiving etc. It is a very thought provoking small book. I got it yesterday and finished it today. It may not change your life, but it just might change your mind...about life.
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Summary: Heavens No
Review: Having read Tuesdays With Morrie, I welcomed the opportunity to delve into another inspirational tale as told by Mitch Albom. With its appetizer-sized chapters, I thought this would be a great "tween" book as I ventured from one long novel to the next. What a disappointment. This book was not only depressing, which I gathered from the reviews I had read prior to purchase, but it lacked any sort of resolution or true connectivity. The story was jumbled, and the veiled attempt to tie it all in failed miserably. Moreover, much of the supposed resolution our protagonist finds is hardly believable. Tuesdays With Morrie is one of the best books I've read, but, after this, I doubt I'll ever spend a penny on any of Mitch Albom's books again.
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Summary: Excellent, quick read
Review: This book is very short and should be read in 2 or 3 days. It manages to be very spiritual and thought provoking without being religious, which I appreciated very much.
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Summary: Will help you cope with death
Review: This book is an uplifting treat that provides a very compelling take on the afterlife. In Heaven, Eddie meets five people who had a direct affect on his life and they explain the significance of what he thought to be a very trite and meaningless life. It's a story so powerful that it will have you wondering why you take your life so seriously and why you let the smallest of things stress you out. If you're trying to cope with the loss of a loved one, this book will definitely comfort you and help you to realize that there is still hope.
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Summary: A Great Book!
Review: This book was great! Easy to read, interesting and had a meaning to it! It is what life's all about.
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Summary: Not "Tuesdays", but meaningful nonetheless
Review: Had the star scale been given in 1/2 increments, I perhaps would have put 3 1/2, but I thought it over and left it at 4 as opposed to 3. If you pick up this book expecting the same wealth of simple yet poetic wisdom from "Tuesdays with Morrie," you might be dissapointed, as the fruits of this book are more focused on the life of one person, rather than being relative to the any or all readers. However, ignoring the judgements based on comparisons, this was certainly delightful to read, and still leaves a lesson or two for us to come back to. Heaven has been a subject that human beings have explored over and over, and through the general media's perception, perhaps has been done to death with "clouds up in the sky" mindset. Every once a while though, films, books, and other tangible facets of the human imagination give us a new perspective of paradise, or reinvented a traditional view. Albom accomplishes both. The people that have passed on before us are there to meet us in heaven, but here's the catch: they're not who you expected. Giving anything more would spoil it, so I'll leave it at that, plotwise. An easy, smooth read, this book will take little time to finish, perhaps as little as an hour or more, but will still leave you thinking about Heaven, as well as your life on earth, in a different way.
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