The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom

8.91

Rating: 8.91 | Votes: 34

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- For One More Day
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- Have a Little Faith: A True Story
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- This Flowing Toward Me: A Story of God Arriving in Strangers

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An outstanding piece of work - the hopes and dreams that come after reading this book is so overwhelming you will only pick up the book and read it again and again....

Submitted by: SNACKY from LONG ISLAND
THIS WAS A GREAT BOOK ONE OF THE BEST I'VE READ. THE FIRST CHAPTER ALONE PULLS YOU IN AND YOU JUST WANT MORE. I READ THIS BOOK AT WORK YESTERDAY IT ONLY TOOK 1 DAY AND WAS WORTH IT. I JUST NEVER WANTED TO PUT IT DOWN.

Promises much, delivers less
Review written by: William Whipple III From
This book begins with "the end," when a man named Eddie dies. But not really, because the author says "all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time."

Through flashbacks the story of Eddie's last several hours is told as his remaining time on earth ticks away. He is fated to die in an amusement ride accident while attempting to save a young girl's life. He does not feel the impact, or know for sure whether the girl is saved not, he simply is suddenly gone.

More flashbacks follow, going back to his birth, interspersed with five interviews with people who influenced his life. He knew some of the people well; others he was only vaguely aware of. The net effect is meant to be that the interviews will help him to make sense of his life before the afterlife continues.

It emerges that Eddie began with hope, but suffered great sorrows (the horror of war, a debilitating wartime injury, estrangement from his father, and a tragic accident that led to the early death of his beloved wife). The net effect cause him to give up the idea of becoming an engineer and settle for a career of maintaining rides at the seaside amusement part as his father had done before him. The same routine year after year, although he is good at it, and physical decline make for a believable and rather grim picture.

The things that Eddie comes to realize through the five interviews make him feel far more positive about his life - and eager for the next step, which will be an interview with someone (unidentified) who will die after he did.

The story is appealing, I think, irrespective of one's religious beliefs. It certainly beats the idea of heaven as a place of perfect contentment, etc. But in offering the "secret of heaven" in the final paragraph, consider whether the author may be contradicting his own vision of the uniqueness of individual lives.

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Review written by: AnnieK From
I bought this book for my friend and have ordered many things through Amazon and have never had a problem. The book came quickly enough, but there was a grease smudge on the front bottom. when I carefully tried to gently rub it off, it rubbed off part of the cover and discolored it. I expected better quality. It wouldn't have been such a big deal if it was ordered for myself, but it was a gift.

spiritual bummer
Review written by: Jennifer K. Paweleck-Bellingrodt, Psy.D. From
I've always said that I can't wait to get to Heaven and ask God why certain things happened--or didn't!--in my life. At the same time, though, I suspect that when we get there we won't really care, it won't really matter, and we'll be worshipping gloriously all day every day! Either way, based on my read of the Bible and my understanding of God, I've always looked at Heaven as a wonderful, happy place. I thought this book started out with good intentions by looking at significant people in the main character's life and using them to help explain why things happened. In the end, though, I found this book more depressing than uplifting. At the risk of sounding like a Pollyanna, I was hoping this glimpse of Heaven would be more inspirational. Instead, I closed this book feeling more despairing. Nonetheless, it does rate a few stars because of it's interesting perspective on what Heaven might be like in the sense of having some of our eternal questions answered and exploring other areas of our lives on earth that we may not have even recognized as having such significance.

Truly enjoyable read.
Review written by: Indian Prairie Public Library From
At first I thought this book would be a bit depressing. However, I found it to be a quick, easy read that also gave me a "feel good" feeling! I truly enjoyed this book.

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