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 to say this book is a waste of time is a kindness November 16, 2008
maxi stein (ohio)
To say this book is a waste of time is a kindness! It was off the mark, barely cohesive. It was badly strung together and certainly not worthy of the author who wrote Tuesdays with Morrie.
 yech November 12, 2008
Ms. Mary E. Sullivan (Carbondale, IL United States)
The publisher review above cautiously uses the terms "saccharine" and "preachy", and tries to make it sound like the book prevails in spite of meeting these descriptions. They are good descriptors for it. Mitch Albom must have sold this soap mainly on the merits of Tuesdays With Morrie. If you're looking for the likes of Tuesdays with Morrie, don't bother. If you like saccharine, go for it.
 The Five People you will meet in Heaven October 28, 2008
Cathy A. Mitchell (Columbus, OH)
This book is fantastic! I am a victim of violent crime (lost brother and sister to murder) and this book gave me lots of insight and made me look inside. I hope to practice a lot of what was awakened by the experience of reading this book. My brother and sister were murdered 30 years ago but are in my heart today and thanks to reading this book, I feel they are watching over me and they are with me. Thank you for listing the book available in Amazon.com.
 The lesson from this book October 22, 2008
Renovatio
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is about a character Eddie, who worked as a maintenance worker in an amusement park, most of his life. He died while saving a girl and he has to meet five people in haven so that he could understand the purpose of his life. By meet the five people, he learned about important lesson on life.
First lesson: All lives are interconnected directly or indirectly. The Blue Man, a man from circus, died in a car accident in order to avoid hitting young Eddie. The Blue Man who do not know Eddie, died so that Eddie could live.
Second lesson: During the World War II, Eddie was shot in the leg that crippled him for his life. He was shot by his captain in order to prevent him from jumping into a burning hut. Eventually, his captain scarified his life so that his men, including Eddie, were saved. No life is wasted. The captain's life was used in return for his men's lives.
Third lesson: We should forgive the past. We hurt ourselves more when we kept our anger.
Fourth lesson: Life has to end but love doesn't. Although Eddie's wife died earlier, she told Eddie that her love doesn't end.
Fifth lesson: The work Eddie has done seems meaningless, but he doesn't realize that through the mundane job of maintaining the equipment at the amusement park, he kept countless children visiting the park save from accident.
Conclusion:
All lives are interconnected. One person exists for another person and this person may exist for another one and so on. Everyone exists for someone. Everyone had its purpose here even though the things we do seems trivial.
Note: This book is not as good as "Tuesday with Morrie", but the key message from this book is meaningful. I would not read it again since I have extracted the key messages.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven October 15, 2008
Nikki Smith
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Another great book by Mitch Albom! Thought provoking! Which five people from my past will be waiting for me? We all need to do more sacrifice! Loved it!
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