Mitch Albom - The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Pros: It'll make you cry...

Cons: It'll make you cry...

The Bottom Line: A fantastic follow-up to Tuesdays With Morrie. Buy a copy for yourself. Buy one for your best bud too.

Review: Death. It's scary. The whole pre, during, and after of it is a mystery but more importantly, it's a certainty. What's it like to know that you're going to die? Sure, we all know that we're going to die someday, but ...

Pros: short read, easy to get into, easy to follow

Cons: I hoped it covered more about God, but it still has an impact.

The Bottom Line: If you read, you will enjoy this. It is simple, without a bunch of fillers that are meant to add more pages.

Review: I met Frank Walker at the Five & Dime two weeks ago and told him how well he looked in his new suit.. Frank saw Sharon two days later and because I commented on how great he looked, he had enough confidence to ask Sharon to the movies. Once Sharon ...

Pros: A thought provoking comfort for the soul

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: I recommend buying this book. It's a good book to read again at times of loss or give away to someone who may have need of comfort.

Review: First published in 2003 The Five People You Meet in Heaven is an uplifting book. I believe the book speaks of a pre-heaven where the main character, Eddie, meets five people who prepare him for heaven. They are an unlikely group of people some not ...

Pros: Touches your heart. Fantastic character development.

Cons: It ended

The Bottom Line: This book will give you a warm fuzzy feeling inside. It will make you laugh, maybe cry, and definitly will make you feel good.

Review: Who can forget “Tuesdays With Morrie,” in which sports writer turned novelist Mitch Albom inspired us to be grateful for what we have, and cherish each day to the fullest of extents. Well, if you couldn’t get enough of that book, there’s another sappy ...

Pros: The book is light and entertaining, yet full of surprises and learning

Cons: nothing in particular

The Bottom Line: It is really suitable for the beginner because the story is light and not to thick, but still meaningful.

Review: The Five You Meet in Heaven is a very famous book of Mitch Albom. My sister gave me this book when we were going to my hometown as a short flight company. I have heard about this book long before I got one, and it is indeed more interesting to read it by ...

Pros: Happy. Very Touching.

Cons: It's a book you read once and that's about it. Not worth reading twice.

The Bottom Line:

Before watching the movie that comes out this Saturday-read the book. It will touch your heart and inspire you to be a better person. It's excellent!

Review: I am a blind student. I receive books from the blind each month. One of the books they sent me last February was "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" by Mitch Albom. I'm really glad they sent it to me, because the book touched my heart in ways that I ...

Pros: Inspiring story with deep positive messages.

Cons: Don't know.

The Bottom Line: I highly recommended this book. Especially for reader who looking for a book with positive, deep inspiring story of life. Happy reading!

Review: The story is about Eddie, 83, works at amusement park since he was young. Though he never intended that he would spent his whole life stuck there. He participated in a war when he were young, and got very unfortunate accident at that time. That accident ...

Pros: Spiritually enlightening, wonderfully written, 100% enjoyable. A true work of art.

Cons: I wish it was longer. I didn't want it to end.

The Bottom Line: This is a great book. It's well written, entertaining, though provoking and spiritually enlightening.

Review: Mitch Albom has been covering sports for so long, it's hard to believe that he is becoming an international celebrity for writing spiritually uplifting novels. These are not the things you associate with a long-time columnist for the Detroit Free Press, w ...

Pros: An ordinary life treated with loving detail and growing understanding

Cons: (Sound of wind blowing)

The Bottom Line: Wait to read "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" until you are ready for a good cry, which this book will surely produce.

Review: So says the Blue Man (a performance artist, but not one of the ones who tour the country these days) to protagonist Eddie toward the end of their conversation, the first one Eddie has after his arrival in heaven. Eddie died doing what he loved: ...

Pros: A quick read

Cons: I wish there were more than five people to meet

Review: "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" did not make me cry but it did make me smile a lot. This book is written in a way that nothing is long and drawn out. Descriptions are very vivid and clear, there is no room to get bored and lost in the words. T ...