Mitch Albom - The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Pros: Albom can WRITE!

Cons: Not all that original; too expensive for what you get

The Bottom Line: Is this book worth the $20 cover price? Not really.

Review: From the very first pages of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the reader knows that the main character is going to die. Eighty-three year old Eddie is a maintenance worker at Ruby Pier amusement park. And the first chapter slowly counts...

Pros: cutesy

Cons: too cutesy

The Bottom Line: Go ahead and read the five people you meet in heaven. At least it's more complex than "My Labrador Retriever is Smarter than Your Honor Student" (although that's actually true).

Review: What's going on in the corridors of publishing power? Just take a look: books written for kids get longer and longer (and more expensive), while books ostensibly written for adults get shorter. Don't believe me? Try comparing the heft of Harry...

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...

Pros: Inspirational story. Very well written and engaging.

Cons: A bit short on substance. Some may think the story is a bit corny.

The Bottom Line: I wonder who I'll meet in Heaven.

Review: I'm a little late to Mitch Albom's party. I remember a few years ago, when his book Tuesday's With Morrie was hot. I was curious about all the hubbub, but never got around to actually buying the book. My mom read it and sent me a copy...

Pros: Inspirational, easy read.

Cons: Don't know.

The Bottom Line: This book helped to bring up my spirits.

Review: I have been looking for a little inspiration lately and I remembered hearing all these great things about the book, The Five People You Meet in Heaven. So I decided to give it a read, if for no other reason than to lift my own spirits. The fact that...

Pros:

Easy read, warm and pleasant

Cons:

Not quite what I was expecting

The Bottom Line: "Earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal." ~ Sir Thomas Moore

Review: With The Five People You Meet In Heaven, in under 200 pages, Mitch Albom brings his reader a lovely impression of life after death. I'm one of the few who hasn't read Tuesdays With Morrie, Albom's predecessor, so I could be missing my mark when I...

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...

Pros: An easy read, with some memorable imagery

Cons: Doesn't always provide the intended sense of uplift

The Bottom Line: Enjoyable enough, but not as moving as one would hope

Review: The good intention of the novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven (198 pgs., Hyperion, $11.97) is to show that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things. Unfortunately, the novel doesn't make an entirely convincing case.

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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...

Pros: Strong writing from an Established author

Cons: Short story leaves you wanting more

The Bottom Line: The Five People you meet in Heaven is an inspiring book, and encourages people to believe their may be life after death

Review: "This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time."

Although the...