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The Five People You Meet In Heaven (精装)
by Mitch Albom
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Fiction, Bestsellers, Original books |
| Market price: ¥ 218.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
A captivating, heartfelt and beautiful read that will bring you genuine wisdom as it opens your heart. A small book with a big message - A profound message brings you the true meaning of life, and "why" certain people are in our lives. |
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Leonardo (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
This was truely an inspiring book. Once you pick it up it's hard to put it down. I found myself reading the entire book in one sitting. The story of an elderly man who see's himself as not accomplishing anything with his life, (a feeling that I believe many people have felt at some point in their lives) and yet when Eddie dies he encounters 5 people who help him realize that his life indeed did have meaning and did have an affect on others. As many of us have heard, we have all been placed here on earth for a reason, and this book goes beyond that and gives examples. Picture this, you're five and you're playing ball with your friends, the ball rolls out into the road and you chase it, a car abruptly stops, you get your ball and go back to playing with your friends. How does this affect someone's life. Read the book to find out.
A truely great book with no loose ends. Mitch Albom has done an amazing job with this book... Highly recommended.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
The magic to Mitch Albom's approach is that he touches upon something that we all think about - What happens after we die? No one has definitively been able to answer the question and what Albom has done is to take the comforting reply to that question (we go to heaven), and add A Christmas Carol story-twist to it. Heaven isn't necessarily filled with rolling hills and bon-bons. It's about making sense out of your life and bringing it to its natural closure. And in many ways, Albom's way of dealing with death is quite comforting for me. I've always had a fear about dying. At one time in my life, it was about the act of dying. Would I be in a lot of pain? Would I be by myself? Would I die of natural causes? Would something horrible happen to me? Then, it proceeded to this helpless feeling of never being able to be again. I couldn't imagine not being. Not touching. Feeling. Hugging. Kissing. Smelling. Death - before, during, and after - is scary. Albom's approach isn't totally unique but it is theraputic. He has a way of making sense of it all. |
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Fran (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
My daughter Nita, who is 61, gave me this book to read. She said that it was beautifully written, suspenseful, and very insightful. She enjoys keeping audio versions of current books in her car for more peaceful travel. Nita listened to the unabridged CD of this book and found herself driving further or remaining in the garage to catch the end of a chapter. The book was compelling enough that she made her last drive of the day to Barnes and Nobel to buy me the book version
The story is an excellent read. It was amazing to see how the author thoughtfully crafted the Five People One Meets in Heaven, into a wonderfully insightful page turner. I was sorry when the book ended, but it ended where it should.
I had not read Mr. Albom's "Tuesdays with Morrie" but am I ready to buy it. Mr. Album writes realistically about the personal feelings of his subject... the pain, reflections, and feelings that one's life was perhaps never fully lived. As the subject is confronted with the five people that he is destined to meet in heaven, he finds wisdom, peace, and a real understanding of all that has happened in his life.
If you would like to know how each of our lives is intertwined with others, read this book. You will want to share it with a friend. |
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Danielle (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
This is clearly the kind of novel I would read after a very harried week at work -and well, that's exactly when I decided to breeze through this touching little story. Yes, as others have stated, it is a simple and straight-forward narrative, but we can all relate to the very questions it poses. And it brings a sense of - at least for me-asking those very questions:
What kind of life am I living? What kind of person have I been?
And for this, I think this is a worth-while read.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
Some books touch your life in special ways, this is one of them. I have watched and witnessed Mitch's career mature over the decades and have enjoyed his work. I enjoyed his early days writing sports columns in the Detroit News, I enjoyed his early books, I loved his afternoon radio show, enjoyed Tuesday's With Morrie but this work is nothing short of a literary gem. The book will make you rethink life through one authors vision of death. It will touch your soul, it will make you cry. It is a celebration of life. Can you say Pulitzer?? Hey Mitch, "You can't go, all the plants are gonna die" Adam.
As a footnote, I find it interesting that all reviews are to one extreme or the other, not too many middle of the road ratings on this one. For those of you who rated it a one, I think you missed the meaning of the story along the way. All of us must certainly agree that the story invoked passion. For the prospective reader, you'll have to decide whether that passion is for one star or five! The fact emotions stretch to both extremes means Youhave to read it for Yourself to formulate your own opinion! |
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M. Roberts (MSL quote), UK
<2007-02-12 00:00>
I still have no idea what made me think this book looked good. I had never heard of the author, I don't believe in God, and my first experiences of the idea of Heaven & Hell were from Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and Ghost. One's a comedy. I'll let you work out which one.
But for some unknown reason I picked up this book, after reading the blurb on the back. And I read it in under a couple of hours. It's not much over 100 pages long, so it won't take readers long to read. I have to admit myself that when it comes to the idea of God, I respect other people's opinions, but not for me. Although, I will admit to believing in life after death, and Heaven.
The story starts with a chapter called "The End". Interesting start to the book, and it continues from there. An eighty-three-year-old man, Eddie, is about to die. The first chapter starts with his last hour on earth, and how he dies. From there, it continues with five people that he may or may not have met during his life. One is an obvious one. The rest are interesting to say the life.
Apparently, there was a real life Eddie out there, that influenced Mitch Albom to write the book, and it's weird how one person can influence such a thought-provoking book. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, although it left me feeling really sad by the end and I was gutted that I finished it. There's just something about The Five People You Meet In Heaven that made me pick it up. I have looked at another of his books, and not felt the need to get it at all. But I urge anyone who is in the least bit doubtful about getting it, do. You won't regret it. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
I was out of town,in a bookstore thumbing through this book, when from over my shoulder I hear " you Must buy that book". I turned to see an old friend, who added, "after reading this book I stood in the shower for an hour sobbing". Of course I bought the book, loved it, and the introspection it created in my mind throughout the next week. I lent it to my boss, who was leaving to attend a family funeral; he said, "this book made that experience a much more fulfilling esperience." I bought 10 for Christmas gifts, and have had positive responses from most. This a fun read that offers the reader a thoughful look at ones life, and the choices we make.
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Stephen (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
First of all, life is preachy. From lessons in school, to lessons in life, to lifes often painful lessons, it is all preachy.
Didn't like the book? Who cares if you did?
I did. I took a lesson away from it and that made me a better person. If you go through life and do learn something on a daily basis then you are either dead or brain dead.
Mr. Albom writes a simple book filled with insight that most would understand and appreciate except those that are too cynical to understand those insights.
This book should replace most of the self help books on your shelves.
Really, read it and become more human. It couldn't hurt. |
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Maya Suri (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
The Five People You Meet in Heaven is by no means a new type of book. The idea of what happens to us after we die has been a subject for authors many times over, however this book takes a new twist. The Five People You Meet in Heaven can seem like an extremely tough title, as if the book would weigh you down with philosophy and thought, but in the end, the book was simple.
A very simple idea that in my mind could have been written better and had more engaging dialogue. The plot was fairly predictable and though I was shedding a tear at moments it was nothing more than me remembering a moment in my own life.
The book only took me less than an afternoon to read and I feel like it took the author even less time to write. To me, if the book had been thought out a bit more, it would have resulted in a much more powerful novel that kept you thinking instead of reaching for a new book.
I give this book three stars, because for what it is worth, the book is still good, however simple it may be. I would have rated this a lot higher had there been some more thought and substance in the characters and the plot of the book itself. Do not get me wrong, if you are looking for a simple read, this book is excellent for that. If you would like something a bit more well written, turn to another book. (A negative review) |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
I totally enjoyed reading this book, even more than Morrie! A very clever idea! A heaven that unites us!
I liked the idea of an integrated world where every person has a role and whatever each person does affects another whether you know it or not. I think Mr. Albom wanted to makes us feel more responsible and more considerate to all around us. It is a universal message as human beings living on Earth: show respect and caring for all around you. He created a world where nothing else matters, not religion nor race nor age and called it Heaven.
It is sad that Eddie had to die to realize what it is all about, to understand why things happened that way. It is amazing how one life... one soul-thought to be useless, boring, harmless- can intertwine into the lives of 5 people and change the path of each... great read! |
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