The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom

I know that there are already quite a view reviews about 'the five people you meet in heaven' but I really have to share my love for this book and my respect for the writer with you. Mitch Albom manages to create a story full of heart, passion, love and hope. Thinking about it's more about hope than anything else. The characters and their stories are believable - who of us doesn't sometimes feel that work is just day after day after day the same, or that we can't relate enough with our parents and who hasn't lost something/someone he loved? The meaning of our own life is the one thing we'll never fully understand - how great would it be if you could ...  Read the complete review

---Can You Jam?--- My left eye is twitching. It has been twitching for the last four days. Why it is doing this is an utter mystery to me. Too much drink? Doubtful. Too much sugar? Maybe. Stress? Quite possible. Either way, I've been trying to relax tonight and retreated to one of my favourite methods. Making voodoo dolls of people I hate and poking them with sharp knives. After that lost its charm, I decided to sit down and read, hot chocolate in hand. ---If Ya Gettin' Down--- Continuing with my apparent theme of "Five" this week, haven eating about five galaxy cookie crumbles, finally finishing all five of the Hitch Hikers ...  Read the complete review

Now I'm not going to say that I'm a religious person because I'm not and although I'd like to believe that there is something else beyond this life I'm not too certain that I do. Religion however does fascinate me greatly and the way other people express what they believe in really intrigues me. It was for this reason that I purchased 'the five people you meet in heaven'. The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom is a very simple book in many respects and looks at the five people that it's main character Eddie, an 83 year-old war veteran and maintenance man, meets when he is tragically killed in an accident whilst trying to save a small girl from a ...  Read the complete review

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom This is a book that I accidentally stumbled upon, and nearly totally dismissed , and boy, am I glad I didn't. This is one of my favourite books, and everyone who reads it seems to agree that it totally changes your perspectives and really makes you think. It's not a long book but it is a really beautiful story and I love it J This book is about death, and then life. The story starts at the end. It's Eddies 83rd birthday, he is the head of maintenance at Ruby Point Amusement Park, and has been for as long as anyone can remember. On this day he dies. The first ...  Read the complete review

Eddie was a maintenance worker at Ruby Pier Amusement Park – even at 83 years of age his world revolved around keeping the park up to speed making sure the rides were safe. As the book begins, it begins with Eddie’s birthday, the end of his life and his tragic death as he attempts to save a girl in danger. ‘The Five People You Meet in Heaven’ meets those people significant in Eddie’s past even if he never knew them himself and he discovers important lessons along the way: why events happened in his life which will help him find peace in Heaven. It really does sound like such a mundane story and to be honest it is – who wants to know about an old man’s troubles ...  Read the complete review