Customer Reviews
Gave up reading half way through - By: Em, 23 Sep 2008 
As I didn't manage to finish this book, perhaps I don't qualify to give this a rating. However a book should keep you captivated throughout & this one did not. It is absolute twaddle written for people who want to believe that we will be rewarded for our suffering in this world, by going on to a better place. Believe it if you will, I am going to enjoy this life instead.
What Eddie Found When He Met the 5 People in Heaven - By: edrm, 16 Sep 2008 
As I read Mitch Albom's books, I have come to notice that he seems eager to describe the difference between life in reality & in heaven. And The Five People You Meet in Heaven is no exception; Mitch seemed to show both Eddie's birthdays he had spent & his life after death caused by the accident in his amusement park. At first, Eddie was confused to see the 5 people in heaven, wondering why he was there. Then they let him know what he didn't realize before he died. The 5 people seemed to yearn for happier times than when they had lived. Unfortunately, I'm not reallly sure how this story ended right now, but I believe Eddie would feel happier eventuallly in heaven than before his death.
This book... - By: Ivy L., 26 Aug 2008 
I liked this book because it makes you think about everyday things in a whole different way - that 90% of how we influence others circling in life around us is what we don't see. It is so easy to get absorbed in what we are doing & to focus on what we need to do & where we need to be that it is possible to miss so much & the near-misses, the passing by of people who otherwise seem removed but for whom we have significance. The book highlights how we often don't even realise that we move through the world & affect people in ways for which we may be completely unaware because they may have no impact on us, but there was hidden meaning & significance in the interactions, however brief.
The book is beautifully written & lovely to read. It is thought provoking & touching. It is one of those rare books that held my attention from the moment I started reading it & I finished it in one day because of being so captivated by it.
If I have one complaint, it is that I did not like the idea of there being only five people you meet you in heaven. I would think that in a lifetime, particulary of someone in their 80's, there would be a lot more people. But then, perhaps the five is meant as a kind of alllegory & having too many people would make the book too long & it would lose its powerful effect.
Disappointing - By: R. Cunningham, 30 Jul 2008 
Well there's 3 days of my life I'll never get back!
Sorry, but I have to disagree with most of the reviews of this.
I was reallly looking forward to what I thought would be interesting subject matter with the potential for a great deal of exploration.
What I found was the basis for a trite america made-for-tv movie.
Avoid would be the only word that springs to mind.
five people you meet in heaven - By: P. james, 23 Jul 2008 a book that soothes the soul, repairs & heals & i am so glad i read it, iwas given it by a cousin after a spate of deaths. i was alll grieved out but found this book beautiful & i have never reacted to a book the way i did this one....beautiful
