Sign up
Search
Advanced search settings

Search only in certain items:

Search results
All (953)
Content
People
Apps
Books
Orbs
Movies
Music
Podcasts
Shows
Tabletop Games
Tech
TV
Video Games
YouTube Channels
Videos
40x40

ALilLacey (2 KP) rated The Five People You Meet in Heaven in Books

Mar 4, 2019  
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom | 2004 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.4 (30 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book was completely not what I expected, but in a good way. I assumed the five people you would meet would be grandma, an uncle, a long lost friend, etc etc but it wasn't so. Eddie dies an old veteran who has worked his whole life (after the war) at a carnival by the sea. At his death you journey with him through heaven while meeting five different people that have had an effect on his life whether he knew it or not. I wonder how many times this happens in our own lives and if we will one day find out about it. This book was written wonderfully and had so many profound thoughts I've decided to share a few from the book:
"There are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more seperate one life from another than you can seperate a breeze from the wind" Page 48
"Ruby stepped toward him. "Edward," she said softly. It was the first time she had called him by name. "Learn this from me. Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves." Page 141