The story opens early on with an aged maintenance worker at a fairground called Eddie is involved in an accident. When he awakes he finds himself in another realm of consciousness and comes into contact with people throughout his life. Some he has strong connections with and others he met only fleetingly.

Although the title says 'Five people you meet in heaven', I was left feeling the theme of the book was a kind of pre-afterlife. An explanation of how your life touched others before the final judgement is cast on whether you are up/down.

I don't often get teary eyed at books but did at various stages of this, when a gentle explanation was offered to certain turns of fate in his life.

2/5