As with all of Mitch Albom's books - this was my sixth - this too was a solid, heartwarming, thought-provoking book. There are quite enough books out there to depress us, guilt us, scare us, and thrill us, but I know I can always count on this author to inspire me and make me happy.

His books leave you feeling hopeful - like life's not so bad after all. Perhaps we could all use a little Mitch Albom in our lives. Heaven knows we need it.

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This is my 5th time reading this book. I can't explain why I love this book so much. I usually hate, Hate, HATE cheesy heartwarming stories like this.

And yet The Five People You Meet In Heaven just touches me on an emotional level.

Eddie is a grizzled old war veteran and widower, has spent the last 50 years working a job he hates at an amusement park and just feeling like his life has no meaning. Then on his 83rd birthday Eddie dies trying to save a little girl. When he awakens in the afterlife he learns that his earthly life will be explained to him by 5 people who were important to his life.

I wonder who my 5 people would be. I wonder how my life has been affected by people I don't even know. I think what I like about this book is the thought that even if we don't know it, our lives matter to other people. There are no meaningless lives.

READ THIS BOOK!

Its one of my all time favorites!

This will always and forever be my favorite book of all time. I've lost count on how many times I've re-read it. This book really makes you think about the meaning of life and how each and every person you meet has a impact on you. So many feels...I cannot recommend this book enough!

منذ مدة طويييلة لم أقرأ شيئا لامس أعماقي كهذا الكتاب، يجعلني أطرق وأفكر ، أنظر للبعيد الماضي وأتسائل عن القريب المقبل..


الكتاب يتحدث عن رجل مات في حادث أثناء تأديته لعمله في مدينة الملاهي ، بعد ذلك ينتقل هذا الرجل "إدي" إلى الجنة ليقابل هناك 5 أشخاص تقاطعوا معه بطريقة أو بأخرى في حياته..كل منهم كان ينتظره ليحكي له قصة كان لها تأثير على حياته وعلى تقرير مصيره في الدنيا، كانوا يساعدونه على فهم وتفسير كثير من الأمور التي لم يكن لها منطق واضح وقتها...


القصة مثيرة وترابط الأحداث متقن يظهر كم هي مصائر الناس متقاطعة ومترتبة على بعضها ، حتى لو لم نكن نظن ذلك...


جعلني هذا الكتاب أفكر كثيراً في حياتي، في الناس اللذين مروا بي ومررت بهم، في تأثيرهم على حياتي ، في التحول الذي طرأ على مساري ب��بب شخص لم يكن يعني أن يكون له أي تأثير..!


كم من الناس أود سؤالهم لم فعلوا ذلك؟ كم من التفسيرات أحتاجها لأزيل كثيراً من الغضب أو الحزن أو الخيبة ؟ كم من التغييرات التي أحدثها مروري بشخص ما على حياته، ومسار أحداثها؟


كيف تلعب الأقدار دورها في رسم خرائط علاقات الناس وأعمارهم؟


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الحياة..الشباب..الحب..التقدم في العمر..الحزن..الغضب..الفرح..الأنا....كل ذلك كان حاضراً بقوة وأنا أقرأ أعياد ميلاد إدي المتعاقبة وأكشف معه أسرار الأشخاص الخمسة في الجنة..!

" Lost love is still love, Eddie. It takes a different form, that's all. You can't see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken, another heightens. Memory, Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it"
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN tells the story of Eddie, the head of maintenance department at a well-known amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, Eddie had a severe accident. Along with Eddie, the reader gets to know what he discovered in his afterlife. Every now and then, there are flashback scenes to some of Eddie's previous birthdays.
Albom thinks in his novel that our lives don't end by our death but it begin. Each one discovers the real meaning of his life, it's like an explanation of what we have faced in our lives. Second, Albom says that all the events and the people in our lives are interconnected. Each soul that reaches to heaven has to meet five persons in it's afterlife from which it gets to know five lessons and secrets.
A unique, interesting, well-written and very creative story. Also, it's a very easy and quick read.

کتاب جذاب و خوش خوانی هست اون یک ستاره ای رو هم که کم کردم به خاطر عقاید نویسنده درباره زندگی و مرگ بود. دید جالبی به مقوله‌ی مرگ و زندگی و سرنوشت داره ولی به نظم خیلی ساده انگارانه است. خیلی مطمئن درباره مسائلی که هیچوقت ثابت نشدند حرف میزنه.

4 Stars

Sad, bittersweet, with an ultimate feel good finish as the five people one meets in heaven lend perspective, impart knowledge, and make you realize that though your life may have not been exactly what you wanted it to be, there were many people and events that you touched in wonderful ways making no one’s life meaningless.