Reviews tagging 'War'

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

126 reviews

laleh_eve's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I cried. That's all I have to say 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, War

eva_rebolledo's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Infertility, Sexual violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent

peeguzzler's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It’s not my favorite book, maybe something you’d read in a high school english class. It was easy to read and understand. Really short, which is good for a quick read to get you out of a reading slump. I would definitely recommend this to an older reader, maybe. Something for them to look forward to when they die, I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, War

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident

marisabenn's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Infertility, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, War

revbeckett's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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In the dedication, Albom writes, “Everyone has an idea of heaven, as do most religions, and they should all be respected.” His pluralistic view should be rejected since the Scriptures do not tell us what Heaven is like (and anyone’s guess is simply wrong), speaking rather of the intermediary state as a sleep, and focusing our attention instead on the bodily resurrection in the new creation. Yet he does do well in the overall purpose of this short novel, that people “realize, finally, how much they mattered and how they were loved.”

The story is about a grizzled WWII veteran, Eddie, who finds himself meeting 5 significant people in Heaven after dying in a tragic accident—some he knew, others he didn’t. It is a story of vocation—how true meaning in life is found in the vocations God gives us to serve and love others. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, War

k_ro's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Mignon et facile à lire. Peut-être parce qu'il m'avait été recommandé à cause de la série The Good Place, je m'attendais à une réflexion philosophique bien plus poussée et développée ; en l'occurrence, la morale de ce roman est assez peu révolutionnaire, bien qu'elle ait le mérite d'être jolie. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, War

Minor: Infertility

samburkhouse's review against another edition

2.25

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Mental illness, Car accident

jennixn_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, War

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Sexual harassment

dusk_light's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: War

gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Well executed and interesting concept. You really get to know Eddie and the impact he has on people's lives without him even knowing some of them. And the story makes you realise that that is the same for every person. Good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, War

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Infertility, Sexual assault, Alcohol