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ellaticonstellation's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Animal death, Cancer, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, and War
eowynn01's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Wow, this is the first book I feel like I picked-up in a while and what an emotional turn I went through as if I was the main character. Also helps that we are close in age and their birthday is just before mine.
But needless to say, Mitch Albom does not disappoint his readers! The way he breaks up his chapters, the small subtleness to each flash back to the main story. The attention to words used. He is and stays as one of my top 5 authors.
I am a slow reader, and it may have started a little slow for me I fell right into it, and was guessing who the 5 people where, where they would be surprised and sad all at the same time.
There are many points that hit home for me more the the first book, The Five People You Meet in Heaven; since these are things I have been dealing with and fixing in my own life the second part had me tears and reaching for my sick fur baby and a box of tissues since that was something I have putting aside as much as possible.
This does have a small hint of religion in it, so if that is a trigger please come in reading what you can learn from the book even if you have a different faith since you would be depriving yourself of a emotionally, self explorational read.
But needless to say, Mitch Albom does not disappoint his readers! The way he breaks up his chapters, the small subtleness to each flash back to the main story. The attention to words used. He is and stays as one of my top 5 authors.
I am a slow reader, and it may have started a little slow for me I fell right into it, and was guessing who the 5 people where, where they would be surprised and sad all at the same time.
There are many points that hit home for me more the the first book, The Five People You Meet in Heaven; since these are things I have been dealing with and fixing in my own life the second part had me tears and reaching for my sick fur baby and a box of tissues since that was something I have putting aside as much as possible.
This does have a small hint of religion in it, so if that is a trigger please come in reading what you can learn from the book even if you have a different faith since you would be depriving yourself of a emotionally, self explorational read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Grief, Body horror, and Death
Minor: Cancer, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and War
jinglebellyee's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I actually loved this more than The Five People You Meet in Heaven. This is supposed to be a sequel, told from Annie’s perspective, which is one of the people whom Eddie met when he was still alive. Maybe it’s just me, but Annie’s story was more compelling.. and a lot more heartbreaking.
The five people she met when she visited heaven.. were also a lot more relatable. There were times when I had to put the book away so that I could wipe my tears and take a deep breath before I continue reading. The first time was when the old lady with the gunshot wound revealed herself to be Annie’s dog, Cleo. Cleo was introduced so, so well. Totally did not see that coming and I’m glad Annie got to reunite with her old buddy once again. When Annie met her mother, it was yet another heart-wrenching moment. Both of them started sharing secrets and the hard truths they have been keeping from each other. Something they should have done while the mother was still alive but well, we never know what we have until it's gone. Annie’s story with her husband Paulo was a good one as well -- how they met, how he did not find her weird and freaky but instead fell in love with her. It was a bit unbelievable to know that both of them were still single, and still very much in love with each other when they coincidentally met each other at the hospital like a decade later. The story ending delivered another shock as well -- was totally not expecting Annie to have survived the fateful accident after she offered to give up one of her lungs to Paulo (but sadly, he did not survive). It makes them seem like star-crossed lovers -- fell in love while they were teens, got separated since Paulo moved to Italy, reunited a decade later and fell in love again, got married for a day and accident struck..
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Death, and Miscarriage
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