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adh3 's review for:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-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
This book starts off very strong, but the third lesson derailed it and it was a decent book from there. I felt like it was worth the read. The ending was still a twist and had me tearful.
The pros:
- It’s a short simple read but was very fascinating despite my critiques.
- The introduction was so interesting, especially through lesson one. Lesson one felt like a warm hug that added a bit of purpose to life and death.
- Plot twist ending with and epilogue that was satisfying. I feel that the ending is worth the read.
The cons:
- Felt like the direction of the book was to provide wisdom on death through out Eddie’s story. Unfortunately, by the end it’s less about teaching the reader and all about the character. This would have been fine except it felt like the expectation was that these chapters would contain universal lessons. It was a weird flow that ended abruptly.
- Third lesson was definitely written from a man’s weird POV.
This is mainly a rant for myself. The third lesson was disgusting. Maybe it would have been passable if the lesson was about sticking to the father’s humanity. That sounds like a lesson that abusive father needed. But LOYALTY??? After finding your friend SA’d and nearly r-ped your wife?!!! No sir we don’t do that here. I threw that entire lesson away. The book really had me hooked for me to be able to continue reading past the hot garbage take in lesson three. It’s disappointing because including Ruby as one of the people he met was a creative idea gone to waste.
The pros:
- It’s a short simple read but was very fascinating despite my critiques.
- The introduction was so interesting, especially through lesson one. Lesson one felt like a warm hug that added a bit of purpose to life and death.
- Plot twist ending with and epilogue that was satisfying. I feel that the ending is worth the read.
The cons:
- Felt like the direction of the book was to provide wisdom on death through out Eddie’s story. Unfortunately, by the end it’s less about teaching the reader and all about the character. This would have been fine except it felt like the expectation was that these chapters would contain universal lessons. It was a weird flow that ended abruptly.
- Third lesson was definitely written from a man’s weird POV.
This is mainly a rant for myself. The third lesson was disgusting. Maybe it would have been passable if the lesson was about sticking to the father’s humanity. That sounds like a lesson that abusive father needed. But LOYALTY??? After finding your friend SA’d and nearly r-ped your wife?!!! No sir we don’t do that here. I threw that entire lesson away. The book really had me hooked for me to be able to continue reading past the hot garbage take in lesson three. It’s disappointing because including Ruby as one of the people he met was a creative idea gone to waste.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence