The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Hi peeps..

It has been quite a long time since my last post.. hehe

Probably I was too busy with my assignments (i think so)

Ok, so today I would like to share on another novel, which is THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN by Mitch Albom, that might get into your reading-list as this novel had attracted my attention as well.. 

OK, here's the cover page of the novel that I'm gonna talk about on this post of mine. It kinda simple, but believe me, the story gonna catch your attention until You cannot afford to put it down before finish reading it. Serious talk.

So, how was your first impression of this book? Lame? Boring? Uninteresting? or it did caught your attention? well, you kinda right. The cover didn't catch my attention also at first, but I still do read this book. Well, my decision was right. Wanna know why ? so here's a little bit about this book:

Ok, for the early stage of the story, the writer more likely to introduce the main character of the novel, which is The Committed Eddie. He is such a committed, strong, and determined person who was dreaming on joining the national army service. With his great combat skills and his strength inside him, he was a perfect candidate for that. In short, he has all the things that girls adore to. Long story shorted, Eddie managed to join the army although his father was disagree with his decision. For me, his father was a scam as all he know to do are gambling and get drunk. he never care about his children. He thought his children by using the harsh way, hitting, scolding, and all of the other harsh thing. During the WWII, Eddie, along with some of his team members including their captain, was captured by the enemy side and forced to work at the coal mine as war prisoners in Phillippines. After a long time being there, they managed to escape the most unbearable moment of their life after a great encounter with the enemy. Unfortunately, Eddie turned to a handicapped person and was retired as an army due to that incident. What a horrible way to end their suffer there.

Since then, Eddie was trapped at his old, gloomy, and lame neighborhood due to his disabilities, turned into a hopeless person. After his farther died, Eddie has to replace his father position at a theme park known as Ruby Pier as a head technician. Since then, Eddie’s life ‘trapped’ there, fixing rides at the amusement park until on his 83^rd birthday. A very tragic accident occurred at Ruby Pier and Eddie died trying to save a girl from a falling cart.  With his final breath, he feels two small hands in his, and then nothing. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people who were in it. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever. Wanna know who the five people that Eddie met in heaven? The Blue Man, his Captain, the owner of the amusement park, Ruby; the person he loved the most, His Wife; and lastly, The kid named Tala. Wanna know more abou the story ? Well for sure you need to go grab that book and read it.

After you read this novel, you could see how the author elaborate the storyline of the main character of the novel from a very optimist person in life into a hopeless person. It is a very interesting story as the author implemented different types of settings during Eddie`s meeting with the peoples in the heaven. All of his life events were played back to him like a movie replay. It is so different from the other novels that I have read.

This book is a good read that many of you will enjoy. The next time you’re at the bookstore or library pick it up. It certainly will make you think about your life in a new way.

Before i end this post, here is my rating for this book: 8/10

I think that`s all from us for now and enjoy reading this novel! Do visit our blog again to read for more novels review.