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Title: Skip This Book
Review: While I am a fan of Mitch Albom, this book lacked originality and excitement. Albom simply relates the story of a man who meets five people in heaven that directly and indirectly affected the course of his life while on earth.There is suppossed to be a "lesson" each of the five people are teaching, but the lessons are preachy and forced. It appeared Albom came up with the lessons first, then forced an unbelieveable story around each one.The point of view in the book shifts around as if it is on a pogo stick. This is very distracting.The book is predictable. One can figure out who the five people are after a few pages of the book, so the element of surprise is missing.Much of the dialogue is trite and stiff. Real people do not converse like the characters in the book.Finally, the book is overpriced. Even if it was good, it is still pricy.
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