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Title: A Captivating and Enlightening Tale
Review: Mitch Albom's novel is one of the greatest novels I have ever read - for the simple reason that it was not AT ALL what I expected. From reading reviews, summaries, and the title, I expected a spiritual, perhaps preachy, but still interesting book. What I got instead was one of the best symbolic and literal combination tale on the meaning of life.The Five People You Meet in Heaven is full of exciting surprises on each page. It combines the page-turning thrill of an action novel with the simplicty and beauty of a poem. You may not agree with Albom's viewpoints, and maybe you'll even think he is being preachy. But it is well worth the risk.Albom presents five main lessons (and there are many more in there) that every human I have ever met could certainly stand to learn. Had I known what I would get out of this novel, I would have paid three times the price.
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