The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Let me start off by saying that this was the first Mitch Albom book I'd ever read, so I had pretty high expectations based on what I had heard. I try to write all my reviews without spoilers!

The book starts off pretty slow with a pretty unclear trail of what's going on. As the book starts to dive into the thick of the plot my attention was drawn in by the narrative that was used. It was like an out of body experience and as the reader I found it hard at first to really connect to the main character of the book. With that aside the premise and plot of the book started to really pick up as it went on and what I found was that by placing myself in the shoes of the narrator it became a lot easier to read and I became entwined as if I myself were the character. By the end of the book I felt very connected to the main character and felt the message that was being projected by the author.

Although some claim that Mitch Albom pretends to be some enlightened prophet, what he really asks us to do is take a deeper look within ourselves as we read to connect to the message. One of the bigger problems with people today is being able to honestly self-reflect in truth. I believe that while reading this book anyone can connect to it in some way.