What is it about?
Eddie is a grizzled war
veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a
seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness,
and regret.
Then, on his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic
accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. 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. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet
each of them changed your path forever.
One by one, Eddie's five people illuminate the unseen connections of his earthly life. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is as inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself.
One by one, Eddie's five people illuminate the unseen connections of his earthly life. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is as inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself.
Young adults and older
Genre?
Contemporary Fiction
Is it any good?
I
gave this book 5 out of 5 stars and it really does deserve each and
everyone of them. After struggling to get through the last book i've
read which took me about 2 months or just under this book was so
refreshing and restored my faith in reading... I read this book in just
under two days.
The
book is based about a old man called Eddie who works on a fairground on
a pier, he is a lonely old man after losing everyone he loves and also
feels as though he has failed in life by going nowhere and achieving
nothing, when he gets to heaven he meets five different people who have
impacted his life and make him realise his life was the way it was for a
reason. It really is a touching emotional book and I absolutely adore
it.
It
took me all of a paragraph to become hooked in this book and within the
first 20 pages I had completely fell in love with Eddie. Not only is
this book so enjoyable because of the loveable nature of the main
character but the style of the book also plays a really positive part in
making this book as amazing as it is. In past reviews I have said how I
didn't really enjoy reading books when the narrative jumped from the
past to the present but in this particular book it makes the story even
more enjoyable... Just like Eddie in Heaven jumping from past events in
his life the structure of the book enables the reader to also jump back
into the past and learn about certain events that took place in Eddies
life. If you think you are attached to Eddie when the book begins, by
the end of the book you will feel as though he was part of your life.
Each chapter ends making you unable to put the book down and this being
one of the main reasons I read it as fast as I did.
I read this book quite a while back and can't exactly remember the ending but I think I enjoyed it otherwise surely I wouldn't be giving this book 5 stars!
Would I recommend the book?
I would recommend this book, a simple but deep read which introduced me to Mitch Albom and I am still looking out for and reading more of his work.
Read if you like:
On the other side
Other Mitch Albom books
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