The Five People You Meet in Heaven

I found this book at Kinokuniya. A paperback edition of Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven. So, i buy it after i read the synopsis. A pill for sicked soul, that's what people say about this book. I give it a try then.

I remember first reading this book during my journey commuting from Taman Melati to UPM Serdang. I hate doing nothing while commute in long hours journey so i think reading this book might help me killed some time.

From one page to another, the story develop well. It had its shocking moment, a rude awakening of the main character and lots of life issue. Indeed, i have to agree that this piece of fiction really a pill for sicked soul. For people who searching reason to keep on living should read this fiction.

The story going around an imminent death of a maintenance worker name Eddie. Eddie work at Ruby Pier, a pier by the ocean, serving amusement park attraction to its visitor. Eddie was Vietnam veteran and he's a limp, memory of war. Eddie died when he trying to save a girl from a falling cart and after his last breath, Eddie's soul went up to Heaven. Heaven in this fiction given something beside Garden of Eden. It's an evaluation interview with 5 people whom touch your life in a way you never imagine. Some of them might be your love one, some of them just mere stranger yet everyone of them have a story of your life to be told. Eddie journey through Heaven indeed started with disgruntled but end in peace. By end of the journey, Heaven is just very near yet the most underrated things in our life; Home.

My opinion:
I truly touched by this story. It's help me re-evaluate my life, counting my blessing and appreciate for what i have achieved previously. Sometimes for things which not a matter to us means a world to someone else. Yurp, the heaven description might take a fight with your religious view of Heaven but i think the content of moral that really count. This piece of fiction soothe me, make me laughing and crying and hoping for something. The feeling might be superficial but i feel something worthy anyway.

Now, i dig Mitch Albom's other book title "For One More Day". I hope it gives great feeling as previous book does. I sense that i watch too many JDorama and this book help me tweaking my mind into different view. Anyway, enjoy your life~!