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The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

7 reviews

jennameyers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Mitch Album did it again!!!!!!! I absolutely love this author. Even though his books have a lot of sad elements, his stories are always so touching and beautiful. His book ‘for one more day’ was the first and only summer reading book I ever enjoyed. 

This book….. so beautiful. I listed to the audiobook narrated by the author and the ending made me bawl my eyes out, out of both sadness and joy. 10/10 book and 10000/10 author 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism

gillthequill's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 This was a quick but inoffensive book. Did the original need a sequel? Not really no. Was this as good as the first book? Not really no. But it was still well written, still had a similar structure, and good themes, but I felt it was nowhere near as impactful as the first book, near as imaginative as the first book (the heavens felt much more creative in the first book) and I felt the messages were stronger in the first book. If you liked the first book, this will be a quick, easy read that just doesn't quite live up to the original. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

necessarybells's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Injury/Injury detail

lay_kone's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

micaelamariem's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Short but powerful book that follows Annie, the girl Eddie saved in the first book. It was heartbreaking at times and altogether bittersweet as we learned with Annie what “mistakes” mean and how we are connected to others and across lifespans. Bad note: I am now afraid of hot air balloons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

rosage's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i SOBBED. absolutely stunning! i love mitch albom and the five people you meet in heaven is one of my favorite books. this book is so emotional and helped me process a lot of grief i’d been tucking in a drawer to deal with later. absolutely amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

louise010's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent