I bought this book out of curiousity- I hadn't heard of the
author's earlier success, Tuesday's with Morrie , in fact I had
never heard of him at all. But I found the idea of meeting only
five familiar people in heaven vey intriuging. In fact, that was in
my opinion one of the book's strongest points- the very original
way of presenting the concept of heaven as a final journey of
self-discovery, and reconciliation, almost like a final tie-up of
all loose ends.
Unfortunately, the book has little else to offer- the writing is
almost childishly simple, but overloaded with a few too many
(forced) poetic metaphors (who said you can't judge a book by its
cover?). I lost interest at around the third person, but continued
reading just to find out who the last two are- thankfully it's a
short read. I would recommend this book solely on the basis of the
clever and original idea of heaven it presents.