I finished reading the five people you meet in heaven in a hooked-on mode today noon. The explicit mention of the mode invites itself because of two things. I made a desperate yet unsuccessful attempt to complete the book battling my heavy eye-lids and eventually falling short of the last 30 pages at 1:00 am. This late morning, I picked up from where I left as I walked to work. Determined to complete it before starting my work day (which ironically began at 12:06 pm), I was hanging around my office building as I read through the final pages of the book. And yes, it was all worth it.
However, I committed absolute injustice reading this book. For one, I think there are these books that lose their charm if you pull through with a lot of small breaks. The continuity, the feel and the ambience are lost. You are at a point where you find yourself in the skin of the character(s) or are just done visualizing the situation and picture the author has sketched. And then, you take a break. The next time you pick up, it is not the same train.
Books like these theorize the unknown and abstract and then conjure a story to present the message. The five people you meet in heaven touches upon a subject very dear to me - death and beyond. As a matter of fact, it is a story of the beyond based on what one has lived in the here and now. It is a well written book. A nonjudgmental note, nevertheless - certain parts of the book do lend the feel of a self-help motive. On the other hand, the author has done a brilliant job addressing some challenges that most of us brood on at some stage or the other in life.
Parallely reading - Ishavasya Upanishad (text, translation, commentary)
Books in the pipeline - Tipping Point, Ishmael, Blink, The World is Flat
Movies looking forward to - Being Cyrus
However, I committed absolute injustice reading this book. For one, I think there are these books that lose their charm if you pull through with a lot of small breaks. The continuity, the feel and the ambience are lost. You are at a point where you find yourself in the skin of the character(s) or are just done visualizing the situation and picture the author has sketched. And then, you take a break. The next time you pick up, it is not the same train.
Books like these theorize the unknown and abstract and then conjure a story to present the message. The five people you meet in heaven touches upon a subject very dear to me - death and beyond. As a matter of fact, it is a story of the beyond based on what one has lived in the here and now. It is a well written book. A nonjudgmental note, nevertheless - certain parts of the book do lend the feel of a self-help motive. On the other hand, the author has done a brilliant job addressing some challenges that most of us brood on at some stage or the other in life.
Parallely reading - Ishavasya Upanishad (text, translation, commentary)
Books in the pipeline - Tipping Point, Ishmael, Blink, The World is Flat
Movies looking forward to - Being Cyrus
1 comment:
If I may recommend, change the order of your books in the pipeline. Bring The World is Flat to the front.
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