Has anyone else read this book? It's by Mitch (Thanks for the correction ) Albom. It's an insanely fast read (Took me about 3-4 hours), and probably isn't the highest quality writing in the world, but boy...What a great story. I have only once come close to crying while reading a book (Okay, I was actually crying. I'm not telling you which book that was, because I was 14 and it was just because a character I REALLY liked was killed in it). This one almost made me break down in that happy/sad/life is tough but man, it sure is worth it kind of way. I had a hard time getting through my classes I was so choked up after finishing it. I definately would recommend this book
[ January 28, 2005, 12:15 AM: Message edited by: Boris ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I have heard of it.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Mitch, not Mike.
I've read the beginning of it. The movie was pretty good for a Made-for-TV.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Wait, is that the movie where he is up in a tree? It starts at a carnival?
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Now I feel like I wimp, I get misty eyed reading a lot of different books.
Hobbes Posted by Insanity Plea (Member # 2053) on :
It was a good book, though I liked Tuesdays with Morrie a little better. Satyagraha
Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :
I adored it too.
I loved not only the story but the style. The repetition of Eddie's birthday was soothing and a nice solid touchstone to guide us through the many years of Eddie's life.
Everything else was unpredictable. Nothing was simple, none of the characters were flat and there was no such thing as right or wrong, there was only choice and consequence.
I both read the book and listened to the audio, which is embellished with absolutely gorgeous music. For Christmas, I gave away 7 copies of the book and each of those people has read it and enthusiastically passed it on to another friend or family member.
Definitely good stuff. I fell in love with Album after reading "Tuesday's With Morrie" and I look forward to whatever type of book he decides to write next.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
quote: I've read the beginning of it. The movie was pretty good for a Made-for-TV.
Man, I was thinking through the whole read, "This has movie written all over it."
I haven't read Tuesdays yet. I saw the movie and was thinking about it days afterward, though. I get the feeling the book actually WILL make me cry.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote: (Okay, I was actually crying. I'm not telling you which book that was, because I was 14 and it was just because a character I REALLY liked was killed in it).
Was it by Stephen King?
And Peter Straub?
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
I told you. I'm not saying. I would have to make fun of MYSELF for it now, so it ain't going public Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I broke down and bawled for half an hour last time I read Folk of the Fringe. It's not unusual for me to cry reading a book or watching a movie.
And it doesn't bother me that y'all know.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Wuss.
I adored Tuesdays, but I've been holding off on this one. Not exactly sure why . . . although not having made it to the library recently is part of it. Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Which story, MPH?
Hobbes Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
The one where the kid is kept in the closet?
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
I think that lately the one that's had the biggest emotional impact on me (in that book) is the second story (with the Temple gold).
Hobbes Posted by foundling (Member # 6348) on :
Boris, it was Black Beauty, wasnt it? Come on, you can tell us. We wont make fun. mph did it, and nobody made fun of him. Well, almost nobody.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Uhh...No. (Fine, I'll admit it). It was one of the Robotech series of books (I was big into Robotech when I was a teenager, as well as when I was a little kid). I think it was the third one in the series. I can't really remember anymore.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
I've cried over a Roald Dahl book.
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Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
The only book I cried after was Where the Red Fern Grows... so sad at the end...
Bah, I am weak...
Well, I may have to consider reading this one. ^_^
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
I thought I recognised that name... I haven't read it but I absolutely loved Tuesdays with Morrie. Hmm... the music I'm listening to right now (The Offspring, Bad Habit) really doesn't quite match the feeling connected with Tuesdays with Morrie... *changes music* much much better (Elliott Smith, Say Yes).
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