The Next Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom is the sequel to The First Five people You Meet in Heaven, which I reviewed a couple of weeks ago. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven comes 15 years after the first book.  It stars Annie, a young girl that Eddie protagonist from the first book died saving.  Annie gets into a tragic accident and arrives in Heaven. We now see Annie's life starting from the end and see Eddie as  one of the people Annie meets in heaven. We get to see what happened to Annie after Eddie died, and who she was. In addition, we finally get the full view of heaven. You die, then meet your five people and then wait to be a part of somebody else's five people. I really enjoyed the sequel. The way Mitch Albom writes his narrative with so many side stories woven in and keeping you on your toes by switching right at the good moment. This novel teaches you various lessons but also makes you feel good about humanity and the like. It is not a dense read, there is no large amount of unnecessary description. There are are many plot twists. I enjoyed the closure it provided and gave us a full circle perspective of Albom's idea of heaven. If you enjoyed the first book I would highly recommend reading the sequel and other Mitch Albom's Books
-Krishma S.
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