Põhimõtteliselt on tegu käsiraamatuga hauataguse elu kohta. Autor on läbi töötanud muljetavaldava hulga materjali, et panna sellest kokku ilukorjandusliku hõreda loori taha peidetud didaktiline teos. Mis iseenesest pole paha, kui see oleks müügil esoteerika ja eneseabi riiulis. Kirjanduseks ei minu arvates kvalifitseeru, aga oma sihtgrupp raamatul kahtlemata on.
Miks pidi küll nii oivaline tegija sellise asja kirjutama, jääb arusaamatuks. Karmavõlg? ( )

a friend of mine recommended I read this. I loved the movie it was amazing and then someone got me the CD to listen to. I loved it I feel that if you can relate to a book then it was definitely worth reading/listening to. ( )

This book was a challenge for me because I do not believe in life after death. The book did not change my beliefs.

This is one of the rare times the movie was so much better than the book. ( )

Wooden, lifeless (no pun intended) characters, dialogue so unnatural it's irritating, and an all-around poor story that gives one the impression that the author whipped it up real quick because what he really wanted to do was write something synthesizing some "non-fiction" books about the afterlife he'd read, and the devices of fiction he employed were just superficially necessary to get his ideas across. Problem is I don't find his ideas on the afterlife very compelling, so what from my point of view I read a poorly written summary of various mumbo-jumbo about the afterlife masquerading as a poor piece of fiction. ( )

The note to the reader made this seem like it was a fiction book based on a non-fiction item but that is not true. He used it as a method for giving his thoughts on after life. Liked his description of the place known as "Summerland" that most of us would desire. It seemed amazing yet weird to think it was mostly based on the thoughts from the mind. The place had his dog, some family but everyone was alone. The concept of levels fills the version of a purgatory. Felt the deep felt need of his wanting to be with his wife was over the top and got to be too repetitive. Wife taking her life and the results of that were horrible. ( )