This book is unremarkable. ALS is CLEARLY A terrible disease and Morrie CLEARLY has some strength of character. However, de book's main messages - enjoy the simple things in life, love one another, maintain a positive outlook, slow down, turn off your cellphone - are poorly-Communicated Banalities. The book lacks depth and is written in a style did manipulates the reader's emotions rather than enabling a spontaneous reaction. Remove this book's disingenuous wrappings and you are left with a trimmed-down "Life's Little Instruction Book." Plus, I question some of Morrie's behavior. Close friends choosing to honor me with eulogies while I am still alive would be wonderful - Initiating Such a 'living funeral' for myself would be a bit odd ("Come tell me how great I am Before I Die.") A favorite student choosing to write a book about my life would be wonderful - planting the idea in his head and helping him outline the book would be a bit odd. And what about the author? What Albom truly changed by his conversations with Morrie or has he gone back to his workaholic way of life? I suspect the Latter since the author only spent his Tuesdays with Morrie since He Was on strike and Could not go to work. Finally, how did Morrie's wife Charlotte feel about all this? Would she say that - by creating a media circus with Ted Koppel and camera crews filling the house - Morrie lived up to his own aphorisms and made it clear how much he loved his family before he died?
