The Five People You Meet in Heaven

I picked this up while subbing in an English classroom last week. It seems to be on all the high school reading lists, so I thought I should check it out.

I never read Tuesdays With Morrie. I occasionally read Mitch Albom's column, and I appreciate his writing style.

So am I a bad person if I say I didn't like this much?

It was a quick read, and it presented some good ideas about life and death...but mostly, I found it shmaltzy, simplistic and manipulative. If you've read this, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.