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Sep 18, 2010

indri rated it:

#2010-72#

"Baca deh, Squid, bukunya baguss.. bikin nangis.."

Aku nggak pernah baca bukunya Mitch Albom sebelumnya, dan ketika Qui merekomendasikan buku ini ketika jalan-jalan di RB menjelang tahun baru kemarin dengan ekspresi mengharukan.

Akhirnya setelah sekian lama dalam tumpukan to-read aku sambar juga untuk dibaca dalam perjalanan pulang. Benar apa yang dikatakannya, sepanjang perjalanan di KRL rasanya dadaku sesak dan mata berkaca-kaca.
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Dec 17, 2009

Swetha rated it:

There are many in this world who would do anything to get just that one chance to make amends for their past misgivings. Yet very few get this golden opportunity while the majority is saddled with that nostalgic remorse and regret.

Mitch Albom’s new edition titled “For one more day” takes one through a wistful journey which encounters a strange and enigmatic tryst with the ghost of the past. The story unfolds the main character Charley Benetto (Chick) whose life is in ruins. Being unw More...

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Sep 03, 2008

Roos rated it:

Gak sengaja baca buku ini saat Eyang Kakung meninggal, sedih sih tapi lega.

Mitch Albom selalu pintar dalam membuat satu kisah hidup seseorang menjadi satu buku yang syarat pelajaran hidup. Buku ini bukan cerita hantu yang menyeramkan tetapi hantu Seorang Ibu yang sangat mencintai anaknya, saking cintanya dia menemui anaknya sekali lagi untuk menyelamatkan hidup anaknya...huhuhuhu...mengharukan.

Bercerita mengenai Charley 'Chick' Benetto dan Ibunya Pauline 'Posey' Benetto. More...

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Oct 12, 2008

Amang rated it:

Ingat lagu berjudul "Kasih Ibu"? Yang begini liriknya:
Kasih ibu kepada beta /
Tak terhingga sepanjang masa /
Hanya memberi tak harap kembali /
Bagai sang surya menyinari dunia

Kasih ibu memang tak bisa diukur, tak berharap balas, dan senantiasa terbit di hati anaknya. Lagu ini sedikit meringkas apa yang ada dalam novel karya Mitch Albom, Satu Hari Bersamamu. Di novel itu ditulis, ibu memiliki sumur kasih sayang tanpa dasar buat anak-anaknya. Ah, memang More...

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Dec 16, 2009

J rated it:

Reading the back cover and realizing the backdrop is suicide, I was sorely disappointed by the lack of self-face stabbings.

Again, picking up this book, I thought to myself, suicide and Mitch Albom... how could I go wrong? But I was wrong (snicker) dead wrong.

From the beginning, Albom signifies his attachment to this book. He is telling this story from notes and interviews he may have had with the main character. Why is this important? Could the book have been equa More...

3 comments like (4 people liked it)

Jan 05, 2009

Estee rated it:

You may believe it or not, but after I read this book, I love both my parent more and more. I try to be a better daughter for them, and I try to understand and appreciate every little thing they've done for me. By reading this book, you will see your parent, especially your mother, as a person who has the purest love ever, and trying to give them back the same...

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Oct 28, 2007

Heba rated it:

What a beautiful book. It shows you how every mother in Earth will do just to make her family happy and safe! I cried while reading it.. It shows you the real love the purest love you will ever know. Love without any limitation!

what an outstanding book.. Worth to read it and read it again and again!

Mitch Albom I wish you don't stop writing.

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Dec 22, 2011

Kay rated it:

Very touching book. Much of what the protagonist goes through is very close to my heart, and reading the last chapter made me teary. I'm not a parent, but I am a daughter, and reading this book has reminded me in a gentle and soothing way the sacrifices parents and caregivers make for their children.

Told in flashbacks and the chapters often around two to three pages long, the book was a quick read. Despite the content material, I didn't feel emotionally burdened by the end but i More...

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Oct 05, 2008

Wulan rated it:

I read this book when I was on a plane from London to Indonesia via Hongkong, and I cried like a baby all the way. I swear, if the people that sat on my left and right hadnt been my friends, I would've been considered a crazy girl weeping for no reason.

Reading this book made me realize how much I've taken my mum for granted. It opened my eyes and showed me how big and everlasting a mother's love can be, despite all the things that's been done to her.

Mummy, I LOVE YOU!!!!

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Jan 04, 2012

3anooja rated it:

This year, in our class of media criticism we had to pick a favorite book of ours. giving that I'm a book geek, i had a difficult time what book should i chose from my collection.
I end up choosing this piece of work by Mitch Albom, and throughout the course we got to practice our criticism techniques with the book which made me re-read it all over again, and boy..... i fell in love with it all over again, it's like i hadn't read it. All the emotions and sorrows that the book held brushed More...

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Jun 11, 2011

Tasos rated it:

Once more Albom deals with a supernatural issue (ok so far i've read two books and well both of them had after life as their main theme) and again he chooses a completely different approach from those that were mentioned in the majority of books so far... His phrases are also so simple, based on the notes of a retired baseball player traveling again back and forth in time but without confusing the reader in which period the things take place every time... Similar to his previous novels "the More...

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Oct 12, 2008

Mrs. Kucinski rated it:

This was a good book but it dragged a bit in the middle for me. It had a great ending. Overall, the book reminded how important it is to live a good life!

1 comment like (2 people liked it)

Apr 05, 2008

Jade rated it:

This book will touch your heart and make you think. You should always charise everyday that you have with a loved one.

5 comments like (3 people liked it)

Apr 14, 2009

Harun Harahap rated it:

buku karya mitch albom ni lebih ringan dari tuseday with morrie..tapi tep penuh dengan pesan moral yang ada di satiap halaman buku..

kata penulisnya sendiri ni tentang cerita hantu..klo menurut gw seh nggak..kayakna sudah biasa kita mendengar pengalaman seseorang di masa koma/tak sadarkan diri..*kayak di sinetron2*..nah disini benetto, tokoh utamanya mengalami masa yang aneh selama tak sadarkan diri setalah mengalami kecelakaan..dia bertemu ibunya dan mengalami kisah yang menyadarkan More...

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Sep 21, 2008

Weni rated it:

Buku yang ringan, nggak sulit dicerna. Nggak tebal, jadi bisa diselesaikan dengan cepat (cepat untuk ukuran saya bisa 2 hari hehe), namun maknanya dalem.

Buku ini berkisah tentang Chick Benetto dan keluarganya, terutama dengan sang ibu, Posey Benetto. Ibu yang berjuang sendiri untuk menghidupi anak2nya setelah sang ayah, Len Benetto pergi. Ibu yang memiliki sumur rasa sayang yang tak berdasar untuk anak2nya. Ibu yang sudah meninggal 8 th lalu. Ibu yang tiba2 hadir ketika Chick mencoba More...

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Apr 29, 2008

Lisa rated it:

I read this book in less than 3 days! It's had me thinking ever since. Once you start this book its very hard to put it down until its finished. Very easy reading and a story that forces you to keep the pages turning.

I never knew until I finished the book that it was a true story. You'll definitely walk away from this book thinking!

Here's a great synopsis of the book from Amazon.com: Chick Benetto has hit rock bottom---divorced, alcoholic, has-been baseball player, an More...

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Jan 13, 2008

Ryan rated it:

Eh. Not sure what the big deal is with this guy. This book was...OK. I cannot say that I liked it a great deal, nor can I say I detested it. The author is a good storyteller, has a good command of structure and the craft of writing, and does not strike me as being anything less than the consummate professional. Picasso was rumoured to have the ability to draw a "perfect circle" freehand; the resulting line is not necessarily a great work of art.

I suppose the nature of th More...

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Jun 21, 2007

Sammy rated it:

Read this in about an hour and a half give or take a little bit for roommate and television distractions. This could be the quick beach read many people are seeking out this summer. Though if you're easily driven to tears than you may want to leave it at home.

Anywho, this review is probably going to be shorter than the summary given because I honestly don't have much to say about the book. It was good, no doubt about that. Albom's reflective and sentimental writing up to his usua More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Mike rated it:

After watching the movie "Pay It Forward" my two college roommates and close friends declared it, "painfully manipulative." I think if they read For One More Day, they might again tout those two words. I, however, thought both Pay It Forward and For One More Day were just okay. And maybe I'm okay with manipulation in the form of entertainment.

For One More Day is what you might expect from Mitch Albom. Nothing more, nothing less. It's a little better than 5 Pe More...

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Jul 10, 2011

Beatrice rated it:

Another heart-breaking story by Mitch Albom. I'm starting to love his books. It is truly inspiring and it makes me feel guilty.

I remember the times that my mom stood up for me, and the time I did not stood up for my mom. this book really makes me guilty. It made me cry.. Because of this book, I want to correct my mistakes and say sorry to the things that I've done to my mom or my dad.

I recommend this book to everyone, It is inspiring and it will make you realize somethi More...

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Feb 18, 2008

Keris rated it:

Mitch Albom wrote Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People You Meet In Heaven. For One More Day is the story of Charley 'Chick' Benetto a baseball player who spent six-weeks at the World Series and the next twenty years trying to relive the glory days.

He ends up drinking too much, alienating his family, and eventually trying to kill himself. On this darkest of days, something miraculous happens to Charley - he gets one more day with his mother (who died eight years previously). It's th More...

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Sep 08, 2008

Andri rated it:

Touching and Inspiring. Have you ever hate someone when he/she's around and suddenly you realized that you really miss him/her, really love him/her, and feel in so much regret when that someone passed away?
In this book, the main character is Charley, a baseball coach. When his mother still alive, Charley don't give much attention to her, moreover, he often against her. When her mother died, he realized that he really missed her so much. Suddenly, he was given one day to see that her mother More...

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Jan 27, 2012

Fariza rated it:

"..kamu boleh menjumpai sesuatu yang amat berharga dan penting dalam waktu-waktu yang dianggap biasa."

"For one more day" nyata kisah ringkas tetapi membuat kita berfikir tentang masa lalu dan apa tindakan akan datang kita. Perjalanan hidup seorang pemain besbol bersama ibunya nyata berjaya membuat saya menitiskan air mata.

Kasih ibu memang tidak dapat dibayangkan. Kisah tentang Chick yang menentang ibunya pada saat-saat tertentu mengingatkan saya sikap derh More...

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Dec 09, 2007

Charlie rated it:

OK, this book hits a little close to home for me, so I probably rated it higher than it deserves. Having lost my mother relatively recently, it's a book that digs right into the ribs of the mother-son relationship and its wonderful, special significance. Luckily, I did not have a father who "made me choose" one of my parents, so I do not "feel the protagonist's pain" in that regard. But he was able to evoke the brutal, raw emotion that losing a beloved parent and realizing More...

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Jul 03, 2008

Meisiska rated it:

Chick lost his mother, and it gave him huge impact. he thinks that his life is very different as his mother died. then, he undergoes one day with his mother, the almost unbelievable day ever happened to him.

The novel tells almost without any climax. but truly, we would find very deep touch throughout the whole story. that's true, we always could be more realizing about someone's meaning when she/he is already gone. so, why don't we take care and respect her/his exist before she/he le More...

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May 28, 2008

Maureen rated it:

If you are a parent and your child gives you this book, you are being paid a great compliment. My daughter gave it to me for Christmas last year, and after I read it, I knew that she had been thinking about the time when we will no longer be together. This is the story of Charley Bennetto, who is given the chance to spend one more day with his deceased mother. She cooks for him and takes him to visit different people from his life. It is a story about making peace with one's past, and being More...

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Mar 25, 2009

Karen rated it:

If the book had been named anything else I think I would have thrown the book back onto the shelf (in the library) and kept walking. But the title of the book grabbed my attention immediately.

For One More Day

Being a bereaved mother, the title spoke to me in volumes. Without reading anything more than those four words, I knew I wanted to read the book. And I didn’t read the blurb or the inside cover, I just borrowed the book and brought it home with me. And my gut instinct More...

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Mar 19, 2009

Diana rated it:

It was our graduation practice yesterday and we had nothing to do so I decided to borrow a book from my classmate. I immediately started reading the book when he handed it to me.

One thing I realized from this book is how a mother's love can be the purest form of love there is. I realized that no matter how you feel that you are often misunderstood by your mom, she is the person who, of all persons, can understand you no matter what happens.

I also learned about the sacrifi More...

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Mar 14, 2009

Matt rated it:

For One More Day, like all of Mitch Albom's books, attempts to be an exercise in feel-good warm fuzzies. This overly-verbose mortality tale, however, is not particularly inspiring, uplifting, or even interesting.

When the main character tries to commit suicide, he gets to spend the titular "one more day" with his deceased mother. During the visit, he reminisces about his life growing up in a broken home, the mistakes he made, and how we would do it differently if he could. More...

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Jan 25, 2009

Barky rated it:

Charlie “Chick” Benetto’s life has been going downhill since the day his mother died. He lied to her only the day before her death, telling her that he had business to take care of, when really he was going to play baseball in an Old Timer’s game – at the behest of his father. Chick’s downward spiral continues as he takes to the bottle, makes poor investment choices, makes poor choices in general, loses his job, and then loses his wife and family. He hits rock bottom when he learns that his d More...

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