Book Review: Tuesday’s With Morrie by Mitch Albom
By far the best book I’ve read all year, no question about it. Maybe even the last ten years.
An old guy who’s dying, and a young guy who tries to figure out life, sit down and talk. Every Tuesday, until it’s over. The results is one of life’s greatest lessons. That’s the plot. Now, it might not sound like much – but it’s more than you could ever imagine.
This is a beautiful book. It’s absolutely wonderful. It’s so simple, it does exactly what I described in the paragraph above, nothing more, nothing less, and yet it’s so incredible deep and meaningful, and captivating that I promise it will linger with you for years.
It follows Mitch – yes, the author himself – who after seeing his old professor, Morrie, on TV, dying of ALS, decides to visit him. It’s been years since they met last, but Mitch remember liking his old professor very much, a lot, actually, so he picks up the phone and calls Morrie. Morrie, of course, wants to see Mitch immediately.
What follows is three months of visits in Morrie’s house, always on a Tuesday, where Mitch and Morrie sit and talk about life, love, careers, the past, the future, and everything in between, from life greatest questions, to the most minuscule things, as Morrie slowly withers away and dies in front of Mitch.
In case you didn’t realize based on the fact that the author placed himself in the driver’s seat of this story (because I didn’t until I came to the very end of the book) this is a true tale. This is actually about Mitch Albom, the author, meeting with his old professor, before he died. It’s an incredible book and I highly recommend it to everyone!
It’s an incredible book and I highly recommend it to everyone!
Thing is, I was actually recommended this book by my publisher, Inked In Gray, an Arizona-based indie press who published my psychological thriller At The Gate back in 2022. What drew me to Inked In Gray way back when is that they have a mission to represent people, authors and stories that deal with the imperfect, troublesome, painful side of humanity – which really caught my attention. At The Gate is a horror novel, but this deals with some heavy, depressing themes that fit neatly into Inked In Gray’s vision. Anyway, that book was written, sold and published, and at some point I wrote another book, a book about dying, about taking time to think over one’s life, about trying to understand what it all means, how it all ended up as it did, and whether or not it was all worth it. It’s a very biographical novella, and of course, I had my hopes up as soon as I finished the draft that I could place it with Inked In Gray. I’ll be honest and say I was very excited when it turned out they wanted to publish it.
At some point I wrote another book, a book about dying, about taking time to think over one’s life, about trying to understand what it all means, how it all ended up as it did, and whether or not it was all worth it.
During a meeting with my editor, when we were discussing the title and the cover and what my new book really is about, they told me, “Well, it’s quite like Tuesday’s With Morrie, isn’t it?”
I think I just replied, “What?”
Honestly, I had never heard of this book before. Not even by name, not of Mitch Albom, none of it rang even the tiniest bell. I find that incredibly weird, considering how famous, good, and wide-spread this book is. And yeah, now that I’ve read it, I have to agree with my editor – my upcoming book share a lot of similar themes.
If that makes you interested in picking up my book, I’m very happy to be compared to Mitch Albom, but you’re going have to wait until some time next year. In the mean time, won’t you tell me what you’ve been reading lately? Have you read Tuesday’s With Morrie? Or are you going to, after reading this review? Let me know in the comments!
As always – please consider checking out my books! If you like crime thriller and psychological horror, if At The Gate has spurred your interested and you would love to support an indie author (honestly, it means so much) then please, find all my books below!
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