This is a novel about 83 year old man named Eddie, the head of maintenance at Ruby Point Amusement Park. The story begins at the ends where the chapter started just hours before Eddie upcoming death. When death came unexpectedly, Eddie finds himself in an older version of the amusement park, except it was empty and he couldn’t talk. There he meets his “First Person”, The Blue Man, where he tells him the story of his own death and his connection to Eddie. Then, he meets his, Captain from the war he was in as his “Second Person”, Ruby the person whose was the reason why the park was name for as his “Third”, his dead wife as his “fourth” and then there’s the little girl as his final one. At each encounter, the author recounts the events that happened in Eddie’s birthdays, his ups and downs. The author managed to weave the point out that everyone are connected and affects everybody else.

The book is an easy read. I found myself striding through the pages as I read through, drawn in the paragraphs. The plots are pretty simple but insightful. The characters are written in such as way that you feel like you are interacting with them. In the end the story did strikes me as a memorable read and I would recommends it to anybody.

I first listened to the ebook and as I always do imagined what each character must look like. When I found the DVD in a store I thought it would be interesting to see the actual characters.

Funny how we imagine our favorites one way and they look nothing like what we thought. Sometimes it’s disapointing and others it’s a delight.

Of course, due to time restraints movies are never as good as the original book but in this case I would recommend both.

Enjoy!