A friend recommended this to me, and I am glad she did. I really enjoyed it. It is an extremely conversational book. Albom's style is straightforward, and his often soul-baring honesty is shocking - I think this is something he learned from Morrie. :-) Anyway, I liked how it didn't come across as too didactic, though it did occasionally slip up. Albom is just explaining what his friend, mentor, and old professor Morrie Schwartz said and believed - he doesn't make the reader feel pressured into "learning" something - though most readers probably will learn something anyway. Highly recommend. It's a quick read.