I thought the book was wonderful...the title doesn't matter...the length of the book doesn't matter...It is what you leave with after finishing the book that matters...and I laughed, smiled and cried with this book...I don't think religion is an issue here and I do not think that it is compared to or is written from a person trying to push his views on others. Its a feel good book and the character does not go through everything to be good enough for heaven, he goes through everything so he can see the truth in every major event in his life and seek closure from it, so he can realize that sometimes not knowing the whole truth of an event can make us feel anger, hurt, loss, and hate because it is what made sense at the time and he learned and grew as a person knowing the full account of each event. That is the most important message i got from the book.