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Fifteen Seconds of Brave: The wisdom of survivors by Melissa Doyle

kiwichill's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Extremely inspirational for anyone going through struggles.  

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ellanicholas's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.5

jamiethomasss's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

msjacquip's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

15 seconds of brave tells the stories of 8 people/families who have overcome a challenge or tragedy in their lives. Each chapter gives the background of what occurred and how they got through it.

The real issue I have is that a couple of the stories, in my opinion, didn’t actually tell the story of a survivor. For example, one chapter follows the partner of a soldier who lost his legs after stepping on an IED while on active duty in Afghanistan. The “true” survivor, in my opinion, is the soldier. I’m not saying that being his partner is without challenges but I feel the use of the word “survivor” trivialises it’s meaning in those circumstances.

It’s a good book to help one count their blessings but definitely not a favourite of mine.

katei81_40's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

calamitess's review

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The Aussie accent gets weird when you listen at 2 x speed
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