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The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes
Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone
3.46 AVERAGE
49 reviews for:
The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes
Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone
3.46 AVERAGE
5 stars for the guys this book is about, I just found the narrative structure clunky and jumpy??
Damn. I love reading true stories like this, because it really shows how normal people can become superheroes in crazy situations.
3 friends who had not been together since school, suddenly decide on a trip round Europe. Most of the people they encounter tell them to skip Paris. They were so close to staying in Amsterdam, but something made them leave , on the 15:17 train to Paris.
They undoubtedly saved many lives,and saved Paris from "their own 9/11".
3 friends who had not been together since school, suddenly decide on a trip round Europe. Most of the people they encounter tell them to skip Paris. They were so close to staying in Amsterdam, but something made them leave , on the 15:17 train to Paris.
They undoubtedly saved many lives,and saved Paris from "their own 9/11".
Review for book club : Mainly about their lives beforehand, growing up and afterwards. Not much about the incident. Very much "God's path", their destiny & used all their luck up during incident. Very disjointed in writing style (was this because incident was very much like this?)
This was an interesting book. I didn't realise these events took place while I was exploring Europe for the first time myself. I was likely in some of the same places as these guys while I was in Rome or Venice. I had just finished my first of two visits to London when this happened, but I didn't hear about it because I was on a plane to Norway. I didn't hear about it until I started seeing movie posters around and found out later the movie was based on a true story. I enjoyed it and plowed through it quickly.
***Goodreads Giveaway Win in exchange for an honest review***
I was kind of going into this book with an open mind. I had honestly never heard the story of the three heroes who saved 700 people on a train in Europe.
The book follows Alek, Spencer and Anthony as they reunite in Europe for the trip of a lifetime...three friends that grew up in a small Oregon town. The neighborhood militia of sorts...always in fake war with other kids in the community. The boys love history and they will unknowingly and against all advice from people they meet on the trip, become part of history.
I was kind of going into this book with an open mind. I had honestly never heard the story of the three heroes who saved 700 people on a train in Europe.
The book follows Alek, Spencer and Anthony as they reunite in Europe for the trip of a lifetime...three friends that grew up in a small Oregon town. The neighborhood militia of sorts...always in fake war with other kids in the community. The boys love history and they will unknowingly and against all advice from people they meet on the trip, become part of history.
** As a bookseller I received a free copy of the audio from Libro.fm**
I enjoyed the true story, the way all three boys told their stories, how they ended up on that train, and how they dealt with the aftermath and sudden fame after helping to stop a terror attack.
The writing at times was clunky, with several scenes repeated multiple times with such few changes that I worried more than once that I had accidentally started the audiobook back at a previous chapter.
I thought the story was very honest- you see the young men with all their strengths and faults, they aren't airbrushed out of the total picture. At the end of the book, it's mentioned that the boys were three friend, but they were also three individuals. They reunited on that European train, but the way it happened was almost by chance (or is it fate?), and afterwards they kept on with their 3 different life paths. Alek when to tv fame, Spencer went to be the poster boy for the Air Force, and Anthony went back to school. They each had their moment to shine- in preventing the attack, saving lives, and later as international heroes.
Right now our nation seems so torn and at odds with itself. Listening to this story, it reminded me of how we can come together in times of crisis, how kind and good we can be, how bravery isn't really about a feeling, but an action. People like Anthony, Alek and Spencer, just three normal guys, give me hope that our world won't always be so broken.
I enjoyed the true story, the way all three boys told their stories, how they ended up on that train, and how they dealt with the aftermath and sudden fame after helping to stop a terror attack.
The writing at times was clunky, with several scenes repeated multiple times with such few changes that I worried more than once that I had accidentally started the audiobook back at a previous chapter.
I thought the story was very honest- you see the young men with all their strengths and faults, they aren't airbrushed out of the total picture. At the end of the book, it's mentioned that the boys were three friend, but they were also three individuals. They reunited on that European train, but the way it happened was almost by chance (or is it fate?), and afterwards they kept on with their 3 different life paths. Alek when to tv fame, Spencer went to be the poster boy for the Air Force, and Anthony went back to school. They each had their moment to shine- in preventing the attack, saving lives, and later as international heroes.
Right now our nation seems so torn and at odds with itself. Listening to this story, it reminded me of how we can come together in times of crisis, how kind and good we can be, how bravery isn't really about a feeling, but an action. People like Anthony, Alek and Spencer, just three normal guys, give me hope that our world won't always be so broken.
I'm giving this book four stars because I did really genuinely enjoy it while I was reading it and I think the story is really cool and really amazing, and being able to read it from their perspectives and hear about their experiences after it happened is really, really cool too
medium-paced
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Another book from a box of stories, this one from my third box which was a mixed genre surprise box. It was a non fiction book about the lives of three men who thwarted a terrorist attack on a train to Paris. It was interesting and because I have an interest in the military, it did grab my attention as each of the guys has served at some point in their lives. A box of stories has so far introduced me to books I wouldn’t necessarily normally pick up, and so far I have enjoyed reading all the ones I’ve picked up to date, including this one despite the topic of terrorism.