The most interesting part of the book, and perhaps the only interesting parts are the stories and anecdotes of various researches and studies conducted by various social scientists; other than that the book was pretty much lame and did not, in my view, live up to its title - 59 seconds.

The suggestions given by Wiseman take over a minute to read and much more to implement - 5 random acts of kindness, one for each day of the week - is not a 59 seconds endeavor. Moreover, none of the other suggestions and advice are really great either.

Finally, I have to admit, that I am usually a little biased against self-help books and hence, my review here can be skewed.