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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
3.5 stars. Part art book, part poetry. People from around the world sent in their secrets on a postcard. Fascinating.
Some light reading. Slightly disappointed that the previous library patron didn't leave a secret in it for me. Will have to leave a secret for the next person, though. :)
I picked this up for $1.50 at one of the local thrift stores. It's exactly what it appears to be: a collection of postcards sent to the author that reveal "secrets" from people's lives. Most of the postcards are a mix of pictures and words, others are simply text. It's an interesting read, and there are some that could probably be used as the basis for short stories, novels, or creative writing assignments, but I don't think it's a book that I'll return to with any frequency. Once you've seen the postcards and seen the "secrets," there's not a lot of depth or hidden meaning left to discover.
Well worth reading once, but I'm glad I only paid $1.50 for it.
Well worth reading once, but I'm glad I only paid $1.50 for it.
PostSecret is a compilation of postcards that people anonymously mailed to Frank Warren. He passed out thousands of blank postcards requesting people to write a secret on them that they had never told anyone before. He has received more than 10,000 postcards to date, each unique, each carrying a secret, each a work of art.
You cannot help but be sucked into this book. Some of the secrets are funny, others incredibly sad, and some will simply make you nod as you remember when you felt or went through the same thing. PostSecret can be a book to glance through when you have nothing better to do or it can be a sort of healing book, helping you to come to terms with the things you yourself are hiding inside. I enjoyed this book immensely and believe most young adults would too.
You cannot help but be sucked into this book. Some of the secrets are funny, others incredibly sad, and some will simply make you nod as you remember when you felt or went through the same thing. PostSecret can be a book to glance through when you have nothing better to do or it can be a sort of healing book, helping you to come to terms with the things you yourself are hiding inside. I enjoyed this book immensely and believe most young adults would too.
I like the idea of PostSecret and putting the secrets in a book is a nice way of collecting them all together. I do think the publishers went for quantity over quality though (although I realize these are people's secrets and what kind of qualities would I be looking for anyway? but I did find some of them repetitive)-- I would not necessarily have chosen every single one in here for print.
PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren (2005)
What an interesting concept. I like how this had its genesis pre internet social media (somewhat). I enjoyed the journey of reading these. Glad I bought two.
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