PostSecret - The Book
August 5th 2006 04:17
Book Cover from http://harpercollins.com
The book doesn't have a main story, theme, or characters: it has many. It doesn't have a plot, it has many stories. It's so engrossing it's almost unputdownable. Maybe it's because I like reading stories portrayed visually. Each handmade postcard is so unique that even the simplest postcard speaks a thousand words to those it touches.
There are many postcards to view. There are the weird ones, the lost, unrequitted love ones, the funny ones, the shocking ones, the evil ones, and the downright heart-wrenching ones. There are even postcards for vegetarians, and 2 pages dedicated to our canine friends.
I think Frank Warren is a genius for thinking up this concept. Secrets are sometimes a burden to carry, as all of us would know. Finding one way to get it off our shoulders anonymously is a blessing, I'm sure. Especially with the deepest, darkest secrets that are shared in almost 3/4 of the book, such as suicide, self-harm, and shocking confessions that only you and maybe a few of your friends would know.
I just hope that this book is for a good purpose ie. sharing postcards that would touch others in the same situation. Getting profit for someone's secrets and confessions is hardly honourable.
The book's been out for quite a while now, I've been told. It costs $58.95 from Borders.
I rate this book:
9.5/10
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