My Secret: A PostSecret Book (Postsecret) by Frank Warren Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of My Secret: A PostSecret Book (Postsecret)
Book Review: I LOVE THIS BOOK!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is such a good book. It made me and my bestfriend talk about things that we havent talked about before. 1 bad thing about this book was when i bought it i didnt buy it off of amazon so i kind of got ripped off and i paid $20 dollars. So I LOVE THis Book And i recommnedd it to everyonee and i oderedd the 1st postscret book soo i am waitin for that 1 to come in.Book Review: short and familiar
Summary: 4 Stars
My Secret is Frank Warren's second collection of PostSecret postcards. To give a quick overview of what this is all about - PostSecret is described as a "community art project" where strangers mail Warren a postcard with a very personal secret which they have never shared with anyone before. The Postcard is typically decorated with some sort of artwork that describes the secret being sent. Every Sunday Warren posts them on his PostSecret blog, but he has also published three collections of the postcards. My Secret: A PostSecret Book is the second of the three collections.
What is first notable about My Secret is that it is quite a bit smaller than PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives. Without measuring or weighing the book, I would suggest that My Secret is approximately half the size. What this means is that there is far less content for your dollar.
The second thing to point out is that some of these postcards may have been recycled from the first volume. I have not confirmed this by comparing the two books side by side, but some of the postcards were suspiciously familiar. If some of them were not reused, they are very similar to the postcards of volume one with mostly the same content.
This may come across as a knock on My Secret, and in a sense it is, but if we look at My Secret as an individual volume standing alone, the second complaint falls away. My Secret is a collection of some funny and heartbreaking secrets that anyone may have sent in. Considering the volume of postcards Warren has received, any of our neighbors may have a postcard on the website or in a book at any given time. This is what is special about the PostSecret project and in turn about each of the collections. Reading these collections tells the reader that he or she is not alone, that other people have felt this way and that the painful experience is not unique and this can be a way to heal. Reading these collections shows us that we all have something extraordinary about us that our friends and family may never guess. While it is the painful ones which may be most remarkable, there are also funny and happy and silly secrets.
It is ultimately impossible to separate My Secret from the other collections and from the PostSecret project as a whole, so I will close by saying this: My Secret is not as strong of a collection as the first volume. It is smaller and somewhat weaker. But, with that said, it is still worth the half hour or and hour which it will take to go through all of the secrets and get a glimpse into the lives of others, and in turn into ourselves.
-Joe Sherry
Book Review: Still love the idea...but didn't really love this book.
Summary: 3 Stars
I agree with previous reviews that Frank Warren should have held back on My Secret for just a little bit longer. I liked the cover and of course I will always love the idea of more PostSecret books; however, this one was nowhere near as good as the first PostSecret book.Book Review: Great book!
Summary: 4 Stars
I love Frank Warren's books! They are very inspirational. The original was better in my opinion (PostSecret), but this one is still amazing.Book Review: Just really interesting
Summary: 5 Stars
Reading this book makes one feels good about oneself.It's a good book.You should have in on your shelf and read when you feel blue