The synopsis for Craiglist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers says, "For fans of Humans of New York and PostSecret..." I have not read Humans of New York (it is on my "to read" list now), but I have read most of the PostSecret books and I use to frequent the website during college to kill time between classes. I would agree that Craiglist Confessional would be good for fans of PostSecret except that at least PostSecret breaks up all the heavy, depressing stories with an occasional shot of humor. Not so in Craigslist Confessional. When you think the stories cannot get any more depressing you read the next one. I am a huge advocate of treating everyone with kindness because you never know what they are going through at home and this book really brings that home in a big way.

Here is how I would recommend reading Craigslist Confessional. I would have a second book that is humor based close at hand.

Craigslist Confessional is divided into five sections: Love, Regret, Loss, Identity, and Family. Each section have eight to ten confessionals that only take a few minutes to read. I think most on my Kindle said five minutes in length with the longest being about eleven minutes.

I read this book from cover to cover and was able to finish it in a couple of days. I don't recommend this at all. If I was to read it again, or if a Craigslist Confessional 2 was released, I would read one section and when I was finished I would read a couple of chapters from my humor based book just to lighten the mood.