# Best book review EVER? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-book-review-ever/480898 "2009-01-12T10:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-book-review-ever/480898/1 "2009-01-12T10:37:21Z")
A friend directed me to [this](http://www.amazon.com/review/R2X2TB3S4O5I60/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm) (which I’m sure has, by now, already made the internet rounds). Choice excerpt: “Needless to say, I was deeply shocked that my life had sunk to this level. Although I’ve never been homophobic I was discovering that I was very rape phobic and dismayed by my overall personal street value of roughly $15. I returned to my cell and sat very quietly, searching myself for answers on how I could improve my life and distance myself from harmful outside influences. At that point, in what I consider to be a miraculous moment, my cell mate Jim Norton informed me that he knew about the Marcus situation and that he had something that could solve my problems. He handed me a copy of “The Secret”. Normally I wouldn’t have turned to a self help book to resolve such a severe and immediate threat but I literally didn’t have any other available alternatives. I immediately opened the book and began to read.” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-book-review-ever/480898/2 "2009-01-12T10:46:41Z")
[Third](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=501190) time [lucky](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=501314).