Wreck This Journal: To Create is to Destroy, Now With Even More Ways to Wreck!

Very fun book to have, can be gifted to people of any age, i believe, assuming they are open to artsy stuff. It has fun prompts that make it easy to go through a boring day.

good for creatives in a slump , loads of childlike little things to do its a good gift for artsy teens and your eccentric uncle

Absolutely loved using this. Might not be suitable for folks who aren't okay with the discomfort of messiness. Gifted this to all my friends!

A great book for ALL Ages. Loads of fun to do and let's u explore the creative and messy side of u. A good twist on the traditional journal and a great book to look back to

If you're someone who's in need of something that might add up to your journaling with a bit of fun, nothing else could be better. You could both write whatever you personally wanna get off of your chest, but in a creative way. Spice up your journaling now!

I am dissatisfied with the way the book was handled. It's pages were folded and torn slightly and the front page had stains. If I am buying a new book I expect it to be in mint condition. The book itself is great. We are taught to keep our books properly and doodling and tearing pages of books is seen badly so to be able to absolutely wreck this book in so many different ways is something new and fun. So in conclusion, buy this book but from somewhere else.

A book that tells you how to destroy it. Like seriously, who thought we'd see one of these! So basically, this book is an interactive self-instruction manual on how to properly destroy this book.Every page has task that will eventually lead to its annihilation. Don't worry, the tasks are not very violent. Simple things like poking holes through the page, ripping pages, painting with coffee etc. This book guarantees hours of fun, no matter what your age. And can act as a anger/stress management tool. Buy it only if your conscience allows you to wreck a book, though.

Purchased to gift it to my friends, they loved it, the quality was good as well

I purchased this book along with Mess by Keri Smith on recommendation from a friend who had several of her books. I have been struggling for some time with obsessive compulsive disorder, but in the sense of organization and perfection. I have accepted its a bit of a problem and would like to feel more comfortable about life's imperfections. My friend is a psychology student and suggested it as a way to intentionally force myself to create something that really isn't perfect. I had a good look through the book, cringing a bit at some of the things It was asking me to do. (cut through the book, stick gum or glue in it, draw lines and smear them etc etc). You dont have do to the book in any particular order, but I started on the first page, which was putting your name in it. It asks you to write your name in white, illegibly, in tiny letters, backwards, faintly and in large letters, which I did. After several random pages (feeling well good about myself how neat it still was) I showed it to my friend, who turned it to a page directing that I allow someone to do something destructive to the book (and not look). When I opened my eyes, my friend had dunked the side of the book in black coffee!!! Needless to say, I was not impressed. After some discussion about it, I started to look at it differently. If I could obsessively destroy the book as instructed, I could learn to love something for its imperfections. One thing my friend suggested to me is keeping it for my son for when hes older, as there are little things I have collected in it, my thoughts and even unfinished, I feel is an accurate depiction of my personality, rather than little quirks I have of wanting to be neat and tidy, which is something my son sees everyday. It is something I have let me see and see me do, so that he knows that I am working to be less obsessive about cleanliness and a bit more spontaneous. Ive allowed him to help me, but have explained to him that we only write in this book! Even if you don'g have some sort of obsession with being neat and tidy, I think the book is quite fun. I reckon it would be great to take on holiday (although depending on where you go and live it could get taken away in customs as you're supposed to put dirt and leaves and flowers and such in it!) The book is now a permanent fixture in my handbag, and rather than doing what is all too common nowadays looking around on a train or bus with people on their phones, I pull out a book, and write in it or draw in it! A few people have asked about it and I have happily spread the good word. My only real comment about the book is that having purchased mess at the same time, I would say that this book is far more about total destruction but Mess focuses on some artistic techniques and I think is a bit more educational (it asks you to reference people, places, things, etc) although some of the pages in Mess are exactly the same as Wreck this Journal. While some would argue looking at this book that they could write this book - I would say well yes, but Keri Smith actually did and it may not have taken a long time to write it or to come up with the concepts, but I think time was taken in working out the best ways to destroy a book inside of it. Originality in today's world is a hard thing to come by. Anybody could do anything realistically if they put their mind to it and worked hard, but sometimes the simpler successes are the harder ones to identify yourself, and Keri Smith got the simple attractiveness of this book just right. I would recommend this book to pretty much anyone. It is particularly fun to do with kids. Its a good laugh and a nice way to occupy time, in comparison to constantly pulling out your phone and messing around with games or the internet. It is a sort of project and takes time, but is definitely an interesting way to spend the time.

Was exactly what my 9 year old granddaughter wanted

Sono passati ormai anni da questa recensione che avevo dimenticato. Che dire, il libro è stato il mio compagno di viaggio per un anno e mezzo, è un libro creativo che da ragazzini apprezzate in un modo, da adulti in un altro. Adatto per persone creative, molto divertente e riflessivo.

La niña está encantada, no pára de jugar y dibujar, pintar, lo veo super didactico, aunque sinceramente tiene algunas cosas absurdas, pero que a los pre-adolescentes les hace gracias, como tirar café encima, comer encima, destrozar, congelar paginas, un largo etc....prefiero esto a que este en el movil todo el dia, además podrás hacer junto a tu hijo o hija , cosa que hoy en dia hace falta un poco de atencion a los hijos...andamos muy ocupados....lo recomiendo sin pensar. En ingles es mejor porque así el joven aprende inglés y se interesará por conocer más palabras. En castellano NO LO RECOMIENDO.

This book was a great idea, kept my daughter and her friends amused for ages. Once done all the tasks though, that was the end of the book. Great amusement idea though.