Title: Thirteen Reasons Why
Author: Jay Asher
Pages: 320 pages
Summing it up: Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker - his classmate and crush - who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why. Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah's pain, and learns the truth about himself – a truth he never wanted to face.
Author: Jay Asher
Pages: 320 pages
Summing it up: Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker - his classmate and crush - who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why. Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah's pain, and learns the truth about himself – a truth he never wanted to face.
Reason I Decided to Read it:
It was on a list of ’21 books to read before you’re 21’ so I thought it
would be nice to try. I also really liked the idea of the tapes telling
most of the story.
The Good: When I first heard about this, I thought, ‘this is different’. How many books are about cassettes? The idea was a great one; a girl kills herself and leaves thirteen tapes to people who changed her life for better and for worse.
The Good: When I first heard about this, I thought, ‘this is different’. How many books are about cassettes? The idea was a great one; a girl kills herself and leaves thirteen tapes to people who changed her life for better and for worse.
Clay
is really realistic. He acts just as you would this someone would if
they received suicide tapes. There is a map inside the cover that shows
you all of the places on Clay’s map. When you read Hannah’s thoughts, it
seems like you’re actually listening to the tapes yourself. It is
hauntingly beautiful.
You
learn about what goes on in a teenager’s life; how everything can seem
okay, but really it isn’t. After reading this book, you will think twice
about doing or saying something you might regret.
The Bad: At times I thought Hannah was a bit dramatic. If you look at the things people did to her in retrospect, it sees melodramatic, but by the end of the book when everything is over, you see how the littlest things can change someone’s life – or end it.
The Over-All: This is a great book. Even if you’ve never been to high school, you can imagine what these people went through.
Other: It’s about suicide, so it’s pretty touchy.
Rated: 5/5.
The Bad: At times I thought Hannah was a bit dramatic. If you look at the things people did to her in retrospect, it sees melodramatic, but by the end of the book when everything is over, you see how the littlest things can change someone’s life – or end it.
The Over-All: This is a great book. Even if you’ve never been to high school, you can imagine what these people went through.
Other: It’s about suicide, so it’s pretty touchy.
Rated: 5/5.
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