Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers thirteen cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and crush who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why sh...
“Looking back, I stopped writing in my notebook when I stopped wanting to know myself anymore…If you hear a song that makes you cry and you don’t want to cry anymore, you don’t listen to that song anymore.But you can’t get away from yourself. You can’t decide not to see yourself anymore. You can’t d...
Nobody wants to talk about suicide. But Hannah Baker does. She simply wanted someone to listen. To her story, her life, her problems.No one did.The stigma attached to suicide keeps it from being talked about. That is why only a handful know pathophysiology of a suicide. and yes, it includes those wh...
After she recommended The Fault in Our Stars, my faith in my sister's recommendation was restored. She insisted I read this book next. I'll admit I was a bit skeptical until I saw that it was required reading for a writing class at my university. In all honesty, I can see why it was required reading...
You can tell how powerful a novel is when you decide to revisit it. Especially when it deals with such a terrible subject--but a subject that deserves to be explored and understood. It must've been two years ago or so when I experienced the tragic suicide of Hannah Baker. And her story isn't any eas...
With those glorious reviews and high ratings from the readers. I thought this was going to be a blast but it turned out not. And I always have this soft spot when it comes to death/suicide. But what I got was disapointment. The thirteen reasons why Hannah Barker committed suicide were merely childi...
It's hard to explain how much I hate this book. Hate isn't even a strong enough word for how I feel about this book. Reading it made me sick and angry, and I wouldn't have finished it if I didn't need to read it for school.This novel is about a psychopath, Hannah, who kills herself and blames thirte...
I originally read Thirteen Reasons Why when it was first released and it has stuck with me ever since. For reasons (pun unintended) unknown, I no longer have my copy so when I spotted a cheap copy in a charity shop I grabbed it immediately and finished it the same day. Hannah is a very damaged, frag...
The back and forth between the tapes and Clay's voice made this one difficult for me to connect with. It was a little jarring. I liked the idea of the book and what the author tries to communicate, it just wasn't really for me. I think it will resonate more with teenagers, because the vibe was a lit...
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