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Thirteen Reasons why by Jay Asher

7 reviews

alexmall029's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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shelbydong's review

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I watched the show before the book. I will say the show represented the book pretty well. I listened to the book on audio which was two different voices for Hannah and Clay which was nice. Obviously a heartbreaking story but a good read.

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themadbloodstone's review

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Loveable characters? No

1.25

While this book can be entertaining for a YA novel, it is not a good representation of mental health. Suicide is not a form of revenge and should not be represented as such. Hannah is a child, yes, but putting her suicide on other children’s shoulders and manipulating their emotions is not depression, it’s cruelty.

Also, her exposing a girl’s sexual assault and hyping up the blame-game on an innocent boy just to go “Oh, yeah, you don’t belong on my suicide tapes but I still sort of blame you for not saving me even though I turned you away and did not express my feelings” is fucked up.

Would I reread this again? I don’t know. Most likely not, but Thirteen Reasons Why did have quite the chokehold in middle school and high school. Maybe I will revisit it in 5 years. The book does create good discussion. I’ll give it that.

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