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Thirteen Reasons why by Jay Asher

51 reviews

rody's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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courtney_g's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I read this book back when it first came out around 2007. At the time I was a freshman in hs myself and the text was somewhat relateable. Now as an adult after watching the series, I wanted to reread the book as it has always been one of my favorites. Reading it as an adult after more than ten years and many more experiences as a teen and an adult was a bit more challenging on the psyche. This is a very heartfelt story but not one for those who don’t enjoy a tear-jerker.

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avishajain's review against another edition

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informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

(3.5 stars)

It was not as.. depressing (?) as I was expecting it to be (according to what I'd heard), and although I understand that Hannah going through what she went through, one would take their own life, but me, as a reader, was not able to connect to it fully. It's like.. I wasn't feeling what Hannah would have been feeling or what clay was feeling and his reactions felt.. I just didn't FEEL what he was feeling, if it makes sense? I saw their reactions and they logically made sense, but I didn't feel the same. Obviously I'm not saying that it wasn't tragic for them, but what I'm saying is that I, as a reader, didn't feel the same things clay/Hannah did.
Regardless, this was a book with a really good and important message, and was written very well. It was a very strong and needed reminder of just how much our tiny little actions affect someone and how we should just.. be more considerate and nice and just a good person in general. Good book, would recommend, but don't go in expecting to come out depressed (which we sometimes go into a book wanting to feel so strongly, which this book, imo, won't make you feel anything too strong). Still recommend it, though.

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itsanagnorisis's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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moony__3's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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d_gurl_trinity's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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dariana12's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I honestly really liked this book. I watched the show a couple of years ago so reading the book kinda felt nostalgic to me in a sense. I really like the main character, Clay, and I also really liked Tony. Tony is such a genuinely nice guy and was always nice to Hannah and was there for Clay when he needed him the most. The only thing that I didn’t like about the book was that, it isn’t right or healthy for Hannah to be blaming other teenagers and teaches for her suicide. People in high school will always be cruel but not even suicide will make those bad people realize they were in the wrong. Marcus tried to force himself on Hannah, and after hearing the tapes he still acted like a jack ass and didn’t think twice about Hannah or the tapes. I still really liked the book and found it impressing that we got to see a full picture of many characters, including Alex Standall, Jessica Davis, Justin Folley, Tyler and more, without actually meeting any of them and just hearing about them through the tapes.

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