Reviews with content warning for Suicide attempt - Thirteen Reasons why

This book made me aware of how sharp words and careless actions can crash a soul. Hanna’s death crushed my heart, she wasn’t dramatic, she was just screaming for help.

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moon711's review

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challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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asourceoffiction's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

Sometimes I pick up a book and barely put it down until it's finished. Usually the book disturbs or haunts me in some way, but those are the ones that I can't put down no matter how hard I try. Thirteen Reasons Why was one of those, but it was disturbing in a whole different, far more emotional way.

A book centred on a suicide is always going to be difficult to read, but the structure really heightens that, and Hannah's voice throughout is so devastating that it really was almost impossible for me to stop reading. It's really well written and manages to provide so much insight to characters who we never actually see.

It was interesting, having seen the series first, to discover how much of the book is left open to the reader. We hear Hannah's versions of events but see so few of the wider repurcussions. Nor are we given the chance to explore any of the stories from other perspectives like the series does. But I think Hannah's (and Clay's) story has so much more power because of that, and it'll certainly stay with me for a long time.

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koovecs's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

0.75

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margaritium's review

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dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I did like the simple yet feesible writing of the author, but after coming from watching the show felt a bit dissapointed that the sequence of events from the book was not followed in the show. Although I do understand why it was done that way because it made the descend of shaow and the story more appeasing to the visual audience. All in all a good fast paced book that bought me out of my reading slump.Would reccomend checking the trigger warnings first though. The topics that the book deals with is heavy and reader discreation is advised.

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zamnabatool01's review

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challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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