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Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher

25 reviews

_mariah_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

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themadbloodstone's review against another edition

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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.

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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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yess's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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sarahkinney's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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clockworkstars's review against another edition

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Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

1.0

No for me. Glamorize the suicide, not a good book. And please don't give this one to your suicidal/anxious/... friends. That will make them worst.

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brandyb5050's review

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dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

The book had a good message in that your actions have consequences that can deeply affect a person. However, the idea of blaming everyone for your decision to take your life is a bad message to spread. I did enjoy the book right up until the ending. I hated the ending. Highly disappointed. It actually keeps me from recommending it!

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ahopper7's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book has actually been on my TBR shelf in my bookcase since it originally came out and as part of my goal to read through my TBR I actually decided to listen to the audiobook instead so I’m way late to the game. I do think the storytelling is an interesting angle, and since I listened to this, the story via audio tapes really came through. I also appreciate the theme of ‘the things you do and say to people matter, so how about everyone learn to be a little kinder, pay a little more attention’ lesson. I see a lot of complaints about this book for the “blaming” that Hannah is doing with her 13 reasons list, but from my perspective, I think those people are missing the mark in their judgment. As someone who attempted suicide when I was a teenage girl, I don’t see the audiotapes as blaming. I think it’s clear Hannah started out angry at everyone and everything that was snowballing, but towards the end I think you can hear/see the sadness and realization of self-blame. And she just couldn’t take it anymore, which is a sad reality of so many people. I also think people trying to say that most of her reasons were too trivial must forget what’s it was like to be a teen (hello, it’s all ‘the world is out to get me’ anyway) and also remember the audiotapes drop hints that this isn’t the whole story, which I also think is a point of the book - we all have our own shit going on at all the different parts of our lives (work, school, family, friends) and we only see a limited view of those parts for the people we have relationships with.

However, I do believe the author was a little clumsy in his set up and follow through of the suicide theme, and I think the vehicle in which the reader hears Hannah story through Clay was annoying.

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Clay was an empty character really, and I get that he was there so we could hear the tapes after Hannah’s death, but the whole making him a tape but he really didn’t do anything felt off for me. I think it could have been more meaningful coming from another character, either someone who genuinely did something shitty, or if a forgivable/didn’t do anything wrong character was really necessary, Tony would have been the better option IMO.

Overall, I did at least connect with the story of how our actions affect others, and I think listening to the book is probably better than physically reading. Also - that teacher should have been fired.

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rae44's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book but there were some parts that I wasn’t a huge fan of such as some of Clay’s reactions and some of the things he said/thought throughout the story.

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anna_a's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

-read it in latvian-
I liked the book very much. Before reading the book I actually saw the first 3 seasons of the show. And there were definitely some differences. The book was much more fast paced then the show. And the 1 season is the most accurate to the book.

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maybeiamnotchurchyenough's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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