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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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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.5

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dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.5

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

clay’s little comments actually made me uncontrollably sob!!!!

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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challenging dark sad medium-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

2.5

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed this, it’s a fantastic and really interesting topic, but I think having seen and really enjoyed the tv show the book fell short as it didn’t go into anywhere near the depth that the show did. Even just the first season allows you to see the repercussions of other characters as Clay reacts to their tapes. The aftermath of the tapes as he is going through them over a slower period of time, along with the other drama being interwoven from the other characters just gave it so much more depth as to how the tapes affected the other characters as well. Still, I enjoyed it and it was written quick and easy to read, allowing it to be finished in one day.

I really like the way Clay and Hannah’s words were interwoven, rather than separate chapters. I read it in a few hours and whilst I think each chapter had just the right amount of information/length, I would’ve have liked some of the characters to be delved in to a bit more. It was a very dark topic but written in a lovely way that didn’t put you in too dark of a hole of emotions. I think it could’ve been written a bit more poetically but I guess that’s part of hearing from the voice of two teenagers. A really uniquely interesting way to write about a taboo and dark topic that hasn’t been done that way before, in a reflective and yet anticipatory way.

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