Taken from Goodreads:
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers thirteen cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and crush who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list. Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.
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I liked this book, but I wanted to love it. It lacked serious reason behind the plot.
Hannah Baker commits suicide, and leaves cassette tapes behind for those she felt had added to her reasons for deciding to take her own life.
I never felt an extreme emotional attachment to Hannah. I felt that we needed to 'see' more of her, in order to understand why she did what she did. The entire book is listing her reasons and feelings, but I just feel like they were cold and not portraying a psychological issue as well as they should have.
It's easy relate to the pressure, the rumors, and the negative aspects of her life but it wasn't easy to understand why she decided to ultimately take that final step.
I would have like to have seen more mental illness/suicide awareness in this book.
I did like the fact that we see how our actions can affect someone else. We don't realize what someone may be going through sometimes.
All in all, I enjoyed this read. It didn't quite live up to what I thought it would be, but it was thought provoking nonetheless.
I rated this book 3 out of 5 stars on Goodreads
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