Thirteen Reasons Why
by Jay Asher
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Author: Jay AsherEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-10-18
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Razorbill
Book Reviews of Thirteen Reasons Why
Book Review: Thirteen Reason Why People Die Tragically
Summary: 5 Stars
I subscribe to Audible, and I had two credits to use. "Thirteen Reasons Why" was one of the books that I chose. I've had it in my queue for awhile, but I knew it was time to listen/read it after reading the book description from Amazon.
It made me think that when someone dies tragically (even if it isn't suicide) or is severely depressed, and it isn't due to a nature or murder, there are things that lead up to it getting worse and worse. People's actions (or inaction) causes that person to fall into a hole so deep that any attempt to try to dig themselves out is of no avail. Even when they feel they have made even the tiniest success in getting better, someone or something comes to push them right back down. They can't even face themselves in the mirror because all they see looking back at them is a broken reflection staring right back at them.
This is a book that should be read in middle schools and high schools around the world. There are so many times that people see someone who is suffering, and don't do anything about it. Be it cause they are afraid about what others will think, or because of their own selfishness, they allow that person to slip away. Maybe if people learn early enough, people can be saved from themselves.
It's exactly what happened to my sister. She didn't commit suicide like Hannah, but every day, someone was there to make her world crumble even more around her. After coming back from war, where she saw things that no human should ever have to see, and she was denied the right to be with her family, she had to go back to a place where all she found was people who were trying to sabotage her out of jealousy, guys trying to constantly take advantage of her, and so-called friends who abandoned her at the first sight of trouble. I hope that those people wake up every day, and feel the guilt and pain that they caused my sister. I really do.
She didn't have her family with her to help and protect her. Yes, we tried. Talking to her every day via chat, webcam, phone, but it wasn't the same as us being there to fend off these vicious people who hide behind their masks. Yes, masks! All she wanted was for someone to help her, and all they did was attack. It seems like things in the book just don't happen in school. People continue this behavior even years later. In the military, it seems to run rampant.
After reading this book, and constantly feeling like my heart was going to rip at any moment, I realize that I have to do what I plan. I do not want someone else suffering the way Hannah, my sister, and so many others have.
It's definitely a book that everyone should read, even if only once.
Summary of Thirteen Reasons Why
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 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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