By Jay Asher
4/5
“Clay
Jenson returns home to find a strange package with his name on it. Inside hie
discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker – his classmate and
his first love – who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice
explains there are thirteen reasons why she killed herself. Clay is one of
them. If he listens, he’ll find out why. All through the night, Clay keeps
listening – and what he discovers changes his life… Forever.”
I reread this book recently after I heard there would be a
Netflix series coming out in March based on the book. I hadn’t read the book in
well over a year and could barely remember what happened but I thought it best I
pick it back up to refresh my memory before I watched the show.
I really did enjoy this book. I don’t see any obvious flaws
and I found it to be a really quick and easy read. The story is poignant and
gripping and really gets you thinking about how your words and actions can affect
others which is really important. I feel I learnt a lot from reading this book
and I hope others did to.
Clay’s character was really enjoyable – he was sweet, kind
and considerate and I think he was the best character for us to follow through
Hannah’s journey. Hannah’s voice was really unique and it was really
interesting to hear how such little things really affected her life and her
ultimate decision to end it. She was a really wonderful character. We don’t
really meet many other characters, apart from Tony who seemed a little
irrelevant but came to have an integral part to the story and to how Clay coped
with Hannah’s death. The characters we do meet, we are introduced to through
Hannah’s story as she reveals the 13 people who affected her life. We are
introduced to them in a biased way through Hannah’s experience of them but I
feel Asher presents them in a way that we are also free to make our mind up
about them.
This book really is wonderful and I urge everyone to read it.
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