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Thirteen Reasons Why

By Jay Asher

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| Hardcover | 9781595141712

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Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier.

On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasonsContinue

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Thirteen Reasons Why was highly recommended by the owner of our local independent book store. My initial reaction was that a book elucidating the retrospective reflections of a teen named Hannah Baker who committed suicide was nothing more than anoth ... (read full critics)

blogcritics published on Sat, 12 Nov 2011

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

High-school student Clay Jensen returns home one day to find a package waiting for him. Inside nestle seven cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, a classmate who committed suicide a fortnight earlier. Hannah's instructions are clear: Clay is to l ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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One of the best books I have ever read

Before I started reading this book, I happened to be thinking about...killing myself. (Not because of the book)
I started reading this book, and came to realize that an event in your life can change everything. I started thinking about who would be forever changed if I was gone and how that would e ... (continue)

Before I started reading this book, I happened to be thinking about...killing myself. (Not because of the book)
I started reading this book, and came to realize that an event in your life can change everything. I started thinking about who would be forever changed if I was gone and how that would effect them.
This book changed my life and has opened my mind for what life can truly be.
I hope this book can do the same for someone else as well.
13 Reasons Why is now my favorite book. :)

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Randomnessneeded said on May 13, 2010 | Add your feedback

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worth it

i enjoyed this book very much, it left me emotional a few times; however, i finished it expecting more

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bu3asalli said on Mar 30, 2010 | Add your feedback

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Excellent book. Very unique look at suicide and its causes, effects, and repercussions. Don't pass it by because you think you'd get depressed. You'd seriously be missing out.</p><p>Even better the second time around. Ought to be required reading in High School.

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Jaemi K said on Sep 25, 2007 | 1 feedback

中譯《漢娜的遺言》

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Noami said on Jan 5, 2012 | Add your feedback

10 reasons why a great idea was spoiled

- who is Clay, apart from the main character and the good guy?
- who is Hannah, afterall?
- ARE THEIR PARENTS HUMAN?
- i actually thought about rating the book 4 stars... then I read that, by the time he wrote the story, J.Asher had already turned 30. a teenage story by a non-teenage author
- the la ... (continue)

- who is Clay, apart from the main character and the good guy?
- who is Hannah, afterall?
- ARE THEIR PARENTS HUMAN?
- i actually thought about rating the book 4 stars... then I read that, by the time he wrote the story, J.Asher had already turned 30. a teenage story by a non-teenage author
- the last two pages are the dullest ending it could have possibly been thought about (alright, that's just my own perspective)
- the fact of the matter is NOT if Hanna's 13 reasons are enough to explain her suicide, but what about the rest? where is depression/mental illness/anything that must have pushed her further close to death? it seems the author didn't really care about going into depth in the topic
- there are some cracks in the story, in the sense that everything just fits too perfectly (what's said in the tapes with Clay's thoughts and actions with the places he's at)
- the narrative technique is interesting yet sometimes confusing and repetitive
- Hanna sounds like a robot or a narrator rather than a girl who's recording her last words and sometimes I found it hard to feel real mercy for her
- (most of all) throughout the whole book you wait for something to shock you, something really terrible and unpredicted. well, nothing really happens
anyway, 3 stars and a half for the "snowball effect"

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smashingmoky said on Dec 1, 2011 | Add your feedback

I really enjoyed the book. While I was reading, I wanted to know more about Hannah and Clay; more about the characters, the reasons, and I've found myself expecting the next tape.
But I haven't sympathized with her, and that's my main - and only - problem with the book. I haven't seen Hannah's evo ... (continue)

I really enjoyed the book. While I was reading, I wanted to know more about Hannah and Clay; more about the characters, the reasons, and I've found myself expecting the next tape.
But I haven't sympathized with her, and that's my main - and only - problem with the book. I haven't seen Hannah's evolution (the change between the Hannah who was suffering and the one who was thinking about the suicide), and I found that sometimes she was really victimistic. Instead of waking up, fight, she gave up, and it was so hard to read her the last part of the book. That doesn't mean that she is a bad character - but you have to sympathize, undestand her.
The book leaves us thinking that our actions may seem really little, but they may have a big consecuences in other people.

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Elion said on Dec 18, 2010 | Add your feedback