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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9781595141712
ISBN number: 1595141715
Label: Razorbill
Manufacturer: Razorbill
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: October 18, 2007
Publishing house: Razorbill
Age index: Young Adult
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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 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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At first, I just read the book jacket and was intrigued by the premise: A girl who had commited suicide left behind tapes of the thirteen things that drove her to such a sad end for those who had caused them.
Then, I started reading the novel and could just not put it down. Jay Asher has come up with such and interesting premise and has managed to be a talented enough writer to carry through with it. It was so heartfelt, dramatic, gut-wrenching and just all-around good. What's more, unlike many young adult books, the ending completely blew me away. I enjoyed every minute of it. It was fascinating and just so gosh-darn enthralling.
Seriously. Buy it and read it. You won't regret it.
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I just finished reading this book today. It was one of the best books that i've read in a long time. Clay Jensen is in highschool, he goes home one day and finds a package on his front step with no return address. He opens it to find a shoebox filled with 13 audiotapes. He starts to listen and finds out that they are from a classmate, Hannah Baker, who had committed suicide a couple weeks earlier. As he listens he finds out that she made a list of people and situations that she went through that led her to her suicide. As Clay listens he follows a map around the city that he found in his locker from hannah. He stays out all night long listening to the tapes. Wondering why he was on them. He later finds out. But you have to read the book to understand how good of a book it was. It was an amazing book. I hope that you like it as much as i did.
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i was very disappointed reading this book. i read all the other reviews and i had very high expectations. this book sounded very promising and had a great story behind it, but the actual story was terrible.
the story is about a girl who sends 13 tapes to 13 people who caused her to commit suicide.
i thought the idea was great, but when i read why she commited suicide i was very disappointed. i kept thinking something terrible was about to happen but nothing ever bad did happen, that would cause a person to commit suicide. yes, everyone has tough times but her problems werent so bad that i would agree with her commiting suicide. i felt that she kept finding reasons to kill herself instead of trying to find friends and looking for help. even when she did try to find help, she gave up right away and blamed everyone around her for not "helping her".
i would not recommend this book to anyone. i read a lot of good books and this is NOT one of them.
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My 3-star review to this book is entirely personal. It is well written, there's an interesting premise here, and all the plot holes are (pretty much) filled. If you want an addictive book that explores teen suicide, I'd say this is a good bet.
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I didn't like this book because of the end, and because I'm a teacher. While I realize that part of Asher's point in showing how Hannah lays blame to everyone but herself isn't accurate, I was infuriated with the way Hannah's last person to blame is the teacher, who's only fault (by her own admission) is that he didn't chase after her when she ran off from him. He was trying to help her and council her, and she didn't open up...and she blames him. As a teacher, this crushed me. If a student of mine asks for help, and I try my best to give it to her, and then she blames me for her suicide, I'd be...crushed. More than crushed. When Hannah did this, I just couldn't stand the book any more. I totally realize this is a personal reaction to the scene, and not everyone will react the same way. Furthermore, I realize that Asher's built into the story the idea that Hannah was too blinded by her own desire for suicide to see help that was right in front of her. But the image just crushed me.
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Clay Jensen opens a package to discover several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, a classmate that committed suicide two weeks earlier. The thirteen sides of the tapes describe the snowball effect of rumors and high school life that lead Hannah to kill herself--and one of the sides is addressed to Clay. The interweaving narratives of Hannah's recording and Clay's listening sometimes flows into a confusing muddle, but Thirteen Reasons Why has an ingenious premise which intrigues the reader--and even better, it contains perceptive, intelligent content. This is a captivating and surprisingly sensitive book, and I recommend it.
Asher writes a good book: the premise is ingenious, the characters are realistic, and the narrative is compelling and skillful (if sometimes confusing). Clay doesn't know why Hannah killed herself or why she cites him as one of the causes of her death, so the book's very premise captures the reader and holds him in suspense until the end. (When they finally came, I found the answers to these questions a bit anticlimactic--but I still appreciate the journey to reach them.) Hannah and Clay, as well as the other teenagers that populate the book, are wonderfully realistic--sometimes this traps them in annoying teen behaviors, but it also makes them compelling and sympathetic. Asher interweaves Hannah's tapes with Clay's listening--it can be easy to miss the switch, and going back to reread a few paragraphs breaks up the flow of the book, but on the whole this is a wonderful narrative choice which keeps suspense high and explores the two characters and their relationship in great depth.
Asher writes well, but perhaps even better than his writing is his content. Difficult subjects are old fair in young adult novels, but it is rare to see them handled so well as they are here. Asher does not include taboo subject on a whim or for shock value alone; rather, he is aware of their impact and treats them with respect. Rumors about promiscuity begin the snowball effect that leads to Hannah's suicide, and it is at once refreshing and terrifying to see the impact of sexual activity, social norms, and high school politics on these teens. But Hannah's thirteen reasons do not excuse her from responsibility for her death, and the impact of her suicide lingers in Clay and in the community. The book's message is that actions have consequences--and we all have some control over those consequences. It's a hopeful message but it's terrifying too, and Asher delivers it with aplomb.
For whatever reason, Thirteen Reasons Why didn't blow me away, but I greatly enjoyed it nonetheless. Perhaps the teen voice was too accurate; certainly the constant switches in narration slowed down my reading. I also believe that the secrets--Hannah's final reasons and her connection to Clay--quite live up to all the suspense that proceeds them; I'd like to see more of an adult influence on the characters, and the ending is abrupt. But these quibbles are just that: though imperfections, they don't detract from the book as whole. This is a wonderful debut novel: strongly written, captivating, and intelligent, with unusually perceptive content. It captured and impressed me, and I'm glad to have read it. I highly recommend it--to readers of all ages, although I think it will mean most to high schoolers.
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