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Review: Thirteen Reasons Why

Author - Jay Asher
Genre - Young-Adult
No. of Pages - 288
Year of Publication - 2007
Rating - ❤️❤️❤️❤️
"Everything affects everything." This one is my favorite quote from this book. Despite being simple it conveys a deep meaning, the agonizing truth of life. This book brings into light the darker side of high school which includes bullying, comparisons, breaking of trust and friendships. I had read somewhere that the high school students these days suffer from the same amount of anxiety as the patients in mental asylums did in the 1950s, I always wondered if it's actually true and after reading this book I am sure it is.

Clay finds a strange package on his doorstep with his name written on it. What he finds on opening the package are several cassettes recorded by Hannah Baker, one of his schoolmates and his first love. Hannah had committed suicide two weeks before Clay finds the package and it is rather strange.

The cassettes describe thirteen reasons because of which Hannah committed suicide, precisely thirteen people. What Clay discovers on listening the cassettes through the night is the harsh reality he wishes he could change. And so his life is changed forever, for better.

The thing that I liked the most about this book is that it was quite a page-turner. I read it in just two days. The thing that I disliked is that Clay was nowhere directly connected to the suicide of Hannah but he had to go through the agony and strain of listening the cassettes. 

And also at times, I found the reasons told by Hannah a bit childish. In some parts she just looked like a whining kid who doesn't consider herself, anywhere responsible for her life and its happenings. I had mixed feelings while reading this book. At times it was quite witty and interesting but in some parts it didn't please me much. I would suggest that it is surely a one-time read.

Review by Bhumika Singh (Blog Author)




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