TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY

Summary:
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several 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.


      This novel was so powerful, and so touching that I have read it multiple times. I will continue to read it over and over again for the rest of my life. The message that Asher gets across is so deep, and so legitimate that the book makes you feel as though you have experience it personally. The process that the main character, Hannah goes through is so horrible. She moves to a new town, and immediately gets categorized. No one gave her the chance to show who she was. Although she came off like none of the problems she experienced bothered her, she for some reason chose to commit suicide.
      The book is inspiring, and personally I feel that it should become part of high schools curriculum. This book sends out a very insightful message to all of those who read it. Bullying is a huge problem in this book, and in Hannah's case, it forces her to end her life.
      I think that if this book were to be read by high school students then they may come to understand the result of bullying. Hannah was bullied from the first day she attend that school, and till the day she committed suicide. Because she left tapes behind to let everyone who influenced her to end her life know what they did, it showed those people how what they thought was a joke, wasn't a joke to Hannah.

      This book really gives the readers the message that everything one person says, may mean something totally different to another person. You may be saying something as a "joke" but the person on the other end of the joke may take offense to it. Who knows, you may be the person who told the joke that took away someone's last bit of hope.

     Thirteen Reasons Why has such a touching impact that I would recommend it to anyone. Asher's writing makes it impossible to put the book down. It always leaving you wondering what will come next. What will that next tape say? Who will be the person on the next tape? Overall it is a must read, and I recommend you go out and read it RIGHT NOW!!!