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eta 2: this is also the perfect book to listen to on audiotape. usually i am annoyed with audiobooks, but i enjoyed listening to this one almost as much as reading it, because i was hearing hannah while driving in my car, much the same way clay was. still love this book and it's boldness.
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eta: for everyone that thinks hannah's suicide was unbelievable, or that the reasons were just stupid and petty, take a moment and think about how what happened could have been the impetus for suicide. it's no ...more
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eta: for everyone that thinks hannah's suicide was unbelievable, or that the reasons were just stupid and petty, take a moment and think about how what happened could have been the impetus for suicide. it's no ...more
Dec 02, 2007
Kate McCartney
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it was amazing
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Clay comes home to find a package for him, inside are 7 tapes, He is intrigued even a little excited about the oddness of the package. Until he starts listening to the tapes. The voice on the tapes belongs to Hannah, the girl who has had a huge crush on for a couple of years, the girl who committed suicide a few days ago. She made the tapes before killing herself, they are to be sent to 13 people who she felt played a role in "snowball effect" that lead to her decision. Each person is responsibl ...more
This book really resonated with me. I couldn't put it down and I have a feeling it is a book that will stay with me for years to come. The subject matter is dark and complex, but it is a book that needs to be read. It is full of a sobering truth of how much words and actions can hurt and slowly eat away. Though the book is sad and challenging to read it sparks a discussion and brings a difficult subject to light in an approachable way. At the end it lends hope and shows the potential for growth
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May 15, 2012
Christina, Join Me on Storygraph!
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it was amazing
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I enjoyed this book so much; I couldn't put it down. It's written as a suspense novel but is so much more than you'd expect from that genre. It's heartbreaking, it's awful, and as someone who has been a teenaged girl and who works with teenagers, it made me ache.
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Amazing and heartbreaking. A must read.
NOTE: I listened to this book on audio
I was so disappointed with this! I have heard such good things about it and I loved Jay Asher's more recent book, The Future of Us, but I just did not see what everyone else sees in this one. I really disliked Hannah and thought she overreacted to many of the "13 reason" - you killed yourself because someone used you for a ride to a party? And other parts just didn't add up. I don't know, maybe if I was 14 it would have really spoken to me. ...more
I was so disappointed with this! I have heard such good things about it and I loved Jay Asher's more recent book, The Future of Us, but I just did not see what everyone else sees in this one. I really disliked Hannah and thought she overreacted to many of the "13 reason" - you killed yourself because someone used you for a ride to a party? And other parts just didn't add up. I don't know, maybe if I was 14 it would have really spoken to me. ...more
Hmm. I'm not sure exactly how to rate this book. There are definitely some issues. The prose is pretty bad at times. Hannah can be a very unsympathetic character in a book that's chock full of unsympathetic characters. But it's suspenseful, and a quick read.
Honestly, out of all the characters in the book, I felt the most for Mr. Porter. Poor guy. ...more
Honestly, out of all the characters in the book, I felt the most for Mr. Porter. Poor guy. ...more
This is more of a 3.5.
Held my attention and like the dual narrative voice. I listened to this on audiobook so I would be interested to see how the physical book was formatted.
Pretty upsetting (I guess that is a given whenever a book is about suicide) and triggers for sexual assault (graphic but not detailed descriptions, if that makes sense?).
Held my attention and like the dual narrative voice. I listened to this on audiobook so I would be interested to see how the physical book was formatted.
Pretty upsetting (I guess that is a given whenever a book is about suicide) and triggers for sexual assault (graphic but not detailed descriptions, if that makes sense?).
I liked the premise of this story, the idea of cause and effect. Obviously a sad story but many questions are answered.
Powerful book and interesting writing concept. It was a great audiobook...loved the two voices.
