Thirteen Reasons Why

Thirteen Reasons Why is the story of a teenage girl, Hannah Baker, who commits suicide, and then sends out tapes to the people who had a part in her suicide. The book begins with Clay, a guy who'd always liked Hannah but was afraid of telling her, who receives a box on his porch one day adressed to him with no return label. Excited at the thought of receiving an annonymous package , he hurries inside to open the box only to discover 7 cassette tapes inside it. Curious, he plays the first tape, hears Hannah voice, and the stories begin. After this day, His life will be changed forever.

In my opinion, this book was well written and very compelling. It was as if you were there listening to the tapes along with him. It was one of those types of books that made you really think after each chapter. Everything that she went through prior to comitting suicide, everything that he was going through listening to these tapes about why she did. It was very addicting, and I couldn't put it down; and when I had to, I couldn't wait to read more! The only downside to this book is that it is very emotional. Now normally, I can't read a book that contains alot of depressing thoughts, but I did fairly well with it. But I will say this one thing: It changed the way I looked at alot of things.

All in all, this book was an amazing book. This was Jay Ashers debut novel, and I congratulate him on his fine writing skills.

Mandy*