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Thirteen Reasons Why

Jay Asher

Start date: May 1, 2017

Finish date: May 31, 2017

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Feb 08, 2013 Cathie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013-reads, coffeeandbooks-botm, coffeeandbooks-a-to-z, nbr-challenges, young-adult, fiction, contemporary, usa, ya-contemporary-botm, ya-bookclub-botm

This book was well written. It was a good book. But it is very sad and depressing and I wish I hadn't have read it.

I feel like I was watching a diaster and this book was going to detail that diaster. I felt like a gawker, who can't turn away from a very bad situation that happened. Morbid curiosity takes over and you have to watch to the end, knowing nothing is going to be right. I hate gawkers...and now I have led myself into that category. More than once while reading this I thought, why am I ...more

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Aug 20, 2015 Cat Bryson rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, realistic-fiction, home-library, classroomlibrary

I do not normally enjoy these types of books. I usually don't read sad stories that I know are sad before I start or suicide; however, this was suggested by a student who struggles with depression and I loved it! I think the author did a great job with the writing style and format of the book. It was written like a suspense novel, even though you already knew the worst part. It is a great book and I would recommend it especially to teachers of middle and high school students. It will help you co ...more

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Oct 29, 2020 Veronika rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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"No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same." ...more

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Apr 17, 2017 Lori rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I loved it.it was such an interesting story.so many times that things like this happen to people but nobody pays attention until it is too late.all the signs were there and she clearly wanted to be saved but yet no one did........

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