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I can't help thinking about how UNLIKE my personal story this book is, how unlike my personal struggles with suicidal thoughts, and not just because I haven't actually done it. I find myself thinking "none of this, none of these stories would have happened to a girl who wasn't semi-popular, who was fat like me," and so there was a disconnect between me and Hannah. I'm in no way saying that she didn't have a right to feel the way she did. I'm not saying that the things that happened to her were n
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Thirteen Reasons Why is about why teen Hannah Baker takes her own life. It is told though Hannah Baker and the receiver of the tapes Clay Jensen. Suicide is something that has touched my life, and I'm always curious why someone would want to end it all - especially when they are young. I enjoyed the different way this story was told, and that made me appreciate it more than if it had been told in a more traditional perspective.
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I first read this years ago and wasn't a fan. (I don't really remember why; just remember not liking it). I wanted to read it again since the popularity of the Netflix show. I found myself reading it a second time with new eyes. I couldn't help thinking of my students as I was reading. I felt the struggle and hurt that Hannah and Clay experienced as one of my students would; they are not minimal issues to a teenager. The emptiness and want to give up Hannah felt towards the end of the tapes felt
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Like the narrator of this novel, I was sucked into Hannah's story and couldn't stop listening. I read the book in one evening, with a break of only a couple of hours in between the first and second halves. I was still thinking about it during my time away, and my mind has returned to it often today. One of the most surprising qualities of this read is that while it is a dark and powerful book about suicide, it didn't bring me down--it woke me up. It was also very eye-opening, and raises importan
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I hate every character in the book. Great book, very well written, I just personally hated every character.
Dec 14, 2012
Dawn
marked it as to-read
Nov 15, 2013
Taylor
marked it as to-read
Sep 17, 2016
Candice
marked it as to-read
Apr 04, 2019
Catie Sands
rated it
did not like it
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