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I really enjoyed this sad story about a teenage girl who committed suicide. What interested me the most was how little of an impact her parents had on the story, which truly showed how absent they were from her life. The most important thing I learned from this book is that one event doesn't lead a teen to commit suicide. It's each event that piles on top the other that causes the despair to have a snowball effect.
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This was an amazing book. A nice quick read but also intense and emotional. It reminds readers how cruel kids can be these days. It also reminds readers that their choices and actions can affect others in significant ways. So THINK before you SAY or DO SOMETHING!
This was not a novel that I connected with. I understand both the praise and the criticism of this book. I feel that it does present a mixed message and perhaps simply too much material to clearly digest. Some very real pain is portrayed here, but I am not sure a realistic picture of depression and mental health issues.
This story keeps the pages turning because you really do want to know what happens, but I was disappointed by the superficial nature of the main character's problems, and her lack of redemption. In some ways it seems to glorify suicide, which I know is the opposite of the author's intent, so I don't think it works as a suicide awareness text. I kept waiting to hear about the experience of mental illness, the parents' involvement/lack thereof, and their inability to help their child, that one per
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This book was amazing! I think every parent of a teen should read it and then encourage their teen to read it when they think they are ready. Teen suicide is the overall theme, but real problems that teens face pop up throughout: bullying, spreading rumors, underage drinking, date rape, driving under the influence.
The thing that makes this book so exceptional is that it brings home the idea that each of us can make a difference--both good and bad--in another person's life without being preachy ...more
The thing that makes this book so exceptional is that it brings home the idea that each of us can make a difference--both good and bad--in another person's life without being preachy ...more
great book, about teen suicide, with a creative approach to flashbacks. keeps you turning the pages. demonstrates how easily the small things can turn something into a big wrong, and reminds us that small good things could have the opposite effect
I have serious concerns about adolescents reading this book; I feel that it glamorizes suicide. (Although not to the degree seen in its Netflix spinoff.)
This book was one of the most powerful books I read lately. It deals with suicide which is a very tough topic. In this book Hannah Baker commits suicide and records a tape for each of the people who influenced her in this decision. We get to experience the tapes through the eyes of Clay, a boy who had always liked her.
This book is written in parallel narrative, so for every one of Hannah's statements, there is Clay's reaction. The book is very powerful, and the main thing to take away is how we ...more
This book is written in parallel narrative, so for every one of Hannah's statements, there is Clay's reaction. The book is very powerful, and the main thing to take away is how we ...more
For such an intriguing premise and so much hype, this book actually fell a little short of my expectations. Or maybe I am just in a difficult mood now (see my review of
). I just don't find Hannah Baker very sympathetic, but the most problematic character is Clay, the first-person narrator - his personality is largely indistinct (all I know is he is painfully shy, a valedictorian-to-be, and hardly goes to parties).
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). I just don't find Hannah Baker very sympathetic, but the most problematic character is Clay, the first-person narrator - his personality is largely indistinct (all I know is he is painfully shy, a valedictorian-to-be, and hardly goes to parties).
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Excellent handling of difficult subject material -- suicide, bullying, rape. Well written and moving.
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Sep 13, 2008
Courtney
marked it as to-read
Sep 02, 2010
Vesra (When She Reads)
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it was amazing
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Jen
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