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This is a book about suicide and about the little things that happen on a day to day basis that may eventually drive someone to kill his or herself. It's depressing, it's sad, it is not a be-happy type of novel, but it is so good and so worth it. Jay Asher does an excellent job at really showing how one careless remark (or not so careless) can have a snowball effect and really change a person's future.
As a mother, this book frightened me. My son is in middle school and will enter high school in ...more
As a mother, this book frightened me. My son is in middle school and will enter high school in ...more
A favorite quote: “When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life. Everything. . . affects everything.”
It has been a long time since I was a teenager, but I do recall the feeling of things being impossibly difficult at times and so alone that I didn't know where to turn for help---and wanting others to be willing to break through a wall I established to offer help, to show they cared, and to prove I was worth it.
Sadly, I am writing this review after hearin ...more
It has been a long time since I was a teenager, but I do recall the feeling of things being impossibly difficult at times and so alone that I didn't know where to turn for help---and wanting others to be willing to break through a wall I established to offer help, to show they cared, and to prove I was worth it.
Sadly, I am writing this review after hearin ...more
I was intrigued by the format of the book and also the subject matter, however I couldn't relate to the main character, Hannah. I was also surprised she never approached her parents and asked them to change her school. Wouldn't that have solved all of her problems?
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Feb 08, 2017
Juliane
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Nice book, cool idea! But not really breathtaking or shocking. The end could have been so much better! Sigh!
One feels compelled to keep reading this book, but overall, it was too "teenage angsty" for me.
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Apr 03, 2011
Tina
marked it as to-read
Feb 03, 2013
Kim DeCina
marked it as to-read
Jul 22, 2014
Kristi
marked it as to-read
