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Thirteen Reasons Why

Jay Asher

Start date: June 1, 2013

Finish date: June 30, 2013

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Aug 21, 2013 Kareena rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-mystery, read-crime, read-contemporary, owned-read

Alright, I'm going to start off with saying that I really liked the concept of this book. Just found it very interesting (I'm assuming if you're reading this you've either read the synopsis or read the book already). Another thing I liked was the format, or part of the way it was formatted. One of the main characters, Clay, listens to cassette tapes, and so throughout the books there are breaks in the chapters where Clay "pauses", "plays", and "stops" the cassette tapes. So it shows the symbol f ...more

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Mar 28, 2013 Sarah Fayek rated it it was ok

Shelves: on-my-bookshelf

When I first grabbed this book and glanced at the back cover for a short synopsis, I was intrigued so I knew I had to read it. Now that I've finished it, I got to say that it just broke me. It didn't sit well being such a deeply depressing novel in so many ways. I guess you could say I'm into stories with a so-called "happy-ending" but I really don't know. It was alright. Maybe I'm just not comfortable with these kinds of stories where everything just seems so hopeless for so many characters.

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Apr 04, 2013 Amanda Lynn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: all-time-faves

This is the first book since HPatDH that I literally could not put down until I found out how it would end. This is a gripping and heartbreakingly realistic book (in fact, I wouldn't be here to write this review were it not for the ER staff who saved me from becoming a Hannah), and I loved the premise of "keep circulating the tapes." ...more

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Oct 15, 2013 Krisha rated it liked it

Shelves: giddy-featherbrained, forever-young-adult, self-help, psycho, owned, mysterioso

3.5

Too depressing..

I just don't get or liked the reasons to Hanna's suicide. It's just that it's too shallow. But then, I liked the lesson, that if we want and care for somebody we must show and say it before it's too late. We must not let fear prevent us for doing something that we want. ...more

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