Ashley Stepczyk’s Reviews > Thirteen Reasons Why > Status Update

I agree with this quote. The dark and twisted yet nice and joyful, book really demonstrates the accurate showing of a teen. Teens experiment and try to be like everybody else and there are many ups and downs to all of this experimenting, and many lead to suicide.

Teens will identify with the sometimes-oppressive culture of high school. First-time author Jay Asher's story presents the dark side of teen life: drinking, sex, rumor mills, suicides, cries for help, inept or absent adults, and the mean spirit that surrounds the general high school student body." https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book...#

In thirteen reasons why the setting takes a huge role in the story. One of the videos the main character sends to her "torturer" is based off of the setting. The main character says how her and the bully had a touching moment on the dusty old swing set, in her favorite park, down the street from her house, on a winding road ,in an urban community. Knowing the setting of this novel just makes the whole book better.

This book really takes a toll on my emotions. The novel is about a teenager who felt as if she was getting bullied, so she killed herself. Nobody in her life was aware of the reasons why she killed herself. Two weeks after she passed away, videos went out to every individual that hurt her in her life, and they were called the thirteen reasons why she killed herself. Each video was sent to a different person. I was