Genre: Horror, Young adult.
Plot: Clay Jensen is a shy high school student who returns home from school one day and finds a box sitting on his doorstep. Upon opening it, he discovers that it is a shoe-box containing seven cassette tapes recorded by the late Hannah Baker, his classmate and emotional crush who recently committed suicide. The tapes is initially mailed to one classmate with instructions to pass them from one student to another, like a chain letter. On the tapes, Hannah explains to thirteen people how they played a role in her death, by giving thirteen reasons to explain her suicidal. Why is Clay one of the reasons that makes Hannah decides to end her life?Opinion: I like this book because it's very well structured and has a clear set up. The idea of a girl who tells the story of her life before she commits suicide and sends it to a number of people is also very creative. The book also goes with a map that shows where Hannah has gone to before she takes her life which she tells the readers as we read along. That helps me to concentrate on the story so I can know where she is and it also gives me more interest as I can do something while reading otherwise I could have been more boring if I just read.
Recommendation: I would recommend this book to teenagers because Thirteen Reasons Why reveals how brutal high school can be, the consequences of spreading rumors, and the lasting effects of suicide on those left behind. No one knows for certain how much of impact they have on the lives of other people.
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