Cover of the book. There is another colored version though.
Hannah Baker is dead for two weeks. No one really knew how it happened or who did it but rumours are spreading that it was because of a suicide. A suicide that no one knew why she did that or how she did that. Clay Jensen received a package for him from an anonymous which contained cassette tapes. But these weren't just cassette tapes, these were Hannah's voice explaining thirteen reasons why she got depressed to commit a suicide. There were thirteen people on Hannah's list, the reason why she killed herself and the only people that could have the tapes were the ones on the list. Clay Jensen was mortified because he knew to himself that he never did anything wrong to Hannah but as he listened through the tapes, every question that was bugging on his mind ever since the tape was delivered to his home was finally answered.
Okaaaaaaay. Was it a good summarization? :p hahahaha! Well, I'm not really good in summarizations but I hope you did understood the plot.
Lets begin the review by saying that I loved the book but was finding something extra to the ending of the story. I loved it because the novel simply tells us how simple mean things could destroy one's personality. This book explains that bullying could literally kill people. Maybe not through their bare hands but their power to upgrade someone's willingness to favor death. It is because for the others, being sarcastic was their own way of being happy or making other people happy but they have no idea how they could destroy one's feelings. Maybe other people would just say that Hannah Baker was just whining about her life and its not too dramatic or reasonable enough to kill herself but for me, it is reality. Suicide is the only escape of teenagers nowadays from all the criticisms and racisms that our society has been given to them, or to us. It is because for them, if their life suck then why should they continue it anyway? And I think that if the novel would be too dramatic by adding financial problems or having a broken family, it would be a typical, drama book to be led by a girl who committed suicide. We've already watched dozens of those and what do we get, the same ending! This book focused on how a teenage girl's perspective on life changed after everything that she has been through. Hannah Baker had been spread dirty rumours from her first kiss, turned back by her own friends, used by the only girl who was apparently nice to her, touched by a stupid ass in his school and made someone die without telling the cops who did it. Now, if you were on this situation, would you still have the courage to walk in the hallway of your school with confidence, knowing that everyone was thinking that you're a dirty sl*t? Well, that's my point. That is how I loved the book because it made me realize that I'm not the only one who was feeling the way I am feeling now. I could relate to it and I loved it how Hannah gave the tapes to the people on the list so that they could know the whole story of Hannah Baker. The real one, not the edited one from all the gossip around school.
My favorite quote from the book. PS: the picture wasn't mine. Just found it on google.
But I was also finding something extra on the ending because its like there's no twist or something at the end. SPOILER ALERT! Clay Jensen finished the tape, got depressed then sent the tapes to the next person on the list. And then what, he had the courage to talk to the girl he liked for so long because he was afraid that he might not have the chance anymore, just like the chance she lost with Hannah. And then, done! No major ending. Its done. I was kinda hoping that Clay would talk to the other people who heard the tapes and ask why did they do that to Hannah because he was into her right? Or have them say that they shouldn't have did those bad things to Hannah.Or going to her grave, 13 of them would be actually great. To apologize for the things that they did and to say the things they should have said when Hannah was alive. But, no. Its like, fine Hannah was dead. I'm depressed now but let me just say hi to Skye. That is how I felt at the ending. It is because endings should be the best part. Thats why I was disappointed at the ending. And it wasn't very clear whether Clay's mother knew about the tapes or not because it seemed like she was concerned about her son, but never really explained why. Did she knew? Was it possible that Hannah also let her listen to the tapes, just like what she did to Tony? Well, yeah. I did have a lot of questions...
The book was really nice but I think its not very polished. Maybe they should add another chapter into it, or have a sequel because I think its an open ended story but I think its kinda impossible because the book had been published a couple of years ago. They even said that Selena Gomez was going to star in that film that's why I'm so excited to see that. But the news was way back on 2011 and until now, there weren't any reports on whether they would continue it or not. And I begging them to please, please make that a movie. Though, I would be really happy if Emma Roberts would be Hannah but please, continue your plan on making that a film because maybe this would change some people on how they think on gossiping. And I am longing to make that happen.
I saw this and the tweet was on 2013. So does this mean that it would really happen on 2014 or 2015? :D
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