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A review by lonnnneke
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
3.0
“You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can’t be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life. Everything. . . affects everything.”
I feel like such a black sheep again since everyone loves this book and many goodreads friends gave it 5 stars. I think it does have a good message. Everything you say affects something and how small things can mean so much more to someone who is already in an awful situation. So why did I give it 3 stars? Because almost every reason on Hannah's list didn't really do for me. Most of the reasons were things most teenagers go through and I know I can't judge what is a good reason for someone to take their own life, but it just didn't feel real to me. Teenagers are nasty and I think she could have done so much more with this.
Besides that the whole book is talking about the 'snowball effect' and the effect people their words and actions can have on someone even though it seems innocent. But what about Hannah her words and actions? Does it not matter how the things on the tape effect the people that receive it? Some actions of these people on this list weren't nice, but they don't all deserve the possible effects this can have on them. It's awfull when someone feels like there is no way out and want to take their own life because of it, but I don't think that means that they are allowed to do or say everything because they are going to commit suicide. For me that kind of ruins the message in this book.
So, yea. I thought this story had lots of potential and that's why I kept it on my tbr, even though it has been 4 years since I found out about it and I wasn't really sure if I was ever gonna read it. Sadly it let me down a little bit.
I feel like such a black sheep again since everyone loves this book and many goodreads friends gave it 5 stars. I think it does have a good message. Everything you say affects something and how small things can mean so much more to someone who is already in an awful situation. So why did I give it 3 stars? Because almost every reason on Hannah's list didn't really do for me. Most of the reasons were things most teenagers go through and I know I can't judge what is a good reason for someone to take their own life, but it just didn't feel real to me. Teenagers are nasty and I think she could have done so much more with this.
Besides that the whole book is talking about the 'snowball effect' and the effect people their words and actions can have on someone even though it seems innocent. But what about Hannah her words and actions? Does it not matter how the things on the tape effect the people that receive it? Some actions of these people on this list weren't nice, but they don't all deserve the possible effects this can have on them. It's awfull when someone feels like there is no way out and want to take their own life because of it, but I don't think that means that they are allowed to do or say everything because they are going to commit suicide. For me that kind of ruins the message in this book.
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Also, the reason why Clay was in the 'list', but not really on the list was kind of lame to me. ''Hey, I'm giving you a list, but you'll only find out after 3 hours of listening you didn't do anything wrong.'' It just didn't make sense for me to put him in the list. To tell him her story? Yes, but not like this.So, yea. I thought this story had lots of potential and that's why I kept it on my tbr, even though it has been 4 years since I found out about it and I wasn't really sure if I was ever gonna read it. Sadly it let me down a little bit.