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| Thirteen Reasons Why | 
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| Author: Jay Asher
Publisher: Razorbill
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 1204
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 1595141715
EAN: 9781595141712
ASIN: 1595141715
Publication Date: October 18, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 oh brother July 5, 2008
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
my sister tossed me the book, and after reading the book jacket, i was intrigued with what i thought was a very interesting premise. it vaguely reminded me of another book i loved (as simple as snow, by gregory galloway).
so i read it...think it took me two days. and let me tell you...it was extremely annoying. here's why...
first of all, every time i started to enjoy hannah's monologue, it would be constantly interrupted by clay thinking something stupid like "there's a sudden ache inside my chest," or best of all, when he is not thinking, but becomes so overcome, he pukes. give me a break. or when he rakes his hand across a metal fence in frustration and tears some of his skin.
please mr. asher! can i read for five minutes and develop any sort of flow without having clay interrupt? no? didn't think so. but thought i might ask anyway.
and if that wasn't annoying enough...hannah's reasons for suicide?? oh my goodness. all i can say, is that if the experiences in this book were that traumatic that they caused someone to commit suicide, then at least 25% of every high school class in america should be looking for a way to end it too.
look, i loved the idea about getting the tapes, and then passing them on. i LOVED when clay would interact with others who had already received the tapes, but there just wasn't any flow to the story. and i hated how in the end, you were left with this resentment for many of the characters, especially mr. poter, who was simply set up by hannah to be the final fall guy.
 Simply put: Awesome October 19, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book comes with a warning. About not picking it up if you have places to be. Believe it. And add to the list: sleep. If you are at all insomnia-prone, do not get into bed and pick up this book. You're not going to want to put it down. You might not be able to put it down.
Clay Jensen is having a bad week. Which is a massive understatement. But I don't think he'd have accurate words to tell you how he feels, so I'm certainly not going to try.
It started when Hannah Baker failed to show up for school. It continued in the whispers and looks. The reactions, some of which seemed random, some which almost maybe made sense. It culminated in the package left at his front door. The one with his name on it. No return address. The brief excitement ended when he found a cassette player and popped in the first tape. And out came Hannah's voice.
My Teen Librarian gave me this book because she thought I would like it, and I'm very glad she did. And so was Jay Asher, who got sent my original review (can be seen on Revish) and passed it around.
Buy it. Read it. You won't regret it.
There are a lot of reasons why you should read this book October 20, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I received an advance reader's copy of this book a few months ago and it is easily the best book I had read this year. I loved it so much, in fact, that I was able to convince my school district to purchase over 200 copies of it, to give away to other teachers who attend my book talks on young adult literature. Yes, it is THAT good.
In this book, Clay receives a mysterious brown-wrapped package. When he opens it, he finds a handful of cassette tapes. After finding a cassette player (because, heck, it is 2007, who uses cassette players anymore?) he pops in cassette #1 and is shocked to find that his classmate, Hannah, is speaking on the tapes....Hannah had killed herself just weeks before the package's arrival.
As Clay listens to cassette #1, he finds that anyone who receives the package is indeed one of the thirteen reasons why Hannah committed suicide. This page-turner will keep you up all night, as Clay pops in cassette after cassette, to find out what his role is exactly in Hannah's death. Could he really be somewhat responsible?
You won't regret reading this book....and it won't take you very long. It is a fast read and will keep you on the edge of your seat, as you read on to find out more about the circumstances surrounding Hannah's death.
 smutt June 4, 2008
6 out of 30 found this review helpful
If a book could be rated R this one would be. It was a wonderful idea but, the book is just full of foul language and underage drinking and sex. No teen should read this book with out a parent reading it first with a follow up discussion afterward.
A horrible and potentially costly message September 30, 2008
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is my first review on Amazon, and I am only doing this because I feel it is necessary to warn people about this book.
The character that is giving the thirteen reasons for committing suicide is not looking for help, and at every opportunity, pushes those away that are interested in trying. She feels the world revolves around her, and looks for reasons for suicide because other people don't feel the same way.
Half of all high-school girls will go through most of what Hannah went through. It is sad, but that is teenage school life.
As the book continues on, it becomes harder and harder to feel sorry for Hannah. She is guilty of the same lack of effort she chastised everyone on her list for.
At the end of the book, the only people you feel sorry for are those Hannah calls out (with 2 exceptions), as they now have to live with the idea that because they did not put Hannah before them in all things they were the cause of her death.
This book sends a horrible message, and will be extremely confusing to teens that are facing real problems with depression, as they see a girl that has plenty of reasons, none of which are anywhere near as bad as theirs, and lose all hope for themselves if someone with so few real problems wasn't able to find a way to get through it.
The writing is great and the premise had such incredible potential, but was wasted when Hannah was written as the whiny girl looking for excuses.
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