Sunday, September 15, 2013
Recommendation
I recommend Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher to young adults who like to read REAL stories. Not nonfiction, but real in the fact that it is a good portrayal to the actual world we live in, bad and good. The set up of the book is interesting. Switching between two speakers, the story is about a boy named Clay who's crush and classmate, Hannah, killed herself rather unexpectedly the week before. He finds a set of tapes on his doorstep containing 7 tapes, with 7 A sides, and 6 B side (13 total) recordings of each of the reasons why Hannah committed suicide. Each reason is a person. Clay is one of these people. You'll have to read to find out how he made the list, and he has to listen to them because he doesn't quite know either. This book is good for anyone who likes detailed thoughts of characters, because that is the whole book, and a long, but quick read. So far, I am really enjoying this book and I think you might too.
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This book sounds really interesting, and different, and now i am really tempted to read it! Im excited to hear more about what happens
ReplyDeleteThe narration of the story sounds similar to the one in the book i read over the summer, but in that book the narrator is the same person but one as a young man and one at about 93.
ReplyDeleteI've read this book. Did you enjoy it?
ReplyDeleteI'm still reading, but so far I do like it.
DeleteI've heard of this book and I think it sounds interesting. Is it sad? Also, do you have any predictions of what will happen next in the book?
ReplyDeleteLook at my two latest post and they will answer both questions!
DeleteThis book sounds SO good! I know alot of people have read it and i hear nothing but good things about it. Its so interesting that he would get the tapes after she was dead, like did she have some arrangement with a friend or something to deliver them or what? I really want to read this!
ReplyDeleteThe tapes were passed on from person to person on the list.
DeleteI'm kind of confused on who put the tapes there? Is the book kind of confusing or not? It seems good but I think I'd be lost the whole time!
ReplyDeleteIt's not too confusing. There are 13 sides of tapes, and there are 13 reasons Hannah killed herself, so each side of the tapes is a person. Right before Hannah killed herself, I'm assuming she sent them to the first person on her list. She told them on the first side of the first tape that she needed them to be passed along and no one wants the vengence of a dead girl, so they are being passed along. I think you'd like this book, Abby. It's not a hard read.
DeleteI heard about this book before and want to read it. now i can find more information about it
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