Tone and Mood

The tone of 13 Reasons Why is usually sarcastic (when Hannah is speaking) and confused (when Clay or the speaker is speaking). Here is a passage which very clearly shows this. Hannah's words are in italics.

"Hello, boys and girls. Hannah Baker here. Live and in stereo.
I don't believe it.
 No return engagements. No encore. And this time, absolutely no requests.
No, I cant believe it. Hannah Baker killed herself." (Asher 7)

Hannah sways Clay's beliefs with the tapes from Clay believing he was innocent and had nothing to do with it, and makes him think  otherwise. Hannah is very harshly sarcastic and it makes him realize exactly what happened.

13 Reasons Why Trailer

I did this with The Fault in our Stars as well but I found a really cool trailer for 13 Reasons as well. Enjoy!

13 Things about 13 Reasons Why

I'm literally just going to write down 13 things that come to mind about this book. If this list of random things interest you, go out and grab this book!

1.) Reality of a teenage world

2.) Realistic emotional thoughts

3.) The feeling as if you are emotionally into the book

4.) Engagement in a story

5.) Knowing the latest gossip

6.) Compassion

7.) Characters that feel real to you

8.) The need to keep reading because you're so engaged

9.) Thinking, "Wow, this could really happen to a lot of people I know?"

10.) Big concepts of emotions

11.) Learning from a book and actually taking away with it

12.) Sadness that there's no more to the story

13.) A BOOK THAT SPEAKS TO YOU


These are all qualities that 13 Reasons has and I highly recommend it to teens.

Note about Thirteen Reasons Why

I just want to answer a question I've been getting in comments. Thirteen Reasons Why is not so much sad, because what's done is done and Hannah is dead. Nothing can change that. The book is mostly eye-opening to how actions no matter how little, can certainly affect someone in a very alarming way. I know people like Hannah and you need to watch how you react to people, because everyone is hurtful in some ways, but you must control yourself. This book gives you a very close look into a very sad story and if you are interested from this post alone, I recommend that you read it.

Reading Skills

I am currently reading Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher and so far, so good. I'm about a fourth of the way done (I'd be farther but I'm extremely busy), and it's good so far! I don't think Clay was on Hannah's list for doing something really bad, if anything it was an accident because Clay really has no clue what he did to get the tapes.If he did do something, I want to know, why did it affect Hannah so badly? What could Clay have done that he would have forgotten? This book is very relevant to the world, because the story is very realistic. Like I know people who have committed suicide, and the story portrays reactions in a real way. This book is kind of similar to The Fault in our Stars in the way that the main character has a large, permanent internal conflict to deal with, with no solution. This book is also relatable to me because Hannah tells stories, that I have been in very similar situations as. So far, this book is very engaging and realistic, and I like it.

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.

John Green Video

This is the author of both The Fault in our Stars and Looking For Alaska, John Green. I love this video because it shows his personality, and it's fantastic