Thirteen Reasons Why

Thirteen Reasons Why is the astonishing, raw and thought-provoking debut of Jay Asher. I read this novel some months ago, and it's still haunting me, so I decided to write this review.

The suicide of his dream girl, Hannah Baker, shakes Clay Jensen. A seemingly harmless package awaits Clay on his doorstep, unbeknownst to its content, Clay is intrigued by this package without a return address. Inside are 13 cassette tapes, and after listening to the first cassette, Clay is shocked to hear the voice of Hannah Baker. How was he supposed to know that her life was that messed up - could've he have known? These 13 cassettes are meant to enlighten 13 very different people as to why Hannah committed suicide, because these chosen few somehow affected her decision, but wait... why is Clay one of the 13? Is he truly one of the reasons she killed herself?
Clay listens to the tapes obsessivly, and is horrified to realize what roles the 13 people, including himself, played in the suicide of Hannah Baker. He shares this horrible and ugly truth with the 12 people, who are mentioned on the cassette tapes. 13 lives will forever be changed...

I absolutely love this book! You sympathazied with Clay, but you related to Hannah. Her pain was real, and so was her intention with the 13 cassettes. There are plenty of memerable scenes in this truly amazing book, but you're horrified, when you realize that one more push can be too much, and it starts a chain of events that cannot be prevented...

On a final note, this book is utterly profound, I felt Hannah's pain, and I shed a tear for her tragic decision. And I loved every single second of it! Thirteen Reasons Why made me think, and it taught me a very important lesson, that you're never too old to learn;

"Everything affects everything"