The Premise
What would you do if you found a package of random tapes sitting on your porch, right after you came back from school? Would you have listened to them or not? In this realistic fiction novel, Clay, the main character received cassette tapes and wondered who would have sent the tapes to him. On the package there was no return address except the package said it was for him. He had an old stereo and that was the only way he could listen to the tapes. Soon, he found out the tapes came from Hannah Baker. Hannah, is a person who has committed suicide. She was a classmate of Clay and was his crush. There are seven tapes, and on each side is labeled A and B, except for the seventh tape. Which means there are thirteen stories in total. Hannah's voice tells Jay the thirteen reasons why she ended her life. Clay and twelve other people were the ones that were responsible for her death. Once he begins listening to the tapes he'll find out why he was responsible for her death and about the other people.
Favorite Character
My favorite character in the book was Hannah. She loved writing poetry, reading and filling out surveys. People say she was very smart, pretty and friendly. She was a person that tried to be strong no matter what. But soon she said that people were taking everything she had had. For example, Tyler was a person that took pictures of people when they didn't notice. He started stalking Hannah so much that she decided he had taken away the safeness she had at home. She ended up recording her tapes right before the night she committed suicide. So she gave up on her life and couldn't stay strong.
SPOILER ALERT!!
Skye, is the last word written in the book. Skye was a girl that Clay used to have a crush on in middle school. Once Clay had finished listening to Hannah's tapes, he realizes that Skye is showing some signs of committing suicide. He chases after her so he can stop her from the thoughts of ending her life. He only has this chance of stopping her, because he knew he couldn't have helped Hannah since it was too late. I thought the ending of the book was surprising. I didn't think the book would end up making another person want to commute suicide.
Overall, I really enjoyed the book and hope you will read it someday!
you described the plot good
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