Long time no post (work and summer school take up a lot of time). Anyway, I ordered a bunch of books and I will be writing about them all (since I've finished most of them).
One of the fabulous books that I bought happened to be Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. In all honesty, I always had a strange longing to read this book since everyone wouldn't shut up about how good it was. I want to thank all those people for giving rave reviews because Thirteen Reasons Why deserves just that: a rave review.
This book is about a girl, Hannah, who commits suicide and decides to tell her story through cassettes. She makes seven tapes, and addresses them to thirteen different people who are supposed to pass the tapes to the next person who is addressed after them. The story is narrated by the ninth person on the tapes, Clay, who happens to be the average smart, to-good-to-be-true type of person.
I personally loved Clay because when Hannah said something that was befuddling, Clay would clarify. Not only would he help me understand Hannah's story, but he wasn't one of the people who did anything wrong (in my opinion). Clay is a great character and he really makes the story real. To him, Hannah wasn't an imperfect slut (even though she was rumored to be one) she was a girl who he wanted and would never get. It's a love story, a suicide note, and a bunch of other stuff crafted into this really good book.
In other words, CLAY IS AMAZING AND YOU SHOULD TOTALLY READ THIS BOOK BECAUSE JAY ASHER REALLY GETS THE CHARACTERS RIGHT AND TELLS HANNAH'S STORY AMAZINGLY AND THE BOOK IS REALLY GOOD AND WILL MAKE YOU FEEL ALL SORTS OF THINGS!!!!
I probably should have started with that and ended with that ^.
-Mary
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