This book was a haunting, fascinating account of a young woman and her journey towards suicide. Her name is Hannah Baker, and this dirty dozen of reasons is actually thirteen people. She has recorded her last thoughts on thirteen audio tapes to be sent to the people included and as each layer is peeled back you come to understand her a little more.
Considering the subject matter, this book was not as dark as I expected it to be. More than anything I found it to be a reminder of how important it is to be kind and considerate to others, to reach out to them, and that even a casual cruelty no matter how small or well deserved it may seem at the time can be absolutely destructive, and can create permanent damage to whoever you are lashing out at. There are so many people like Hannah Baker out there, people who seem fine but are teetering on the brink of despair. It has been a couple of months since I finished the book, but I still find myself thinking about it. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
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I remember talking about this at the teen book group. I still need to read it since it does sound so intriguing. It seems to have a very thought-provoking message too.
ReplyDeleteI've been wondering about you and it's nice to see your new reviews up.
I've been super busy, and I really should be asleep, but I got sick of neglecting all the things I like to do!
ReplyDeleteWell like I said in my other comment (I read these reviews backwards in time, haha!), I'm happy to see you here, too! And I'm glad you liked this book. It's been a few months since I read it, too, and I'm thinking i want to go back and listen to the audio version because I've heard (can't remember where) that there are two readers - one for him and one for her.
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