“Those moments, however brief and rare, made me feel so special” (Asher 180). This line explains how Hannah Backer, the main character of Jay Asher’s book, Thirteen Reasons Why, had felt during her time in her new school before she eventually ended her life with suicide. Hannah makes tapes that explains why she turned to suicide and who drove her to it. After her suicide Clay Jenson, who had been in love with the young Hannah Backer, received the tapes from her trying to figure out how he had been a part of her suicide story. In this journal I will be evaluating why Hannah committed suicide, predicting what Clay Jenson will do next, and questioning how the others felt when they found out they were part of her suicide story. Through out