Thirteen Reasons Why: A Book Review
“Brilliant and mesmerizing”; “Thriller-like pacing”; ‘Suspenseful and addictive”. These are some of the words used to describe Jay Asher’s bestselling novel, Thirteen Reasons Why. This novel was published by the Penguin Group and copyrighted on 2007 with Razorbill hardcover ISBN: 978-1-59514-171-2 and Razorbill hardcover ISBN: 978-1-59514-188-0.
Jay Asher has worked at an independent bookstore, an outlet bookstore, a chain bookstore, and two public libraries. He hopes, someday, to work for a used bookstore. When he is not writing, Jay plays guitar and goes camping. Thirteen Reasons Why is his first published novel.
The popular novel is a debut for teens, especially to those who are relatable to the story. It covers a genre of
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Mostly what I got from the story was that everyone is responsible for their actions. Truth is, all of us can do such cruel things which we sometimes don’t even mean to say or to do, but we can all think back on times or reflect when, for one reason or another we behaved badly.
This novel will also serve as a lesson to those people who think of committing suicide. Why do they keep on hiding themselves in the deepest dark? Why won’t you let anyone help you? Why do you keep on doing things alone? Why do you keep on overthinking things, where in fact there are people who want to hear from you? Because things might still change if you just let your voice be heard. Things might be different if you just let anyone in. If you are someone who is interested in studying the nature of self-killing or suicide, if you are someone who’s a friend, a family, a classmate or a stranger who wants to save someone from the darkness, if you are someone who’s about to break down, who’s about to surrender from the journey of life, who’s about to give up life, then the novel is a right fit for