"Two steps behind her, I say her name." "Skye." The novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher ends with one word; Skye. Skye was not only the girl on the bus Clay encountered the night he was listening to the tapes, but was also his middle school crush. He had a brief conversation with her before departing from the bus that same night. He alludes to the fact that she is like Hannah, and is slipping through the cracks. Clay explains that Skye used to be a popular girl at their school, but one day she apparently just "stopped caring," and has since become a social outcast. In the end, he goes after her because he remembers Hannah, and by befriending Skye may have prevented another suicide. "But Skye's walking down the same stretch of hall where I watched Hannah slip away two weeks ago." Clay knew he couldn't stop Hannah two weeks ago, but now he knows he has the chance to stop and save Skye. I'm glad the story ended on such a positive note and was pleased to see that Clay had learned a lesson from Hannah's narrative, as she had …show more content…
I personally did not like the ending of the story because I feel that “cliffhangers” are overused and are typically used only to disguise poor writing, or to mask the inability to wrap up a story in a proper and understandable way. Though I admired the message the author was trying to convey with this "cliffhanger" ending, a better ending would be if the author continued the story. The story ends at one of the most climactic events to occur within the entire novel, and concluding the novel at such a significant point is, in my opinion, indolent. Also, discontinuing the storyline at such a bold stage in the story is considerably frustrating to many readers, seeing as it would have been quite amusing to see how Skye was truly feeling, what led to her feel the way she did, and to see if Clay helps her with what she seemed to be going