Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher


              You can’t STOP the future. You can’t REWIND the past. The only way to learn the secret…is to press PLAY.

This book is actually about Hannah Baker, who killed herself by taking pills and she recorded seven cassettes with thirteen reasons why she killed herself. In the tapes, she recorded her story with thirteen people that made her kill herself. Clay Jensen received a box of cassettes and he was surprise to hear Hannah’s voice in it. However, Clay Jensen is not one of them. He is actually a guy that appeared in Hannah’s life and he did nothing wrong towards her but in order to finish her story, Hannah must tell her story about herself and Clay.  Hannah was Clay’s classmate and his first love who committed suicide two weeks earlier. All through the night, Clay keeps listening to the tapes, and what he discovers changes his life… forever.

The interesting event that happened in this book is at Clay Jensen’s house. At first, Clay received the package full with cassettes and he listened to them at his garage. All through the night Clay listened to it and he also went to the places that Hannah marked at the map that she gave together with the cassettes. The first reason was Justin Foley and followed by others. There were many shocking stories that Clay didn’t know. He even cried listening to them as it breaks his heart; Hannah was her crush and both of them used to work together at the cinema. Clay felt sorry for her because he really wished that he could rewind the past and save her. In the tapes, Clay also discovers that Hannah also develops a feeling towards him but she was too afraid to tell him and share her problems with him. With many untrue gossips about her, Clay was also scared to take his first step to make Hannah his girlfriend.

Now, she’s dead and it’s too late to save her already. After finished listening to all the cassettes, the next day, Clay sent it to the next person which is Jenny Kurtz. Clay had learnt that everything that happened to Hannah is a huge lesson to everyone. His job was done after sending those tapes to the next person and he continued to live his life even though it is sad to all the things that happened to Hannah Baker. Now, he had a new hope, which is Skye.

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