When friends lead you to suicide

When friends lead you to suicide

Dominique Edwards

Thirteen Reasons Why

Jay Asher 

What would you do if you were the cause of your friends suicide? Thirteen Reasons Why is a book about a boy named Clay Jensen who receives a package of tapes from a girl named Hannah Baker who committed suicide shortly before. Each tape is about a specific person who had been a cause to her committing suicide. The overall genre of this book is more mystery because it is very suspenseful as Clay has to listen to each tape and wondering if his will be next and why he was even included. 

This book was one of my favorite reads and I never got bored with it. What really made this book interesting was the suspense, detail, and realistic events that they included. The book was about a teenage boy getting the tapes and the tapes reflected on happenings with a teenage girl so at some points I could relate and understand what was going on completely because I have seen people in the same situations and even been in some of them. I personally like suspense and wondering what happens next so this book was perfect for me. Also the book did a great job explaining who each character was when they mentioned them so it was easy to follow along. This book really had an effect on me as far as bullying comes. After reading what each tape said and what people did to this girl it shows that you always need to be sensitive around people and even though you may think what you're doing is okay you should always make sue people you're being kind and considerate of everyone's feelings. The book also showed how big of an effect being bullied has on people's lives and anyone who may possibly be bullying and doesn't realize it after reading this book will see how serious bullying really is. 

I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in mysteries or likes suspenseful books because basically during the whole book you don't know what will happen next. The book can be sad at points especially involving suicide so anyone who enjoys sad pieces or isn't sensitive to the topic of suicide and bullying may also want to try this book.