Up For Review: Thirteen Reasons Why

Disclaimer: I have not read the novel. I am basing this review on the TV show only.

    Thirteen Reasons Why is a show based on the young adult novel by Jay Asher. The book achieved #1 on New York Times best sellers list (2011). The Netflix exclusive debuted this past March.
    This is a story about a boy named Clay Jensen who receives an unexpected package. There are seven cassettes and each side features details aimed at a particular classmate outlining reasons why the author, Hannah Baker, committed suicide and their role in it. Reasons for which she outlines has to do with bullying and sexual assault. Each person who receives the tapes is to listen to all of them in order and then pass them along to the next subject.
    This high school has every dilemma you can find. I don't know what world this school exists in but I feel the writer was reaching way too much to make the readers feel something. Is there a school in America where a group of students stand around chugging vodka? How do multiple folks get sexually assaulted and all of them just brush it off? How does Hannah, who can be quite confrontational, get openly molested in a diner but do nothing but yell at her attacker? I may live in a bubble but if this happened in my high school the good guys would've kicked bad folks teeth in.
    The author is tapping into a vein that resonates with people: social issues. He throws them all at the wall knowing some will stick with the viewer. This has transferred to Netflix quite well. Racy pieces sell and Thirteen Reasons Why is up there with the best of them.

I found the entire story hard to believe. Sure, some of the story needs to be told but it's too much. No way this happens between 10-15 different people but all resting on the shoulders of one girl which resulted in her suicide.

60% - Watch it if you need to but it's not a "don't miss"

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