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 g...