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Good book! I like how we hear Hannah's story through Clay listening to her tapes.
ReplyDeleteHere's my question. Is Hannah's life really that bad? Are those bad experiences, those 13 reasons, really awful enough to commit suicide over?
I absolutely adore this book and I must say that it was one of the best. I picked it up and put it down for the first time as I read the last word! If you didn't enjoy this book, I'm sorry, but this is one of the best reads I've had in a long time!!
ReplyDeletethis book was awesome!!! it made me sad though =( i cant wait for another from this promising author!!!!!!!
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Jessica G.
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Trevor M.
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Ariel T.
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Daniece T.
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Savannah R
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Jon C
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Cameron S.
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Rima P.
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The setting of Thirteen Reasons Why is basically all the places that Hannah Baker puts on her map. These places are the ones she visited when she was alive. Hannah puts these certain places on the map so the people that got the tapes can see the places Hannah loved. In the tapes she says why each of those places were important to her. I think the setting is important because it shows a little bit of Hannah in all those places. These places were not only on the map to show people where she went when she was alive, but it showed her life's story. It told people what she did when she was happy, sad, or even who she hung out with. This book so far is one of the best books I have read in a long time. It is suspenseful, sad, and mysterious all at the same time. Sometimes though when I'm reading the book, I think that those thirteen reasons why she killed herself weren't even that bad. I think she kind of took it to far. Still a great book though :)
Zachary H.
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I think this book is great so far.This book seemed kinda interesting when Ms.gunnell told us the book names and a brif decription.The setting so far is mainly at clays house where he first listened to the tapes.The part where im at is when clay steals the walkman from his friend.The setting for the part where im at is on the street by the park.The setting is important because it give a visual pic where the character is and what they are doing.I shocked that clay stole his friends walkman to hear the tapes. I think He could have just went to the spot where hannah wanted him to go to then come home and listen to the next tape,or at least lie to his friend to get the walkman.I really like this book so far and hope it keeps me in interested in it.I hope you like this book to.
Brooke K.
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Hour 3
There are many settings in this book so far, since the boy is going to every place Hannah put on the map so he can go through the experiences she did. Every place he visits is important because something happened there that lead to Hannah committing suicide. When he goes to each place it gives him a look at what the scene was like that Hannah was describing on the tape. I feel like when he’s there, he can almost see the situations she was put in. Normally, reading isn’t what I do in my free time, but while I’m reading this book it’s incredibly hard to stop. The suspense makes me not want to put it down and I just want to know the rest of the reasons why she committed suicide. The author wrote the book in a way that’s interesting to teens so that helps me understand and relate to it better.
Iesha B.
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Hour 3
I really like how this story is talked through the mind of the main character, Clay Jensen. It gives alot of insight as to how he feels while going along with the cassette. I also like how Clay is able to go to the place's as to where the stories about each person occurred. I liked hearing about each person's stories because it just gives you more details leading up to where clay comes in. It's really interesting to me how little thing's little things like kissing someone and a list can snowball into much bigger things. When it talks about how Hannah kissing Justin Foley became rumors and it shows how rumors can really effect someone in the end. Just little things can become more than they really are at the time. Also I like the suspense leading up as to when and how Clay Jensen comes in even though Clay doesn't seem to think he had done anything. I'm really excited to find out his part in the story of as to why Hannah Baker killed herself.
Jeff C.
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Hour 3!
This Book is really good like I’m really starting to get into this. In the beginning of this book they tell us about the girl Hannah who kill her self by taking to many pills! So the Story take place in Clay Jensen house were he gets a Package sent right in front of his door step. The Setting of this story is so important because Cay listen to all the tapes about why Hannah Kill her self. This Book is really good so far I like were it going it kinda scary because you don’t know were the story is going to go next!
Shelby F
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Hour 3
One setting in the book is at Blue Spot. This setting is important to the book because it when Clay walks into the store it helps him to imagine Hannah being in the store and everything that happened there. When Clay is in the store he imagines everything that happened when the boy walks into the store and what hes does that offends hannah so much. So far i already think that this is a very interesting book. Its one of those books that you don't want to stop reading or put down and can't wait to read the next day! I never want to stop reading the book in class because i want to find out where Clay is on the list, and what he did so bad to be on it.
Leah H.
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Hour 3
I love this book so far. It’s sad that Hannah killed herself, and I feel bad for Clay. I am still wondering what he did. At least we know that he wasn’t number 13 so hopefully we’ll get to see what he did soon. Honestly, the tapes were a little mean to make, but so far all the people deserve it. Especially Tyler. It was smart to make another set of tapes...if she actually did. So far the people deserve to know what they did to make her kill herself. I think it was wrong of Alex to make that list that he made. Yes, it was just a joke that most people found funny. But it just wasn’t right. It ruined her and Jessica’s friendship, and Jessica was the only friend that she had left. I like how the beginning started with Clay sending the tapes off, and I love how the sort of chapter things are. Where it will say cassette 1 side A. Anyways so far the book is really good, it keeps my attention.
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Luke l
The setting of 13 reasons why, is a small town that a young killed herself. This setting includes a school where the main character goes and all the reasons why are all in the town for how far iv read. The setting is very important to the story because the significance of very specific places makes the reason all the more important. what I think of the book 13 reasons why I like this book because it is very unique there is no other book like where someone commits suicide and leave the reasons why in tapes. I also like this book because every page I read further into the book it makes me want to keep reading. The reason I like this book is because it is organized very well. One thing though that threw me off was in the middle of chapter two I got very lost and didn’t even know what was going on and I had to read back a few pages, but write after I got back to normal the book was great again.
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Simon H.
The setting of the book Thirteen Reasons Why is a small town. It starts out in the house of the main character. He receives a box of thirteen tapes from a girl who had committed suicide. The tapes come so that she explains why she committed suicide to all the people she felt caused her to do it. It is the job of the recipient is to listen and pass on the tapes to the next person. The setting is important because Hannah Baker committed suicide after all the stuff that happened to her after she moved into this new town. So far I’ve enjoyed the book, and the setting of the book with Hannah being dead makes the story much more eerie
Rowan P.
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Thirteen Reasons Why takes place in a small town and is about a boy, Clay Jensen, who received tapes with recordings of the thirteen reasons, why a girl in his grade, Hannah baker, committed suicide. At the beginning of the tapes she explains that the reason he got the tapes is because he is in some way partially responsible for her death. Clay is listening to find out how he is responsible because he can’t think of how he did any harm to Hannah. The setting, a small town, helps the story because since the town is small things get around easily and fast. Also everyone knows most of the people in town. Which concerns Clay because Hannah says that if he doesn’t listen to all the tapes all the way through thirteen and send the tapes on to the next person on the list then she will send out her second copy to someone not on the list and then everyone in town will know what these thirteen people did responsible for Hannah’s death. Personally I find the book really interesting so far and am wanting to know what happens next and how Clay was responsible because it doesn’t seem like he had anything to do with Hannah.
Matt K.
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Holmes & White
The only setting of my novel that I am currently reading for my English 1 class so far is the main character’s (Clay Jensen) garage. I think that this setting is important to the story because the cassette player is in his garage, and without it, Clay would not be able to listen to the tapes to hear Hannah’s story and find out why he was part of the reason why Hannah did what she did. What I think of this book so far is that it is pretty interesting hearing what has happened to Hannah before she made the decision to end her life. It is also pretty neat how the author put Hannah’s exact words from her tapes in the book. One more neat thing is that you can read about Clay’s reactions to how he is one of the thirteen reasons why Hannah did what she did.
Daniece T
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The setting of thirteen reasons why called Eisenhower, Hannah and Clays’ high school is in a town and Eisenhower Park is in a town. The setting is this story is important for numerous reasons. The first being that Hannah a young freshman girl killed herself and has made thirteen tapes that express the thirteen reasons why. Hence the name of the story. Clay a boy who is somehow part of the reasons she killed herself has to deliver a box of tapes to the people on the list. High school is a major point because the people who made her do that to herself go there and she wants everyone to know the reason why she killed herself. The setting might help me to finally help us know why Clay is involved in the plot. Once Clay passes on the tapes however they have to keep getting passed on or somehow they will be made for the public to know about them. I really like the book so far from what I’ve read. I actually wanted to read this at my other school I transferred from but it was always checked out. :( . But now I get to read it.
Jessica G.
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The setting of this book is in a small, older town. I think this setting is important to the novel because it allows the characters in the book to be in close contact with eachother. It is also important because in the story, there is a map, and places on the map are close to where the main character in the story is. The highschool is where some of the prior events in the story took place.
I think this book is very interesting and it keeps you wanting to read more and more of the book. It is also suspenseful and when you're reading the book, it makes you ask questions to yourself about why Hannah killed herself.I would definately recommend this book to anyone my age because it is very interesting and I think anyone around my age group would be interested in this book as much as I am.
Jon C
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The setting of the story takes place in a town. It’s not specifically named, but some places around town that Clay goes to is to the house where Hannah grows up and also a store called blue point, which is a place where Hannah always used to go to buy candy. When I stopped reading yesterday, Hannah was at a coffee shop called Monet’s. That is about as far as I’ve gotten, so now I can talk about how I feel about the book. The book so far is amazing. I love every aspect about the book. I especially like how I get both sides of the story between how Hannah actually lived her life and how Clay thought she lived her life. I feel really bad for Clay, because he doesn’t really know what’s going on or why he’s even in the tapes. As I read on, I hope to find out more about why exactly Clay is in the book. Overall, fantastic book so far.
Savannah R
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The story takes place in a town; it is not in one specific place. Clay travels to various places following Hannah’s map to get her insight on things. As Clay goes to Blue Point liquor store to see her favorite candy and Monet’s, following in her footsteps. I love this book so far, and I do not want to put it down. I feel bad for Clay because he really thinks that he did not do anything that would cause Hannah’s death, and does not know what is going on, and I think that the reasons so far are not things that you should take your life away for. They are things that everybody goes through between boys and trying to be hot and fitting in. I hope the other people later on in the book have a bigger impact on Hannah’s death so far. I am really excited what Clay’s role in her death was. I think that he will be the lucky thirteen.
Cameron s.
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This story seems to take place in a suburban area. Don't really know what country it takes place in. Clay is most likely listening to most of the tapes on the walkman or in his garage stereo. The setting may be important because it determines where all of the red stars are on the blue map. It might also be important because the topic wouldn't be to relative if it took place in a country, urban type area. I have really enjoyed this book so far, its a well thought-out plot and has a distinctive topic that sets itself apart from others. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys books that keeps you guessing, or a book that's suspenseful. One thing that I think makes this book so enjoyable is the fact that it has good character. My example for that is when Hannah is speaking in the tapes its almost as if the tone switches more "spooky"
Trevor M.
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My book is "Thirteen Reasons Why". The setting of my novel is in a garage. Were a boy named Justin has found the tapes from Hannah Baker. These tapes tell the reasons why Hannah has killed herself. And Justin is one of them. Along with twelve other people.
Anyways I predict that Justin will pass the tapes onto the other people that are mentioned in the tapes. To the members in my group this book is very very good. It makes you want to read more about what happens next. Its not that hard to follow along. Also its sort of like a mystery in a way. It is a good book and I cant wait to read more.
Ariel T.
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The setting for this novel is in an old city. I think it's very important because Clay Jenson, the main character, walks by some of the places in the city while listening to those tapes. I really like this novel even though I almost cry while reading it. I also get anxious while reading it. I always wonder what's going to happen next after finishing a chapter. This book is so amazing that I want to read it over and over again!
Vanessa Taylor
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The main characters in this story would be Hannah Baker and Clay Jensen. Hannah is described in a perspective were she nice, but also were angry and mad at the people who hurted her. Hannah in this story died, where she committed suicide. Also people told her she had the best butt in her grade. Hannah also wanted someone she could trust, and won’t use her. But Clay on the other hand was a very trust worthy person, who was also worried about Hannah. He seems like a good friend. Clay also liked Hannah. Hannah and Clay have similar characterization.
Rima P.
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The main characters of this story are Clay Jensen and Hannah Baker. Hannah is described directly in the book by saying she is dead, and that she had the best butt. Hannah is indirectly characterized in the story by the fact that she can't handle pressure, and all she wanted was a true friend. Most people were on the tapes because they weren't a good friend to her. Clay is directly characterized in the book as sympathetic and worried. He is indirectly characterized by liking Hannah, being scared and sad about Hannah's death because he never got the chance to tell Hannah how he felt about her.
Vanessa Taylor
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Respond to Ariel T.
I really like how you were talking about how your setting was. This made me think about my blog, and gave me ideas how to write mine. But why was Clay listing to the tapes? Was he interested on what Hannah had to say about his name, or was it because he felt bad? How do you like this book? And I think you did a wonderful job of talking about the book, it was also descriptive. I also really like this book, whenever i fished the first few chapters i wanted to read more but the time was already over.
Martha A
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the main 2 character of this story are clay and Hanna, some direct characteristics about Hanna are that she is a really friendly girl she can’t not take pleasure from nobody that’s y she killed herself because all she wanted was a true friend but all the people she meet weren’t good friends so all of those people contribute to the reason she killed herself. clay was one of the persons who got the discs and he is trying to find out y he is on the discs some direct characteristics about clay is that he is a person who cares about other people and he was always in love with Hanna. Some indirect characteristics about clay ia that he was dippy in love with Hanna but he never told nobody cuz he thought that Hanna didn’t like him he was too shy to tell her what he felt.
Leah H.
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3rd hour
Hannah is a really nice person, but people keep on screwing with her. She believed all the people who screwed her over, until she could’t trust anyone anymore. I think that if she would have told Clay then she could have been saved.
Clay just seems like a really nice guy because he just is. He really liked Hannah and at the party where almost everyone who has been mentioned so far in the book. He said if Hannah would have told him what was going on he would have helped her. It just shows hes a caring guy.
Tyler, well he’s just a creep, I think that the second set of tapes should have been released. It’s not like Clay actually did anything, so he shouldn’t care.
Courtney also deserved to be on those tapes, she is a good actress. Everyone thinks she’s all inocent when shes not. She just uses people so that she will be liked.
Jeffery C.
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The Main Character are Clay and hannah and 12 other people that mad hannag killer her self!
Shelby F.
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Hour 3
There are a few main characters in this book. One of the main characters is Clay Jenson. It seems as if Clay is terrified or slightly scared by the tapes. When he gets the tapes he doesn’t want to stop listening to them. He leaves home and does not want to go back until he is done with the tapes. The author also makes it sound as if he has a crush on Hannah. Everything he says about her is nice. He also feels regretful that if maybe he had just talked to Hannah about things it would have been the key to help her to not commit suicide.
jenna b
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The main characters in this book are Hannah baker, and clay jenson. I think the author describes Hannah Baker directly as weird, funny, and oversensitive. And for indirectly an example is that she’s being oversensitive she has been overreacting about certain situations that happened in her tapes. I think the author describes Clay jenson directly as being concerned, and confused. I also think indirectly he is described by being for example confused that he has no clue why he would be on the tapes when he thinks to seem he’s been nothing but nice to her.
Brooke K.
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Hour 3
From how the author describes Clay Jenson, I think he is terrified of the tapes. He can’t stop listening because he had a crush on Hannah and he wanted to know the real reasons she committed suicide. Once he listened to the tape about himself, he was speechless. He broke down in tears and that’s when he truly started to miss her. Clay knew he could have helped her and even though she told him to leave the room that night, he knew staying with her would have been the right thing to do. He regrets not staying because there’s a possibility that him talking to her could have been the key to her not committing suicide. Tony felt horrible for Clay because he knew exactly how he felt. When Hannah asked Tony for the supplies he didn't know what she was going to do with them. He felt like he should have known that was a sign that she was going to kill herself.
I'esha B.
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In this book the author indirectly and directly characterizes Clay Jensen. Clay is directly characterized in the way of how the author specifically saying things such as: I'm so angry, I wish I would have told here but now I don't have the chance. He is indirectly characterized by saying things like: I could just punch him in the face, I wish I had thrown the rock at his face instead of throwing it down, just a few moments with her made me feel so special, also like my head is spinning. Also the author directly characterizes Hannah Baker. You can really see she took things very seriously. She was confused on alot of things happening in here life.This book is really amazing I'm excited to see what part Clay plays in the story its coming up next for me.
Leah H.
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I agree with Iesha although I have already finished the book, I couldn’t wait to find out what Clay did. It was very suspenceful I really liked hearing what he did, because it shocked me. I couldn’t believe it. Well actually I could but the reason why he was on there I didn’t expect. And I like how the story is set up. How she tell what each person has done to her, it lets you feel how she felt when it happened.
Rowan P.
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4th hour.
Shelby, that was a good thought I didn’t think of how the little settings affect the story. I think that although that setting is one of the littler settings in the book it is, along with all the other places he goes, it is very important for Clay to go to these places for him to understand Hannah’s pain.
mrs.scheller
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I am about half way through the book now and the book just keeps getting better.The reasons why just keep getting stranger and stranger but it is keeping me in the book and not wanting to set it down. The only bad thing about this book is when clay goes to the places on the map i cannot get a good picture of the place and feal very confused.But when he starts to listen to the tapes I start to pick it up again.I dont know if its just me but i dont feel like there is very good imagery, because every time she or he describes something I cant picture it.
Simon Hart
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The main characters in the book Thirteen Reasons Why are Clay Jensen and Hannah Baker. Direct characterizations of Clay are the girl at Monet’s saying that he was a nice boy who was quiet. Direct characterizations of Hannah are Clay thinking she is pretty and had long hair but then cut her hair so it was short. Indirect characterizations of Clay are like when he decides not to throw a rock through Tyler’s window, proving he has a concience and he can be nice even to those he is angry with. He also proves he has self restraint when he does not hit Marcus. An indirect characterization of Hannah is when she breaks down crying in the hallway, which proves she was very sensitive at the time. There are direct and indirect characterizations of both Clay and Hannah.
Lisa s
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4th hour
The main characters of Thirteen Reasons Why is Clay Jensen who finds these taps on his front door step and weeks before this girl Hannah is dead due to killing herself. Hannah’s voice tells Clay that his name is on her tapes and all of the other people on the tapes are responsible for her killing herself. Clay doesn’t feel responsible for what he did to Hannah. Hannah’s voice tells us that there are thirteen reasons she ended up taking her life away. As he listening he travels the town with Hannah as his guidance. Clay witnesses the pain he hears through Hannah’s voice and the truth he faces about himself. The setting takes place in a town.
Lisa s
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To: Rowan P
I agree this is an interesting story and I want to figure out why clay is responsible for the suicide of Hannah. He seems like a smart young man who keeps to himself.
To: Jeff C.
Jeff you are so right u don’t know what’s going to happen next in this story!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s unbelievable I always wonder what he did to her.
Rowan P.
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Scheller
In Thirteen Reasons why Clay has found out about why 6 people are on the tapes and what they did to hurt Hannah. Though he still has not found out what he did to her or why he’s on the list. At the moment Clay is on his way to Rosie’s and Courtney Crimsen’s house to find out what happened at those places and to get a better idea of why these places are important to Hannah. I want to keep reading to find out how far down on the list Clay is and what he did to Hannah.
Simon H.
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4th Hour
About the comment from Luke L., you are right in saying that with every page in the book, it makes you want to read even further. It is a very unique book not just in having the suicide tapes but how the story is told about thirteen different people and why they are all connected to this one girl.
To Rowan P., I like your comment about how so far you cannot tell how Clay is connected to Hannah which makes you even more anxious to find out why he received the tapes in the first place. I personally can’t wait until we finally hear Clay’s tape and find out what he did.
Rowan P.
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Scheller
Iesha, it’s interesting how the story is told through Clay it was kind of hard to keep track of at the beginning you have to get used to it, but after a little while its fine and actually helps the story. It’s helpful because you get more insight into the characters through how two people felt about them.
luke L.
ReplyDeletemrs. scheller
4th hr
i agree with simon, i like what u said about the setting I think that that is the most acurate description of the setting I wish I would have used it. I like your explination of the tapes and what they mean.i think that simons comment was the most acurate on the page
Jessica G.
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Hour 5
The two main characters in the book Thirteen Reasons Why , are Clay Jensen and Hannah Baker. Clay is a very nice but shy person. He is also a sort of quiet person. He feels guilty about what he has done to make Hannah kill herself, but so far I haven’t gotten to the part to where he figures out what he did. Hannah Baker is sort of an angry person. She is kind of hateful towards the people that are on her tapes. But I think that over all she is a nice person, she just doesn’t appreciate the fact that people spread rumors and made things up about her that weren’t exactly true.
Matt K.
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Hour 5
One of the main characters in my book that I am currently reading for my English class is Clay Jensen. Some indirect characteristics of him that he is pretty curious because he has listened to the tapes for a few hours non-stop trying to find out why he was included on Hannah’s list of her thirteen reasons why. The other main character in the book is Hannah. One direct characteristic of her is that she doesn’t care about making others uncomfortable because when she is telling what Tyler did to her, she doesn’t hold back describing how he would creep on her through her bedroom window and take pictures of her and her friend Jessica.
Trevor M.
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Hour 5
The main characters of “Thirteen Reasons Why”, is Clay Jenson and Hannah Baker. Clay Jenson, he is described as a classmate of Hannah Baker. Also he gets the tapes Hannah Baker has sent to him. And he gets spooked kind of by the tapes and he wonders what he did to were Hannah has pushed herself to commit suicide. Now Hannah Baker, Hannah committed suicide for Thirteen Reasons. And Clay is one of the reasons why she did commit suicide. The author describes Hannah as kind of sad and depressing and also troubled. Clay is described as scared and outgoing. And that’s my blog.
Matt K.
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To Trevor M.
I agree with what you said about wanting to read on and see what happens next in the story and also that the story is not hard to follow because it is not confusing at all. I also can`t wait to read more because it is so good.
Jessica G.
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Hour 5
To Iesha B:
I agree with your thoughts about this book. I agree with the fact that you said rumors can affect people in the end, no matter how big they are. Because personally I think that the rumors about Hannah were not very big, but everyone is different and see things in a different perspective.
To Matt K:
I agree with what you have to say about the book. I also think that it is interesting, and that it is good that the reader’s can see how Clay reacts to the reasons that Hannah had to kill herself. I also think that it is interesting that you can hear Hannah’s exact words and reasons that she puts on the tapes.
Matt K.
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Holmes.White
To Ariel
I also get anxious when reading this story because it is almost like a mystery book. Also, when I finish a chapter, I cannot wait to read the next one and then read about the next story Hannah has to tell about one of the thirteen reasons why she killed herself
To Matt K.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you the book is really good. And its also interesting hearing about the tapes that Hannah has made. Also Clay goes to some of the places that Hannah has gone to. Such as the Liquor store. Also Hannah sounds depressed most of the time and sad. And this is my response to your blog.
From Trevor M.
Daniece T.
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Hour 5
The main character in this story is Clay Jensen and Hannah. Clay is one of the people on Hannah's list. Although Clay doesn't know the reason why he is on the list he is trying very hard to finish the tapes even though it's kind of difficult. Clay is described indirectly in a number of ways in this story. For example, when Clay read about the guy he just met that threw a rock at the boy who took pictures of Hannah get got really upset and didn't want to say anything, and his mom knew something was kind of wrong. Also, Hannah is described by others as a sleuth because of rumors that were passed around but in reality Hannah was wayy different than that she went to the candy store everyday and got candy and she followed the rules her parents set for her even when they were gone. Unlike some people who would have took major advantage of this.
Daniece T.
Holmes
Hour 5
Comment # 1
In response to Leah H. Hi. I’m just wondering how you knew Clay wasn’t one of the 13. Maybe you are farther than me but I still have not reached the point where Hannah said Clay wasn’t one of the thirteen.
Comment # 2
In response to Jessica G. I like how you thought that the town being small made a better setting because they would be in closer range with each other. I never thought of it that way nice perspective.
Ariel T.
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Hour 5
Some parts of the book show both direct characterization and indirect characterization. One example of indirect characterization would be when the author describes Clay Jenson, the main character. The author used his words, actions, and his thoughts to describe him. I could see that Clay cared about Hannah by the way that he acted. He thinks about her and listens to the tapes. One example of direct characterization would be when Hannah describes that Courtney Crimsen girl. Hannah says that she's pretty and nice to everyone.
To Ariel T.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you the book is amazing. It also does make you anxious about whats going to happen next in the book. the reason he can listen to the tapes is from the Walkman he gets from his friend Tony. And the book is like that to were you want to know what happens next. And this i my response to your blog.
Trevor M.
Savannah R
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The two main characters in the book are Hannah Baker, and Clay Jenson. Hannah Baker is a girl with blonde hair. She used to have long hair, until she decided to go suicidal and chopped her hair really short. Throughout the story you can infer that she is very insecure about herself and felt very strongly about taking her life away. I think that she is a very strong and independent person. If she feels some way or thinks she should say something, she will. I think that Clay is just the same way. He is very independent and does things on his own. I also think that he may be a little obsessive. I think this because he is following her map and doing every single thing that Hannah tells him to do and he also watched her when they worked together and would ask for change, just looking for a way to talk to her.
Jon C.
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In the book Thirteen Reasons Why, There are many main characters. Just to list a few, there is Clay Jenson, Hannah Baker, Tony, and Clays mom. Those are just a few though. The actual story is really centered around Clay Jenson and Hannah Baker though. Clay plays a vital part in the story because he’s the ninth person on Hannah’s list, and pretty much everybody on her list plays a vital part in the story. Clay is just the main character because half of the story is told from his point of view. The other main character is Hannah Baker. The other half of the story is told through her point of view, through the tapes. From the story, I can infer that Clay really liked Hannah, and is almost to the point of being obsessive. I can also take away that Hannah Was a very nice girl who was broken down to the point of Suicide by other students in her school.
Savannah
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I agree with Cameron. I agree that it is very suspenseful and it will always keep you guessing. It makes me want to keep reading and not put it down. Also, when Cameron said that listening to Hannah through the tapes makes it spookier is very true. It builds up the suspense even more so.
I agree with Matt. I love how interesting it is being able to hear Hannah’s thoughts on why she did what she did. I love it because when most people go suicide, you always have to wonder why, but with Hannah, you can get the insights and when you finish a chapter, you wonder what the next reason will be.
Jon C.
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I agree with Savannah. I agree with Savannah, because she described the setting perfectly. The Blue Point station where Hannah used to go and buy a candy bar everyday is a main part of the story, so I have to agree with that. I also agree with her because she brought up the setting of Monets, which is also a vital part of the story.
Cameron S.
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The two main characters in the book, “Thirteen Reason’s why” are Clay Jensens, and Hannah Baker
Clay is a shy, high school Junior who is mailed the “pre-suicide” Cassette tapes from his first love. As he goes through the tapes you can tell that he’s a little obsessive, from following Hannah’s situations throughout the story. The text also stated that he is a well-liked, nice guy.
Hannah is new to her town as of her freshman year, and after thirteen experiences she decides to kill herself. I believe that she may be over-reactant because life is full of bad experiences and she just couldn’t take the fact that she had such a bad reputation. Even though Hannah didn’t do the majority of the things to earn it, I could imagine a lot of other students who have it worse than her. The text states that she’s hot, or at least has a good ass.
Jon C.
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I definitely disagree with Trevor. The kid who “found” the tapes wasn’t named Justin, his name is Clay, and he didn’t find the tapes, they were delivered to him by mail because someone else sent them to him. Also, the setting is not in his garage, Clay is only in his garage for like half of a chapter. I disagree to the max. No offense.
Cameron S.
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I disagree with Brooke K. because there isn't really that many settings. It all takes place in a specific town which overall is the general theme. Story mainly takes place in Clay's garage, walking across town, and Rosie's.
Ariel T.
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In the book Thirteen Reasons Why, the author uses direct characterization and indirect characterization. One example of indirect characterization would be when the author describes the main character, Clay Jenson. The author uses his thoughts, words, and actions to describe him. I can see that Clay really cares for Hannah because he thinks about her all the time and he listens to her tapes, and he wonders what he did that caused her to end her life. One example of direct characterization would be when Hannah talks about that Courtney Crimsen girl. She says that she's pretty and she's nice to everyone. I agree with Trevor's comment. The story is pretty mysterious.
Rima P.
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An internal conflict that Clay is dealing with in the story is that he never had the courage to tell Hannah Baker that he liked her. Hannah died so Clay never got the chance to tell her how he felt. Clay never knew that Hannah liked him and one night they kissed and then Hannah cried then told him to leave. He thought he'd done something wrong, but Hannah just didn't want to hurt him because she knew she was dying. When Clay hears why he is on the tapes, he is heartbroken and feels somewhat guilty that he never had the courage to say anything and now its too late.
Martha A.
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An internall conflic that clay is facing is that he never had the curage to tell her what he felt for here. hannah died so he never had the chance to tell her what he felt for her. he had alot of chances but he was to scare he he though that he was going to get regected and he did want to loose her friendship they had already and he also though that hannah like another kid not him when he though of that he would get jealous.. i think clay should of had the curage to ask her out and she would of not killed her self..
Vanessa T.
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One internal coflict in the book thirteen reasons why would be that caly is feacing that he necer had the currage to tell hannah that he liked her.Also hannah died so he didn't have the chance to tell her what he felt for her.The reason why he never told Hannah would be that he was scared what she would say or that she will reject him, and that scared him.And he did not want to lose their frienship. When hannah started to like this one boy, caly got jeoulus. I tink clay should have stood up for hisself and told hannah that he liked him.
Rima P.
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Zachary H. I have to disagree with you. The setting is not really at Clay's house. It's basically all around that little town. You talk a lot about the walkman that he stole from his friend Tony, and it wasn't even that big a deal. Clay only stole it to listen to the tapes. He didn't have any bad intentions with it. Tony knows Clay stole the walkman and he didn't even really mind so it wasn't a big deal. I do agree that settings do give a visual picture to the reader though. :)
Zach H.
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The book is good so far.One internal conflict is that clay is feeling like he is guilty. Because he is on the tapes and hannah is telling people on the tapes on who hurt hannahs feelings, and what they did.I think he will resolve the conflict by listing to all the tapes and find out what he did to be on the tapes and try to solve that problem.The mood of the novel is sad and scary.It is sad because hahhan is dead.It is scary because hannah is dead and a bunch of tapes are being passed around of who hurt her.
Vanessa T.
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Respond to Jeff C.
I like how you at the beginning had a positive attitude, and that you were getting excited for this book. I also like how you described the setting in this book.(: You also told why this setting is important. I have to say you did a really
Rima P.
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Savannah R. I completely agree with you on the setting. I also agree with the fact that you said that those reasons why she killed herself weren't even that bad. I also feel bad for Clay too because he doesn't know whats going on. I finished the book and think it's awesome. I really couldn't put it down.
Martha A
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Zack I totally disagree with u the setting is not in clays house because he only stays in his house well he is there for a little of time and i agree with u in that it gives u a good picture of where he is at.whould of had the courage to ask her out and she would of not killed herself...
Clay thinks back to all the times he’s shared with Hannah and can only think of one time when they actually talked. He can’t understand what he could have possibly done to be on one of the tapes. It kills him to think that he was one of the causes Hannah killed herself. Once Clay listened to the tape about himself, he realized he really didn’t do anything. It’s what he didn’t do. He didn’t stay there after she told him to leave. He knows he should have. Talking to her could have been the key to talking her out of suicide. What he didn’t know at the time was that her mind was already made up. The mood the author has created is suspenseful. It makes me want to keep reading.
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Clay thinks back to all the times he’s shared with Hannah and can only think of one time when they actually talked. He can’t understand what he could have possibly done to be on one of the tapes. It kills him to think that he was one of the causes Hannah killed herself. Once Clay listened to the tape about himself, he realized he really didn’t do anything. It’s what he didn’t do. He didn’t stay there after she told him to leave. He knows he should have. Talking to her could have been the key to talking her out of suicide. What he didn’t know at the time was that her mind was already made up. The mood the author has created is suspenseful. It makes me want to keep reading.
Shelby F
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Clay is struggling to figure out what he did to Hannah to deserve to be a person on the tapes. Clay only knows of one time that he and Hannah have talked and he can’t think of anything he could have done to Hannah that affected her decision of killing herself. It really hurts clay to think that he is one of the reasons why Hannah decided to kill herself. The conflict that Clay is having would be resolved by maybe when he hears what he did wrong he will feel as if what he did wasn’t really a big deal at all. Or that Hannah made a stupid decision. The mood the author set for the story makes you feel in suspense or curious about what clay actually did that was so bad to deserve to be on the tapes.
Brooke K.
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Clay thinks back to all the times he’s shared with Hannah and can only think of one time when they actually talked. He can’t understand what he could have possibly done to be on one of the tapes. It kills him to think that he was one of the causes Hannah killed herself. Once Clay listened to the tape about himself, he realized he really didn’t do anything. It’s what he didn’t do. He didn’t stay there after she told him to leave. He knows he should have. Talking to her could have been the key to talking her out of suicide. What he didn’t know at the time was that her mind was already made up. The mood the author has created is suspenseful. It makes me want to keep reading.
Brooke K.
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I agree with Shelby. I feel the same way about the book. I can't wait to figure out all thirteen reasons on the tapes. I'm having the same problem of not wanting to put the book down. I agree that Blur Spot is an important setting in the boook, although there are many others too.
Shelby F
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I agree with Brooke K. Clay tries to experience everything that hannah went through and imagines everything by going to the places that she has marked on the map. when Clay goes to visit the spots on the maps he tries to almost put himself in the situation to play it all over again. the book is very suspence full and you don't want to stop reading it.
Jenna B
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In this novel some internal conflict is how clay doesn’t know why he’s on the tapes. By that I mean every time a new person comes on he would question when he would be next and why he would even be on the tapes. I think this conflict was resolved when he figured he was number nine on the tapes and that he was on the tapes pretty much for not a bad reason, yet I think he still is confused. Some external conflict is how Hannah is talking about people on the tapes, and has a reason for each person. The mood is pretty dramatic at times.
Brooke K.
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I agree with Rema. I also think the reason those places were on the map is to show how they were important and the reason it got on the tapes in the first place. Each place was somewhere she enjoyed being at, until something bad happened that caused it to be a place with a star next to it on her map.
Iesha Boll
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I think that Clay is struggling internally. Clay is mostly struggling with not telling Hannah Baker what he really felt about her before she killed herself. Also he is struggling with the fact later on in the story that he finally got the chance to be alone with here, but when she told him to leave he left instead of staying when she was hurting. I think that Clay is blaming himself for Hannah's death because hew left without helping. The conflict with himself im not sure if it will ever be resolved. But it could be if he just realized it wasn't his fault, he didn't know what was all going on in her life.
Shelby F.
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I agree with iesha. The way that the story is told makes you feel like your in it. and the way that clay gives so much detail about eveything makes it so real. I also liked how clay went to the spots on the map and how he was able to relate to what happened there and imagined everything that happened there. i agree that this book was very good and you do not want to put it down.
Iesha Boll
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I think that Clay is struggling internally. Clay is mostly struggling with not telling Hannah Baker what he really felt about her before she killed herself. Also he is struggling with the fact later on in the story that he finally got the chance to be alone with here, but when she told him to leave he left instead of staying when she was hurting. I think that Clay is blaming himself for Hannah's death because hew left without helping. The conflict with himself im not sure if it will ever be resolved. But it could be if he just realized it wasn't his fault, he didn't know what was all going on in her life.
jenna B
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@Jeff c, i agree how good the book is but i also think the tapes are important because so people understand more about why their on the tapes.
@rowan p, i think clay sorta did have something to do with hannah because how they worked together and hungout and the party.
Rowan Pugh
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One of the characters conflicts in the book is an internal conflict. It is Clay’s internal conflict when he receives the tapes and is wondering why he got them and what he did to get on the tapes. I think this problem will be resolved by Clay pushing himself to listen to all the tapes to find out why he is on the tapes and why Hannah committed suicide. Also throughout the book he is wondering why Hannah felt the need to commit suicide. The tone of the book is probably sad and the mood of the book is confused and sad.
Simon H.
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An internal conflict in the book Thirteen Reasons Why is Hannah deciding whether or not commit to suicide. As the story goes on she slowly starts to think more and more about suicide. It takes her a while but she finally finds a resolution to the conflict. She decides to kill her self. You know she kills herself at the beginning of the book, but she tells about how she slowly decides to kill herself using the tapes. I believe the story is made much better because you know she killed herself but you you get to find out why as the story goes on.
Luke l
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The external conflict is way too broad to just say one. The reason I am picking an external conflict is because you have to have an external conflict to have an internal conflict. Hannah has a lot of external conflict from being socially awkward to just having enemies. Some of the external conflicts are when she breaks up with her boyfriend because he was bragging. Another external conflict is when she is being peeped on or when she figures out that Courtney isn’t even he friend and is just trying to prefect her image.
Simon H.
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Matt, even though you aren't very far in the book, there are other settings that have been mentioned so far. Theres the post office, or if you want a broader setting, the town. You were right that the garage was a setting but not that it was the only setting.
Luke l
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I agree with Jessica’s comment because I think that also the setting is an old town that is small and every one knows each other. I also agree that this book is interesting and there is not anything like it, which I have read before. I love this book but I am getting lost also.
Rowan P.
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Simon your comment was splendid. I agree with you about how Hannah being dead makes the story much more interesting and intriguing. I like how Clay is telling some of Hannah’s story and feelings through his thoughts and what he knew about her. I also really like the book and want to read more.
Rowan P.
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Brooke there are many settings but the main one is the small town where the story takes place over all but every place he goes is important. I agree with you the book is very interesting and I always want to know who’s next and what is going to happen in that story that would contribute to Hannah’s decision.
Simon H.
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Leah, you are right that he is not number thirteen so it'll be fun for you when you get to the part with Clay. It is a good part of the book and I will not spoil that part for you wiht this comment.I also agree that what Alex did was not funny at all. Good luck with the book.
LUKE L
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I agree with ariel that the setting of the book 13 reasons why is in a old city. I also think that she is correct when she says that the book is amazing and each chapter keeps me guessing at what is going to happen next.I wold read this book if it had another.
Jessica G.
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In the book Thirteen Reasons Why, there is an internal conflict that Clay is struggling with. Clay feels guilty about being on the tapes, but he hasn’t why he is exactly on them yet. Clay keeps asking questions to himself about what he could have done to Hannah. I think the conflict will be resolved when Clay finally hears why he is on the tapes. I think he will hear the reasons why, and then just learn to deal with what ever guilt he may have, and just learn to let it go. In this book, the tone that the author has created would have to be like an angry or depressing tone.
Matt K.
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To Trevor M.
I agree with what you said about wanting to read on and see what happens next in the story and also that the story is not hard to follow because it is not confusing at all. I also can`t wait to read more because it is so good.
Matt K.
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An example of internal conflict that a character is facing in my book, Thirteen Reasons Why, is that Clay is trying to figure out what he had done to Hannah to make her decide to do what she did. He is constantly listening to the tapes trying to find the part when Hannah talks about him, but so far he has not found it. My prediction for how Clay will solve this internal conflict is that he will continue to listen to the stories Hannah has on her tapes, and he will eventually find his story later on. A mood that the author creates for this novel is sad because it is a bit saddening to listen to Hannah’s story about her thirteen reasons why.
Matt K Holmes/White Hour 5
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I agree that this book can be a little sad at parts, but it does not make me want to cry about it. This book also makes me a little anxious because I never know what will happen next. Every time I finish a chapter, I just don’t want to put it down because I want to see what happens next and listen to Hannah’s story
Jessica G.
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To Iesha:
I agree with you on how it is interesting that you can see and imagine everything from Clay’s eyes. I also agree with you on about how you said it’s interesting how little rumors can end up into being much bigger things, and how it can affect people more than you think it can.
To Matt K.:
I agree with what you have to say about it being interesting how you can listen to exactly what Hannah has to say about her reasons why she ended her life. I also agree with what you have to say about the setting, because the cassette player is a very important piece in this story.
Ariel T.
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The important part of the story is tone and mood. I think the tone for the story is either intensity, anxiousness, or sadness. I think that's all three of them because that's how I feel while reading the story. Sometimes, I almost cry. I agree with Trevor's comment. The book is pretty mysterious. I can't wait to see what happens next!
Trevor M.
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External Conflict of my book is that Hannah Baker and Clay Jenson. The struggle they have is Clay believes Hannah is blaming him for her suicides. I think it will be solved by Hannah saying in her tapes that she is lying and its someone else is making a fool out of Clay. I feel that this book makes you want to know more about what is going on. And it also makes me feel sad, excited, and also scared. I bet the author feels sad and scared. Reason being one of the main characters commits suicide in the beginning of the book
Jon C
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In the book Thirteen Reasons Why, there is an internal conflict with Clay. He cannot decide whether to keep listening to the tapes that Hannah sent him or not. I think the conflict will be resolved by Clay finishing the tapes and sending them to the next person on the list, but at the same time, feeling terrible about himself. I think the Tone of the story is sorrow. I think it is sorrow, because it is about a girl killing herself and explaining all of the reasons she did it on seven tapes. Plus the fact that she is sending them to thirteen people, causing them to feel the same way as her.
Savannah R
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Hannah has an internal conflict with herself. She is determining weather or not to kill herself. As you read through the book, she becomes more convinced that she should. It may not be for all of the right reasons, but she ends up resolving this conflict by following through and actually killing herself. The mood that the author portrays is pity and sorrow. The author wants you to feel bad for Hannah for doing what she does. I believe this because of how the book is set up and that she has to blame other people for her death when I simply believe that she just has a problem. I don’t think the reasons she’s giving is enough to take your own life away.
Jon C
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I agree with Ariel because that is exactly how the story was. She is right about the setting and also right about the characters. Yeah, she is definitely right. I can’t agree with her anymore than I already am at this exact moment in time as I write this and agree with her. She is correct.
Cameron Simon
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In the book, Hannah is having an internal conflict with herself. Throughout the story she is debating whether or not to kill herself. As the book goes throughout the tapes she becomes more and more convinced on killing herself. The conflict is already resolved in the story by the tapes as her suicide notes. If she were to never of sent the tapes, that would have been her winning that conflict with herself which unfortunately, didn’t happen.
The tone that the author portrays is pity because he wants you to feel what Hannah felt. He wants you to feel what she went through and what lead up to her suicide. Feeling bad for Hannah I assume is the author’s intention.
Jon C
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I definitely agree with Jon. I agree with him because he probably has the best blog on here about this book. He can’t be more right than he already is. He is so correct that it’s almost making me not correct. He is right about the setting and the main characters so far.
Leah H.
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Hannah is struggling with an internal conflict. She is trying to decide weither her life is worth living still. She doesn’t tell anybody what she is going through she just keeps it all to herself. Even though she tries to let people see whats going on and help her. No one notices because she won’t talk to anyone about it. It doesn’t resolve though, I already know that. She tries to get help, she gives life one last chance. But the person that should have helped her, should have kept her alive, he didn’t try hard enough. When she ran out of the room, he let her. So she killed herself.
The mood and tone the author has created is sorrowful and bitter. Clay is really sad, he doesn’t want to be listening to those tapes. While Hannah is pissed or sad in most of them.
Leah H.
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I agree with Brooke You can tell Clay really doesn’t want to listen to the tapes. Once he started he thought that he couldn’t stop, because he thought he did something, to make her kill herself. He really did like her, and he wished that he could have helped her. Actually like Brooke said he knew that he could have helped her.
I agree with Jessica. You can tell that Clay feels guilty for being one of the thirteen reason why she killed herself. He doesn’t know what hes done but he still feels some form of guilt. And Hannah is a very hateful toward the people, besides Clay, who are on the tapes. Although they deserve it. Even though not all of the things, the rape, weren’t done to her sh knows her and that guy could have prevented it.
Rima P.
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Overall, I think that this book is amazing. It kept me interested until the end and was also very emotional. The only reason I didn't like the book was because Hannah killed herself for stupid reasons. People were just being funny and not trying to intentionally hurt her. She took it a lot farther than it needed to go. I would recommend that others read this book because it kind of teaches you a lesson. Even the smallest things that you do to someone can really have a big impact on their life. I feel that if the guidance counselor in the end had been supportive of Hannah when she asked him to, she might not have killed herself. She was just looking for someone to tell her everything was going to be okay, but he told her she was just being an attention grabber. It's sad that in the end she had no one to depend on, not even Clay.
Vanessa Taylor
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I think that people should read this book. The reason why i said that is, that it is very mysterious and it kind of is scary at the same time. In this book it is about how Hannah kill herself but there are 13 reasons why she did that. And one of the main characters is Clay who was in love with Hannah. Hannah also liked him but she thought that she did not deserve to be happy. But at the end she did like him and some stories happened. I won’t tell though everything, because then the excitement would go away. I actually do not like to read but that had changed now after this book. I think whoever reads this should defiantly read this; this is a great book also because it’s not only Clay who is important but also a lot of other people.
Martha A
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I think this book is really cool I loved it although it almost made me cry but I love it it’s the book I have ever read so far. This book is about a girl name Hannah all she wanted was a real friend but all the people she talked to they all did something to her and she couldn’t take the stress so one day she killed herself and she send out tapes with the name of 10 people and in each tape she told each person how the contributed in her killing herself. one of them was for just using her well most of them were there for that reason but one of them name clay was in the tapes but he was not suppose to be there the only reason he was there was because she liked him and he liked her but she never told him because she knew that she was going to go away......
Rima P.
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TO: Jon C.
I completely agree with you Jon. I think there is an internal conflict with Clay about him debating on listening to the tapes or not. I also agree with the fact that Hannah sending those tapes to those thirteen people was wrong because it made them feel just as bad as she did. It was kind of a selfish thing to do.
Zach H.
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I think this book is really good. I’m almost done reading it, and to me it is a good book. Most books are not that good. But this book is really good. I recommend this book to kids who don’t like reading books. The book has a lot of good detail. I think this book is not bad at all. If you do not like to read and you have to or you just want to then check this book out. It has lots of good stuff in side.I'm at the part where clay is sitting at a diner and he is listening to the 4th tape.Toney comes up there and he is wondering if clay asked for his walkmen.
Martha A
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I agree with jesica because clay felt guilty that he was in the tapes he though he did something bad to her so he was scare to find out why he in the tapes,but soon he will find the reason why he was in the tapes..
Rima P.
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TO: Leah H.
I agree with you Leah on the fact that Hannah is struggling on an internal conflict about living her life or not. The conflict doesn't get solved in the end because Hannah tries to get help but fails because of the guidance counselor. She could have talked to her parents or maybe even Clay because she knew those were the people that really cared about her.
Martha A
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Trevor clay never said that Hannah blamed him for killing herself he only said that he was scare to find out why he was in the tapes he though he never did nothing bad to her because he liked her a lot to do something to hurt her.....
jeffery C.
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agree with Jessica. You can tell that Clay feels guilty for being one of the thirteen reason why she killed herself. He doesn’t know what hes done but he still feels some form of guilt. And Hannah is a very hateful toward the people, besides Clay, who are on the tapes. Although they deserve it. Even though not all of the things, the rape, weren’t done to her
I agree with Matt what you have to say about it being interesting how you can listen to exactly what Hannah has to say about her reasons why she ended her life. I also agree with what you have to say about the setting, because the cassette player is a very important piece in this story.
Stephanie S
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One external conflict in story was that there was a fight at the party that Hanna went to with Courtney when she was in the circle around them. One internal conflict was with clay if he should finish one of the tapes or keep listening to them because it’s hard for him to hear her voice because he said he thought he would never hear her voice again. The tone of the book is sad because it’s about one of his friends dying and he has to listen to everything she went though and made her commit suicide.
Shelby F.
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Overall this book was very intriguing. It was one of those books you do not want to ever stop reading. I never wanted class to end or put the book down. Throughout the whole book it was very suspenseful. You always wanted to know who the next tape was about and why the next person was on the tapes. This book was about a young girl that moved to a new school. Her name was Hannah. False rumors started spreading about her and she tried her hardest to clear them up when one day to everyone’s surprise Hannah decided to commit suicide. She decides before she kills herself to create tapes and send them out to every person that she says contributed to her decision of suicide. Through the whole book you never know what or who is coming next. Overall this was one of my favorite books to read.
Drew
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Thirteen Reasons Why is without a doubt one of the best books of the year. Why? It isn't because it's sad. It isn't because it's about suicide. It isn't because it's dramatic. It's because it's well-written; it's real. The characters--from Hannah and Clay through all of the minor characters that come up as "reasons" such as Justin and Brent and Jenny--are so real, so well-developed, so human. The story is haunting and it's easy to understand why Clay's life will never be the same. How Hannah's death and life have changed him. Clay couldn't stop until he'd heard the tapes; I couldn't stop from reading til her story was through. It was very gripping, very haunting.
Brooke K.
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The main subject of “Thirteen Reasons Why” is obviously the thirteen tapes containing the thirteen reasons Hannah killed herself. Throughout the story we learned many things about Hannah and how much the rumors affected her. If I was one of the people who received the box of tapes, I would feel terrible after I heard my part. As it was said in the book, everything started with just one little rumor and then the snowball effect occurred. This happens very often in high school, but many people just learn to ignore the rumors and move on, as hard as it is. Overall, I thought it was a great book. It was very intriguing and always kept my attention. I never once lost interest. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone! It was a great book for me, as a high school student, to relate to and I think that helped keep my interest.
Iesha Boll
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I really liked Thirteen Reasons Why. It was one of the best mystery movies I have read in a while. I really liked the 2 sided stories. One point of view from Hannah Baker and the other from Clay Jensen. I liked how Hannah Baker had to make sure the whole story of why she killed herself got out and how the author not only told us the story but also he made the stories relate to teens our age. I liked how the author never gave away were Clay came in or what his story was. I also liked how the author gave a background on how Clay plays into Hannah’s life, such as him liking her and from then on. I think that this story really gives an insight on teen suicide and just shows how much one little thing can impact a person in a way that you never thought. It really makes you think about what you do and say to people and how it can affect their lives.
Shelby F
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I disagree with Cameron Simon. Throughout the book Hannah is not debating on whether or not she is going to kill herself. She knows that she is already for sure going to kill herself that’s obviously why she made the tapes. She is listing of the people who contributed to her suicide.
I agree with Jon. At the beginning of the book Clay doesn’t know if he should listen to the tapes because he does not know if he wants to know what he had to do with Hannah committing suicide. Even throughout the book and at the end of the story clay does not know if he wants to continue listening to all the tapes.
Brooke K.
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I agree with Jon. I agree that everyone who received the tapes felt sorrow, too. Once they figured out they were one of the reasons for Hannah’s death, I assume they were almost ashamed of themselves. It described how at school they would walk with their heads down and look away quickly to avoid eye contact.
I agree with Matt. I agree with what he thinks the conflict is and how it will be solved. There’s really no other way he could figure it out because it’s to suspenseful. There’s always the possibility that if he did fast forward, he could miss the tape with his reason and that would just be tragic.
Stephanie S
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What I liked about Thirteen Reasons Why was the suspense from trying to figure out what Clay did or why he was even on the list. I also liked that it kept me interested though out the whole book. I really liked how the 1st chapter started out as the day after he found out then at the end of the story it linked to back when it started off. I think it is a good book for people who haven’t experienced what it for a friend to commit suicide and how it affects people.
Stephanie S
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What I liked about Thirteen Reasons Why was the suspense from trying to figure out what Clay did or why he was even on the list. I also liked that it kept me interested though out the whole book. I really liked how the 1st chapter started out as the day after he found out then at the end of the story it linked to back when it started off. I think it is a good book for people who haven’t experienced what it for a friend to commit suicide and how it affects people.
Jenna b
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The overall review of this book I would say I enjoyed it very much. There was a lot of detail for every tape and scenery. The part I didn’t really enjoy was at the end when clay found out the last person was the teacher and how Hannah really didn’t have a good reason for him to be on there when he did try to help her out but she wouldn’t explain to him all her issues. Also I feel the ending should’ve ended differently. The part I did like the most was when in the book clay was saying how people started acting differently which means they have heard the tapes, but I think someone should have told an adult about the tapes so certain people would get in trouble that they need to be in. I would recommend this book to anyone, even if you don’t like to read it’s a pretty interesting book.
@Leah H, I sort of agree that the person that needed to help her ran out on her, but in all he didn’t really know. But I mean she had a chance to talk to her councilor, but she turned him down too like the rest of the people. And I also agree on the mood/ tone I was trying to think of what to call it.
@Jessica G, I think the tone is sorrowful, like Leah said. But I don’t think he will be able to deal with his guilt for a while because Hannah sort of did blame him for not helping her not kill herself and he needs to talk to someone or else he could be in Hannah’s position. And people might figure out about these tapes and taunt him about it.
Iesha Boll
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I agree with Cameron Simon. I think the author is really trying to make us feel what Hannah felt by the way he writes. He uses a lot of strong words to help describe how she felt and also help relate to us. But I’m not sure if it is really the author wanting us to feel sorry but more of I guess you could say convicted by really watching what we say to people and just realizing suicide isn’t a little thing.
I also agree with Matt K. this story is sad to read. It’s hard to read about someone wanting to end their life let alone having to deal with the pain of that person being gone. Suicide is a really difficult topic to think about.
Stephanie S
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I agree with Leah H. she is stuggling with trying to decied her life is worth living and trying to get other people to notice to help her but no one got the hints espically her teacher.
Simon Hart
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There are many things I can say about the book Thirteen Reasons Why. It is one of the best narrated books I have ever read. I say this because of the author’s success in doing the dual narration from what Hannah is saying and what is going on with Clay. He also came up with a very creative plot for the story. This is one of the first books I have ever read that you know how it ends but you don’t know how they got there until you read it. I would rate this book very highly for both its creativity and its plot. I would also like to say that this book is good because of how real the story feels. No matter what happens, you always believe that everything happening could actually occur. This book is one of the best books I have ever read.
Lisa S.
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I thought the book was great and I can’t wait for the author to make another one. My opinion on it was I loved how the author set up the tapes of why Hannah killed herself. The perfect way to make the story interesting. My favorite part was the whole book. I can’t pick one part that was the best. It got my attention and the story was so real because it could happen in real life. It made me sad in a way and feels sorry for her family and Clay because he liked her and he was too scared to get his chance with her before she took a handful of pills. The only wish I could make was the counselor at school would have went after her when she thought about suicide because he could of stopped her decision. She needed more help in her situation.
Lisa S.
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To Trevor m.
I agree this was book was sad and exciting because no one wants to see someone commit suicide and there was always part where I didn’t want could happen next with the tapes. Clay thought she had to be lying because in his mind he felt like had no way in possible he was one of the reasons she committed suicide he was only but friendly to her and worked with her at the theater and always had a crush on her.
Rowan Pugh
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I really liked Thirteen Reasons Why I think it’s a great book if you like sad and kind of depressing stories. For example the whole story is about a girl named Hannah baker, who commits suicide, and just that story line is depressing and sad. It has a good message though and I think it is a very well written book. Young teens should read this because some teenage girls think that way and they need to know that not everything is bad, there are other ways to handle many situations even if they are over whelming, and not to take things to extremes like suicide. It would also be a good book for parents and adults so they know more how teenagers think. Also it is just a good read when you just want to read something and don’t know what you should read.
Lisa S
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To Leah H.
Yeah I agree to clay didn’t want to listen to the tapes and hear Hannah’s voice how shattered she was and how much pain she went through. He thought it was pointless. Yes she hatred toward all those people besides Clay. She was thinking her and Clay could have worked out but she messed it up.
Rowan P.
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I agree with Brooke also it is obvious that Clay liked her and wanted to help her. Also the more he listened to the tapes the more he thought he could help and the sadder he got about her being dead. She didn’t notice but he did care about her and he wants her alive.
Simon H.
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I agree with Matt K.’s comment about how Hannah is doesn’t care at all what she tells people. Not only was she to descriptive about Tyler but also about what happened in the hot tub on a later tape. It made the story better but it was also a little graphic for the situation.
Lisa S
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An internal conflict in the book is Hannah blaming the people on the tapes for her committing suicide. She has thirteen reasons why she committed suicide. The people she mentioned had not lived a good life and her watching a rape where she and this guy could have prevented had a big impact on her but it wasn’t her fault she tried her hardest. I would have made her see a counselor and made sure she got the help she needed. The mood in this novel is depressing and learning that words can hurt a person no matter how u put them so watch what u put out there and the words you say to people. Things like this always happen and you don’t know how much it hurts a person until they commit suicide and they did it because of you.
Scheller
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Savannah R. I agree with you about how Hannah is trying to decide what she is going to do about this whole situation while she is making the tapes. She ends up deciding that since no one wants to help her she is just going to make her life a lot easier by killing herself.
Matt K.
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My reaction to this book is that I thought it was very good even though I did not get all the way finished with it. I thought it was cool how the author set up the book where you switch between Hannah’s tapes and Clays thoughts and what he and others are saying. Also, I like how it starts right at when Clay gets the tapes, and you do not have to read fifty pages to get to the good parts like most books I have read before. What I did not like about this book is that it was a bit confusing to me at times, like sometimes it would flip between the tapes and what Clay is thinking or saying too often and then I would have to go back to the last few sentences of what Hannah said to understand again. I would most defiantly recommend this book to anybody who likes a good book to read.
Trevor M.
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My reaction to 13 Reasons Why at first was man I am going to hate this book. But I have been persuaded. This book is actually really good. I really enjoyed it. Also I really hate reading books, but that all changed. Also I thought this book was girl book. But I really enjoyed it and I think other people did too. The only thing I didn’t like about the book was that Hannah just wasn’t a people person. The other thing I didn’t like was that it didn’t really give you a setting or the time of day it just gave you were the person has been before he read the tapes. The point of view I think should have been from Hannah’s point of view and not Clays. The reason I think that is because Clay doesn’t tell you anything about the book, but Clay does. And that is my last blog about my book.
Jessica G.
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I think that my book, “Thirteen Reasons Why”, is a great book. I haven’t finished the whole thing yet, but I am almost done with it and I think that it is a book that I would recommend to a lot of people. I love reading this book because it is very interesting, and it keeps me wanting to read more and more of it. I would definitely say this is one of the best books I have ever read. I like how this book teaches you a lesson. It teaches you a lesson on how you should treat others, and on if something in a situation is going wrong, you should always try to stop it. It also teaches you that you should always be there for other people, especially when they need you the most. I guarantee that I would definitely enjoy reading other books like this one.
Matt K
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To Trevor,
I agree with you with what you said about that this book makes you want to keep reading to find out what is happening. I do not want to put it down. This book also makes me feel excited, like when I want to find out what happens next, sad, like when Hannah committed suicide, and scared, like when the girl got raped
Matt K
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To Iesha
I agree that Clay is struggling internally. I think that maybe if Clay told her how he really felt, maybe that would have changed her mind about her suicide. Also, I agree that Clay should have stayed when Hannah told him to leave, and helped her. That probably would have made her feel better.
Trevor M./Holmes/5th Hour
ReplyDeleteTo Jessica G.: I agree with you that Clay does feel guilty. I also agree with you the book is depressing and angry. I also agree with you that I can’t wait until Clay figures why he is on the tapes that Hannah made.
To Matt K.: I agree with you that Clay will keep listening to the tapes to find out where he comes in. I also agree that the mood of this story is sad. Also it is sad to hear about what happens to Hannah and the 13 reasons why she committed suicide.
Jessica G.
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To Leah:
I agree on what you said about Hannah's internal conflict. I think she should have actually tried to talk to someone about the problems she was having, instead of keeping it in and waiting for people to notice something was wrong.I also agree with what you said about the tone and mood. Hannah is mostly angry when Clay is sad and depressed when he’s listening to the tapes.
To Trevor M:
I agree with what you said about the external conflict. It’s between Hannah and Clay, and Clay thinks that it is his fault for Hannah’s suicide because he is on the tapes. I also agree that this book is interesting and makes you want to keep reading to find out what’s going to happen.
Ariel T.
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I really enjoyed reading "Thirteen Reasons Why." This novel is being added to my list of my favorite books to read. When I read about Hannah telling Clay's story on the tapes, I was on the verge of tears! Clay really liked her and he wanted to help her. He could have helped her, but she chose to push him away. I think she should have let him help her. This is one of the greatest books that I ever read and I'm glad that I had the oppertunity to read it. I refused to put that book down until I finished it. I want to read it over and over again! The story was really sad though.
Daniece T
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I personally enjoyed 13 reasons why. I initially wanted to read this book at my other school but like I said I never got to read it. So when I was able to get the chance to read this I made it my first option. I thought the book was going to be from Hannah’s point view but it was from a guy’s point of view mostly. Normally I don’t like reading guy points of views occasionally I do but not often so I’m glad this let me kind of step out if my boundaries and try something more than what I’m used to. I also like the fact that this book has a good ending normally the books will be good but they won’t have strong endings to match the book. But not this one it was strong all the way through. I would definitely recommend this book to people in my age group it’s a good book but some audiences might not like the subject.
Comment to Cameron; I have a question for you I don’t ever remember anywhere in the story where it said that Clay or Hannah were juniors. Maybe I overlooked it but I don’t remember it saying that. So anyways if they were juniors Hannah only had one more year and she could have got away from it in just another year I just think that’s pretty cynical. Don’ you think?
Comment to Jessica: I agree with your comment that Clay did sort of feel guilty at the beginning of the story because he felt like somehow if he would have talked to Hannah then maybe he could have prevented her from committing suicide. But in the end I do think he feels better about he might still be sad about her death but he can move on and make his life better now.
Cameron S.
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My conclusion to the book, Thirteen Reasons Why, is the book ended up being alright. I enjoyed the book up until side 9. There was nothing to look forward to after Clays reason. It's not like you new any of the other characters in depth enough to really care about the rest of the book. Also I thought the ending was just the authors way of tired of the book and wanted to move on. I can't think of the characters name but whatever is the name of the student that was told to hold up by Clay was only mentioned at Rosie's. I'm probably just missing the point of her even being introduced to the book. My guess is leaving the authors options open to have a sequel. Although I don't think they could make a successful sequel that would interest readers like Thirteens Reasons Why.
Danielle
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this book so far is an amazing book you should read. it takes place at jason's house where he finds tapes that explains why a girl died. but i dont want to give away anything so let me tell you this... its an amazing book that i am still reading but so far im only on chapter 1 its a long chapter. hahahahahaha so anyway yeah its still very good to read. and people dont give up reading it takes you on adventures that you have never imagined before :). so read read read read!
Danielle
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Hi everyone this book is amazing so far we read about this girl that died and a guy got tapes and so far hes still istening to the tapes its a long chapter so so far im still on chapter 1.