Would You Kill Yourself?
I love Netflix, mostly because of the original TV series it can have and usually if a series has the title "Netflix Original" I give it a chance. I know how good they can be. So, when I found out Netflix was going to adapt Asher's book 13 Reasons Why, I knew I had to read it before the series came out, not for anything would have Netflix picked that book from many others. So, I bought the book the same weekend I watched the Teaser Trailer and not long after did I started reading it.
Many of my schoolfellows and teachers had praised this book so much and I had many expectations on this books. I thought it was going to amaze me. It didn't but I still liked the book for many reasons, one of them being that it opened my eyes to this topic. "I hope you're ready, because I'm about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you're listening to these tapes, you're one of the reasons why." I remember once that one of my closest friends told me that a girl he used to know had committed suicide, and I was impressed but I didn't ask him anything because it didn't matter so much, now I know that this is serious and the fact that her death didn't affect him at all is aggravating. This quote is one of the first things you read. From the beginning we know little about the main character's life and the author doesn't take much time describing it for us because it doesn't matter. What matters are his name, Clay, and his profound love for Hannah, a girl who just committed suicide. I wasn't concerned about this kind of problem because of my "no one forced them to do it" ignorant thought, now when this situations appear in a conversation I urge them to read this book or watch the T.V Show because it is important for people to recognize this problem as a modern type one.
To mention this kind of topics in a book requires a lot of knowledge, which I can say the author has. In the whole reading people like me, who don't know anything or very little, discover so much about this kind of topics and how it is important for us to recognize the warnings suicide can have. Everything with only thirteen reasons why a girl decided to end her life. It can not be the best story but it sure can be a great reference regarding suicide.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is a story about a girl, Hannah, and how Clay might have been one of the 13 reasons she decided to die. One day, a set of tapes arrive at Clay's porch and in those tapes is the voice of Hannah explaining why she did what she did. Everyone who is involved must receive the tapes because if someone decides not to move on the tapes, there will be another set released to the public and everybody in the town will know the real reasons Hannah is no longer with them. In this book no cared for Hannah's feelings except Clay Jensen, they just cared for the tapes and what would everyone think of them if they'd come out to the light. This resembles a lot to reality, and I believe this is one of the many purposes Asher has. Why can't everybody be alright? Why do we have the need to mess with people's life so we can be fine or feal superior? Although, we are not aware we do and say things that hurt someone.
I liked something that was very different from the books I've read, and they are the descriptions. The author set us in a small town but he does it like we were part of the town and doesn't spend a lot of time illustrating everything. With that he makes us feel part of the town. Wanting to go to its places and meet its people.
We don't get to meet many characters and the ones we do, we don't do it in a deep way. Still, I liked a lot the character of Clay because he is so good, kind and innocent in a way; he doesn't want to hurt anyone and knows the risks of hanging with the kind of people that assist his high school. With all that said I frequently asked myself while reading: Why is he on the list? What wrong could he have done if he just wanted to meet his high school crush?
Now I know why.
I didn't like much the path the author decided to take because it gave us some absurd answers and situations, which I couldn't empathize with. Nor did I like the decisions Clay made. “I'm listening to someone give up. Someone I knew—someone I liked. I'm listening... but still, I'm too late.” Something I really liked about this book was that it got to a point where I would put myself in the "shoes" of the characters, mostly of Hannah.
How would I give up? How would I help someone I knew was giving up? For me this is important because suicide is a very serious topic.
I felt very reflexive while reading this and it was something I really appreciated. Now I want to know more about suicide and the people who consider it and how to notice it.
I'm very happy for have read this and I think that more people should. It is really worth it. “A flood of emotions rushes into me. Pain and anger. Sadness and pity. But most surprising of all, hope.” I think if someone is to consider himself or herself humane they need to empathize with this situation, and wanting to help someone to not feel like life's not worthy. At least I think I need to notice the signs suicide has, because there are but because we are so blindfolded and don't care about what happens to somebody and why, besides ourselves we do see them.
Vocabulary:
Clerk: a person who assists in a shop.
Sentence: The clerk takes the package.
Serrated: having a sawlike edge.
Sentence: I watch her tear the slip across the serrated plastic and drip it into a wastebasket.
Scrape: drag or pull a hard implement across a surface so as to remove dirt.
Sentence: I scrape the toe of my shoe against the concrete floor.
Footstool: a low stool for resting the feet on when sitting.
Sentence: Nearby, a plastic bucket sits upside down on a footstool.
Varsity: the principal team representing a high school or college in a sport.
Sentence: Justin, only a sophomore, had a spot waiting for him on varsity.
All in all, I really liked this book and think more people should know about it because perhaps they, like me, can have their eyes opened in such topics like suicide.
To mention this kind of topics in a book requires a lot of knowledge, which I can say the author has. In the whole reading people like me, who don't know anything or very little, discover so much about this kind of topics and how it is important for us to recognize the warnings suicide can have. Everything with only thirteen reasons why a girl decided to end her life. It can not be the best story but it sure can be a great reference regarding suicide.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is a story about a girl, Hannah, and how Clay might have been one of the 13 reasons she decided to die. One day, a set of tapes arrive at Clay's porch and in those tapes is the voice of Hannah explaining why she did what she did. Everyone who is involved must receive the tapes because if someone decides not to move on the tapes, there will be another set released to the public and everybody in the town will know the real reasons Hannah is no longer with them. In this book no cared for Hannah's feelings except Clay Jensen, they just cared for the tapes and what would everyone think of them if they'd come out to the light. This resembles a lot to reality, and I believe this is one of the many purposes Asher has. Why can't everybody be alright? Why do we have the need to mess with people's life so we can be fine or feal superior? Although, we are not aware we do and say things that hurt someone.
I liked something that was very different from the books I've read, and they are the descriptions. The author set us in a small town but he does it like we were part of the town and doesn't spend a lot of time illustrating everything. With that he makes us feel part of the town. Wanting to go to its places and meet its people.
We don't get to meet many characters and the ones we do, we don't do it in a deep way. Still, I liked a lot the character of Clay because he is so good, kind and innocent in a way; he doesn't want to hurt anyone and knows the risks of hanging with the kind of people that assist his high school. With all that said I frequently asked myself while reading: Why is he on the list? What wrong could he have done if he just wanted to meet his high school crush?
Now I know why.
I didn't like much the path the author decided to take because it gave us some absurd answers and situations, which I couldn't empathize with. Nor did I like the decisions Clay made. “I'm listening to someone give up. Someone I knew—someone I liked. I'm listening... but still, I'm too late.” Something I really liked about this book was that it got to a point where I would put myself in the "shoes" of the characters, mostly of Hannah.
How would I give up? How would I help someone I knew was giving up? For me this is important because suicide is a very serious topic.
I felt very reflexive while reading this and it was something I really appreciated. Now I want to know more about suicide and the people who consider it and how to notice it.
I'm very happy for have read this and I think that more people should. It is really worth it. “A flood of emotions rushes into me. Pain and anger. Sadness and pity. But most surprising of all, hope.” I think if someone is to consider himself or herself humane they need to empathize with this situation, and wanting to help someone to not feel like life's not worthy. At least I think I need to notice the signs suicide has, because there are but because we are so blindfolded and don't care about what happens to somebody and why, besides ourselves we do see them.
Vocabulary:
Clerk: a person who assists in a shop.
Sentence: The clerk takes the package.
Serrated: having a sawlike edge.
Sentence: I watch her tear the slip across the serrated plastic and drip it into a wastebasket.
Scrape: drag or pull a hard implement across a surface so as to remove dirt.
Sentence: I scrape the toe of my shoe against the concrete floor.
Footstool: a low stool for resting the feet on when sitting.
Sentence: Nearby, a plastic bucket sits upside down on a footstool.
Varsity: the principal team representing a high school or college in a sport.
Sentence: Justin, only a sophomore, had a spot waiting for him on varsity.
All in all, I really liked this book and think more people should know about it because perhaps they, like me, can have their eyes opened in such topics like suicide.
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