Thirteen Reasons Why is told from two perspectives. A young boy who is a senior in high school and a young girl who killed herself before she finished her senior year. Clay Jensen is surprised to see a box of tapes addressed to him on his from porch when he gets home from school. When he starts listening to the tapes he hears the voice of Hannah Baker which is surprising because she had killed herself weeks prior. On these tapes Hannah explains why these 13 people are the 13 reasons she decided to take her own life.
The book may seem a bit dark. No one wants to talk about death, especially suicide, but this books makes you think about your own life and makes you question if you are by chance becoming a reason why is someone elses life. This book really makes you want to change your life for the better. It makes you want to help people and to try and notice how you are impacting everyone's life around you.
I would recommend this book to everyone in high school or above. This book really teaches a lesson, but I don't think it is appropriate for young, or younger, children and preteens to read. Like I said, it is a bit dark, but it truly, truly has a great lesson to be learned. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Things Not Seen
Things Not Seen is a book that I read a long time ago when I was in elementary, and again in high school, and again in college. It is a book that I have loved for a very long time. It is about a boy who suddenly unexplainably becomes invisible. He tells his parents and they search for a solution. In the midst of all this chaos he meets a girl about his age. He finds out she is blind and they become friends. He eventually tells her and her parents about his problem and they all search to discover what happened and if they can't figure out what happened, what to do about the problem they are in.
One thing I liked about the book is that as Bobby, who is the main male character in the book, lives his life in a way that is new to him and without alarming everyone around him about his condition. He faces the problem of not only being physically invisible, but he starts to feel emotionally invisible. This can relate to almost every single teenager that I have ever met and myself.
I really like this book and I think it is a great book for anyone to read at any time in their life. Especially if you are feeling like you are invisible or you just want a good quick read. The book is only 251 pages long. I have read it in a night. It truly is a great book. I recommend it for EVERYONE!! Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements.
One thing I liked about the book is that as Bobby, who is the main male character in the book, lives his life in a way that is new to him and without alarming everyone around him about his condition. He faces the problem of not only being physically invisible, but he starts to feel emotionally invisible. This can relate to almost every single teenager that I have ever met and myself.
I really like this book and I think it is a great book for anyone to read at any time in their life. Especially if you are feeling like you are invisible or you just want a good quick read. The book is only 251 pages long. I have read it in a night. It truly is a great book. I recommend it for EVERYONE!! Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements.
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