Thirteen Reasons Why

Slightly depressed on the day after Christmas, I read this on the recommendation of my sister. From the first pages, I was absolutely hooked. The storytelling style of this piece is excellent in its originality. My eyes were glued to the pages as Hannah started telling the story of her cycle into the suicidal depression that led to her death. This is a dark book, folks, and it was just what my post-Christmas melancholy self needed.

Parts of the book annoyed me, like most of Clay's narration. Intellectually, I know Clay's parts were important to the plot, but emotionally, I just wanted to find out what happened, and he kept stopping the progress of the cassette tapes! I also didn't like the fact that Clay didn't really do anything to deserve inclusion on Hannah's cause-of-suicide list.

For me, and from what I have seen on other reviews, this was a quick read, though beware, it's not light and fluffy.