Ich glaube, das ist das erste Mal, dass ich das sage, aber die Serie hat mir sehr viel besser gefallen, als das Buch 🙈 in der Serie lernt man alle Beteiligten viel besser kennen, begleitet sie alle eine Weile und die Story ist so viel detailreicher. Wahrscheinlich habe ich all das auch im Buch erwartet, was dann leider zu ein bisschen Enttäuschung geführt hat. Im Buch wird eigentlich wirklich nur Hannahs Geschichte die h die Tapes erzählt und wir begleiten Clay, wie er sie hört. Über alle anderen erfahren wir so gut wie nichts. Fand ich sehr schade, da hätte das nicht gerne dicker sein dürfen! Ansonsten möchte ich den Schreibstil und die Aufbereitung aber sehr!

It was a while ago I read this so I don’t remember every single detail but this book crossed my mind and I thought that I wanted to write something about it I liked the thing with the tapes and the whole concept of it. I‘m also quite obsessed with the series. But the reason I like it so much isn‘t because of how it‘s written or how the characters were created. It‘s more some kind of emotional story that I‘m going to tell. I know that no one asked for it but I still do. Oh and I‘m sorry for my English. It‘s not my first language. And triggerwarning. I guess I actually didn‘t read the book. Shocking. Why would I write a review about a book I didn‘t even read?. Because I listened to the audiobook. Hahaha. Great joke. (I‘m being sarcastic). Actually. I was like 12 years old or something and my life hasn‘t been so easy recently. I suffered from feeling like a burden. Like I had to make that I don‘t exist anymore so others could be happy. Sometimes I also would feel the need to cut myself. Like I wanted to. Like I would loose control. But I never did. I was too affraied. And my panic attacks also were pretty bad at the time. No one understood me. They said. Just breathe. You‘re so dramatic. You only want attention. We don’t have time for this. It‘s only in your mind. I felt like I‘m insane. Like I couldn‘t trust my own body anymore. Like I was dying because I couldn‘t breathe. I always tried to explain that It‘s really happening. That I don‘t make it up. That I really can‘t breathe. Mental illness wasn‘t atopic at that time. I don’t blame them. They just didn‘t know. But I felt so guilty. So guilty for being who I am. For not being better. They told me that I was a burden. I would destroy the whole family they said. I believed them. Of course I did. What reason would I have to think other way? None. I don’t blame them for saying these things to me either. It was a difficult time back then. Poeple were sick, dying. Now I know that it wasn‘t my fault and that they were just in their own pain and mentally destroyed. Their pain just turned into anger and I had no reason for feeling any guilt at all. But I didn‘t know that back then. So I started to pretend. Pretend my panic attacks wouldn‘t exist. Pretend my thoughts wouldn‘t get darker every day. Pretend I‘m not broken. I had to take care of them. Make sure that they‘re okay. I had to Funktion. It was one of those nights where I couldn‘t breathe. I was leaning against the wall. My head between my legs. Trying to breathe, trying to focus. Trying to remind myself that it‘s all just in my head. But the voices wouldn‘t shut up. They whispered things in my ear I didn‘t want to hear. My hands were shaking. My body was exhausted from hyperventilating. I wanted to distract myself so I searched for audiobooks on YouTube. And I found 13 reasons why. I thought that it would be a thriller. Ideal to distract myself. I listened to it the whole night. Until I was done. After finishing it I couldn’t believe what I just heared. I starred at the ceiling. Lost track of time. Still couldn‘t sleep. Millions of thoughts running trough my mind. I never felt so understood. So seen. Maybe. I thought. Maybe I wasn‘t insane. Maybe there are others who feel the same way too. There must be. I realized I wasn‘t alone. And this helped me SO much. I discovered this book by chance and I‘m still thankful for it. I started to watch the show on Netflix too. Felt even more understood. Started to read other books about topics I‘m struggling. All of this helped me to see that suicide isn‘t and option. Let me hope that there might be a Clay in my life. I got friends in school ( still don’t know how but SO thankful) and I started to find Joy in things again. I started to search for the light and found it everywhere . Just like stars. You just have to look closely enough. Like seeing the excitement in a flower on the path your walking on, a person smiling at you. A stranger giving you a compliment. The sunrise. It’s the little things. There will always be dark times. You life won’t ever only be light but if you think of it. The dark sometimes can be a comforting too. And too much light takes the ability to see away. We need the dark just as much as we need the light but that doesen‘t mean that we should let the dark take completely over. We just don’t have to give up. Keep searching. I got so much better. It all started with this book. All thanks to this book that gave me so much hope I hope what I wrote even makes sense. And maybe even possibly could help someone. Suicide is not an option. You can do it. You can make it. You‘re strong. Be strong enough to accept help. It’s ok to ask for help. It‘s a good thing . Mental health matters. YOU ARE NOT ALONE I think that that’s all I wanted to say. If someone will ever read this (I quite doubt that but yk just in case) thank you for listening to me. For spending your time to read my story Enjoy life. Make the best out of it. You‘re loved. You‘re beautiful. You deserve to be happy. You deserve the world. And love yourself too I believe in you :)

Die ständig wechselnden Perspektiven von Clay und Hannah ermöglichen einen vielseitigen Einblick in die Dinge, die passiert sind und in die Gedanken und Gefühle die Hannah und auch Clay durchleben. Interessant ist, dass Hannah von Anfang an Tod ist. Wichtig wird dadurch das Verstehen, das Nachvollziehen und das Reflektieren. Sich zu fragen, was eine Handlung für einen anderen Menschen für Folgen haben kann, ist eine wichtige Frage, die dieses Buch eröffnet. Für mich hatte dieses Buch Tiefgang, ich mochte die Charaktere und die verschiedenen Einblicke in die Gedanken. Ein sehr gelungenes Jugendbuch, was ein schwieriges Thema nicht nur anspricht, sondern auch mit dem Thema richtig umgeht.

https://lesenundhoeren.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/buch-review-jay-ashers-thirteen-reasons-why-emotional-traurig-und-nachdenklich/ Kritik: Cover: Ein Mädchen. Ein ganz normales Mädchen. Der Blick will sagen: Auch du! Auch du hast deinen Anteil daran. Dann der Schriftzug. Ich finde das Cover sehr gelungen und bei mir hat es sofort das Interesse geweckt. Eindrücke/Inhalt: Lange hatte ich dieses Buch auf meinem SUB liegen und hab es immer wieder mal angeguckt, aber nie gelesen. Dann habe ich zufällig gelesen, dass das Buch nun als Serie verfilmt werden soll. Und da hab ich es mal angegangen. Und ich war gefesselt. Ich finde das Thema immer wieder hochaktuell. Es ist authentisch und regt zum Nachdenken an. Für mich ist diese Geschichte sehr nah an der Realität und ich habe mit Hannah mitgefühlt. Da ist so viel schief gegangen. Und Clay? Ich hab mich immer nur gefragt, was er falsch gemacht haben könnte. Die Thematik wurde für mich jugendgerecht angegangen. Nicht zu tiefgründig, aber auch keinesfalls oberflächlich. Ich glaube, dass sich mit dieser Geschichte viele identifizieren können. Dann warnen wieder Stimmen, dass das zum Nachahmen anregen kann. Natürlich ist das möglich, aber gleichzeitig regt es doch auch zum Nachdenken an. Sollten wir nicht unsere Mitmenschen besser beobachten und mehr darauf achten, wie es ihnen geht und wie wir mit ihnen umgehen? Ich finde schon, dass es solche Bücher braucht. Man fühlt sich nicht allein mit seinen Gedanken und allein das reicht doch auch schon, um vielleicht nicht Hannahs Weg zu wählen, auch wenn ihre wenigen Hilferufe nicht gehört worden sind. Die Idee, mit den 13 „Gründen“ für den Selbstmord in Form von Tonaufnahmen abzurechnen, finde ich sehr nachvollziehbar. Ich habe das auch getan, wenn ich solche Gedanken hatte. Ich habe Briefe geschrieben und mir vorgestellt, dass die „Verantwortlichen“ diese nach meinem Tod lesen und ich von „oben“ das beobachten kann. Charaktere: Hannah ist die Hauptfigur. Sie ist hübsch und neu in der Schule. Sie ist selbstbewusst und gleichzeitig verletzlich. Sie st einsam, obwohl sie so viele Bekannte hat. Aber eben keine echten Freunde. Sie ist am Ende eine tragische Figur und vielleicht auch nicht stark genug, um die Dämonen der Pubertät zu besiegen. Clay ist ein bodenständiger Junge. Er fühlt sich verantwortlich, ist traurig, dass er Hannahs Tod nicht verhindern konnte. Er ist die Person, an der man sich ein Beispiel nehmen sollte. Er ist einfühlsam, aber eben auch nur ein Teenager. Woher soll er wissen, was in Hannahs Kopf vorgeht? Wie soll er an solch schlimme Möglichkeiten denken? Beide Figuren sind sympathisch und man kann ihr Handeln gut nachvollziehen. Stil/Gliederung: 13 Kapitel passend zu den 13 Gründen und den dreizehn Kassetten. Fazit: Es war Ashers Debütroman und ich habe auch noch kein anderes von ihm gelesen. Er schafft es aber mit diesen Buch zum Nachdenken anzuregen, zu Tränen zu rühren und mich einfach traurig und erschrocken dasitzen zu lassen. Ein wirklich gelungenes Debüt.

I’ve read this book immediately before reading it again, so the review is the same as in the German version. !! This book talks about very sensitive topics, so trigger warning !! I’ve read this book before, a while back, and while I was probably too young to really understand it then, I was already sure that it’s great. Hannah’s voice seems so… alive while she tells her stories and even though the tapes aren’t very up to date anymore, I can totally see how this was super popular when it came out. I still think it’s somewhat of a classic that everybody would do good to read once in their lives. Very captivating.

3,5/5 stars actually! Honestly, I don't really know what to think about this book. I liked it but I probably expected too much. Don't get me wrong, it was good and I enjoyed reading it but something disturbed me. I'm not even sure what. But I liked the general idea a lot! The whole concept of this snowball-/domino effect was interesting to read about and it showed how people's actions can affect someone else so deeply although you think they mean nothing. Well, you're wrong. Fact is, that we never really know how we affect people with our actions or sayings - it could mean nothing to them or it means everything. You'll never know. It really makes you think about it - which is good! We all should think before we do or says something ... but we know that already, it's just not always that easy.

I didn't read Thirteen Reasons Why growing up; I didn't even know the book existed; I had absolutely no idea what it was about until screen rights were sold and they made it into a original Netflix series. I usually like to read the books before I watch the adaptation and that's what I did with this one as well. I read this without knowing anything about it - it's been a week since I finished it and I still don't feel like I'm ready to write a proper review on this very important and powerful read but I'm gonna try anyway because I just need to share my thoughts on this with all of you. Before I started reading I asked my Instagram followers if they liked it or not and I heard very mixed things about the book but I personally really loved it. I want to say that I don't think this is the best book out there that deals with depression/suicide but I do think that it shows quite well how suicide impacts those affected and how certain actions can affect people. There were also some things I neecessarily didn't like and didn't agree with. I don't think it is okay to blame those who's actions drove Hannah to commit suicide. I don't like how sometimes it seemed that they used Hannah's suicide as an excuse to bully the ones who had bullied her. Although of course it was bad and awful what those kids did to her, it should NEVER be okay to bully someone. Not for anything. But the show is actually worse on this though. So yes, I can see why so many people find the book problematic and why some don't agree with the book but I just personally feel differently. The book deals with such delicate subjects (trigger warning: bullying, rape, teen suicide, etc.) but still manages to handle it (maybe not all of it, but most of it) with such care in a very emotional, honest and heart-wrenching way. May plan was to binge read the book but I simply couldn't do it. Never has a book emotionally touched me in such an intense way. It's not that I cried while reading the book, I actually didn't, not even once, but when I finished it, I basically sobbed my way through the answers the author gave to 13 questions in the back of the book, because all of a sudden everything just hit me so hard I couldn't handle it. Never in my life have I ever had to deal with mental illnesses. Never. The thought hurting myself or even committing suicide never occured to me: not even once in my life. And I also never knew anyone close to me being in such a situation and - to be honest - I'm glad, not because I don't want to have anything to do with people who have to deal with depressions etc. pp. I just don't think I could ever forgive myself for not noticing that maybe someone close to me felt that way - until it's too late. The thing that makes this book so real and the whole story told between those pages even worse is that this actually isn't fiction, maybe Hannah's life is, yes, but there are people out there who really suffer from depressions and sometimes are too scared to seek for help. And then, when they actually try to seek help, people may just shoo them away because they don't take them seriously - it makes me sick to my stomach. People nowadays hardly ever think how their actions or their words can affect others. Sometimes it just needs one word because we NEVER know how a person really feels. I had a friend once who committed suicide. We weren't close though; we met in 2010 while I lived in the states. We spent a weekend in Las Vegas together - spent two days partying, sun bathing, just having fun. We stayed in contact after I went back home to Germany. Last year - 6 years later - another friend of mine messaged me, telling me that he committed suicide; that he shot himself in the backyard of his house. He was engaged to a sweet young woman and even only two days before he killed himself, he went out to a bar with his fiance and some friends, posted photos online; he was smiling, taking selfies - he was simply having fun. At least that's what it looked liked. Two days later they found him dead in the backyard, a gun right next to him on the ground. Although we weren't that close and we only occasionally talked over Facebook the news of his death hit me so hard I couldn't breath for a second. There was only one question in my head for days: why does a guy, who seemed so happy, who posted like a million photos of him partying with his friends on facebook only days before, kill himself? Why? You never know how a person really feels; what they have to deal with and that is exactly why we should always be careful what we say and how we say it and what we do; how we treat each other because it could lead to something that awful. We should always respect each other; don't call each other names; stop being mean and hateful and most importantly, stop being hurtful to others because you never know how much damage you could cause. The message that our actions influence others in ways we may not even realize came across really well and this is exactly what makes this book so important and so powerful. This book is heartbreaking and very hurtful but - if we like it or not - it's the ugly truth. Besides the heavy subject this book deals with the book was also very interesting to read. Alongside Hanna's voice from the tapes she left behind to those who bullied her, we also get Clay's (our main character and Hanna's friend and coworker) immediate thoughts and actions while listening to the tapes, which makes the story so real. It's like you're right there, next to him, listening to the tapes as well. As only those who bullied her and who Hannah thinks are the reason she committed suicide in the end received those tapes I was nervous and terrified for Clay because I really enjoyed his character. He seemed like a decent and nice guy; not someone who would bully a girl so Clay and the reader are kind of in the same situation. Both don't know if he hurt her and if he did something that made Hannah end her young life. Because he received the tapes as well after all ... I just really loved the format of the book; it was like I was listening to the tapes myself; I could almost hear Hannah's voice saying all those words out loud. Hannah was a victim of bullying, (sexual) harassment and much more and as more and more of her reasons came to light it made me feel so sad and at times sick to my stomach. The show is much more extreme though but thinking that there are people out there who have to deal with bullying and such every day of their lives is just ... awful and so heart breaking. This book showed us very well how cruel people can be and that some people handle this cruelty better than others do. So yes, the book might not be perfect; I didn't agree with everything either but I still think that this is a very important and powerful read and it does a very good job in reminding us how absolutely important it is to always be nice and if you don't have anything nice to say, just say nothing. That might be the better option then. This book definitely is a wake up call and I personally think that everyone should read it, even though some might not enjoy it as much as others.

I really enjoyed the style of the book with the 13 audiotapes. Sadly, I keep reading that it glorifies suicide and I have to say I don't agree for various reasons: 1. The effect of the tapes on people (contains spoilers) The tapes show how angry Hannah is, she might have decided to be done with life but she clearly wasn't ready to leave. Her suicide was a punishment for everyone who hurt her, or at least that's what she wants it to be. Of all the people on the tape, I think Clay is the only one being punished, because he really wanted to get to know her, help her and be close to her. Some of the others, like Alex, Justin or Zach, who had just pulled pranks on her, they might be reminded that those pranks can hurt people, Courtney might start being nicer to others and Bryce, well, Hannah Baker was crazy and killed herself, so why should he take her seriously or even feel responsible. -> The desired result was not achieved, she only made the one person feel bad who had nothing to feel bad about. Conclusion: Don't commit suicide because you want someone to feel bad because they won't. 2. Hannah isn't the victim (contains spoilers) Yes, she experienced some stupid, annoying and hurtful things from her friends in high school, but haven't we all? I know in most situations this is a horrible thing to say but even in the situation with Bryce, she provoked the "rape" to happen. And I put it in quotation marks because I'm not sure one can call it rape, knowing her thoughts. Objectively, it definitely is rape, even though she didn't say no. Subjectively, she knew his reputation, she even considered that getting into the hot tub with him was not a good idea but she did it anyways. She could have gotten out with Courtney and she could have said no, and she knew that at any time. She was conscious and not intoxicated (although mentally probably not in her right mind). To me it seemed like she needed a justification, another reason to kill herself. Something to make people see her as the victim but in my eyes, she wasn't. The situation with Jessica just adds to it. She never spoke up, she never checked in with her former best friend or even offered her help. -> She presented herself as the victim but wasn't. Conclusion: If you kill yourself and present yourself as the victim, other people might not believe it or even get mad but you can't defend yourself anymore. 3. She could have changed more staying alive (no spoilers) Had Hannah decided to stay alive and get real help, actually asking for it, she would have had a bigger impact on the people she wanted to punish. She could have been a witness for Jessica, started an anti-bullying campaign, started a conversation on how to treat girls at the school. With the right support there would have been an option for lasting change, rather than making one person feel bad. No spoilers: As to seeing Hannah as a relatable character, I think she very much is one. As a (former) teenager who has suffered from depression I can tell you, the world can look very dark! And it is scientifically proven, that a teenager's brain isn't completely developed yet in order to put a perspective on those dark periods. The world looks lonely and you see no way out, just like Hannah. I myself wasn't diagnosed until years later and I wish that I'd had the medication as a teen that I have now because it makes the world look so much more mellow. Yes, it is still hard sometimes but I always know that there is help and that there will be a way out. But at Hannah's age, directly asking for help would not have been an option. Just like her I would drop hints, little cries for help, hoping someone would pick up on them but I wasn't seen. Luckily I decided to suffer through it instead of killing myself because I always saw it as an illogical option and Hannah didn't. In conclusion I think the book represents the mind of a teenage girl suffering from depression really well. And while it might present suicide as an option, the reactions and feelings that are presented by everyone else, don't make it a viable one. Although this might be the view of an adult who has reflected about her illness and suicide a lot. So, my recommendation would be not leaving teenagers alone with this book but discussing it and putting Hannah's faults and misguided conclusions high up on that list of topics.

Raccontare una storia a volte è salutare. Raccontare una storia, estranea, rende liberi. Ma se ti incatenasse maggiormente a quella che è una realtà? Se servisse solo ad esprimere e spiegare quel che è già un fatto? Clay Jensen tornando a casa da scuola, trova un pacchetto, non più grande di ua scatola di scarpe, sulla porta di casa. Ricevere posta inaspettata può essere piacevole, rendere la giornata migliore o renderla un incubo. Clay non è stato l'unico e non sarà l'ultimo a ricevere questo pacchetto. 13. Persone. Storie. Intrecci. 13 passi verso l'abisso. Aprendo il pacco, Clay, si trova davanti 7 cassette numerate per lato con smalto per unghie blu. Da 1 a 13. Nessun mittente, nessun indizio. Un gioco? Non proprio, o quasi. C'è chi pensa che le proprie azioni non abbiano conseguenze. E invece. Invece, eccole qui registrate, una per una. 13, appunto. Clay, cerca incuriosito un lettore di audiocassette, ne trova uno, impolverato e comprato in un garage sale, per pochi dollari. Schiaccia play e il tempo si riavvolge. Non è musica quella che sta per ascoltare, ma potrebbe esserlo. Una poesia, crudele. Una voce, quella di Hanna Baker suicidatasi due settimane prima. Sembra di trovarsi davanti un fantasma, un cadavere, un odore nauseabondo. Ma Clay va avanti. Perchè sembra l'unica cosa possibile da farsi. Hannah spiega, come regole di un gioco, la presenza delle cassette. Ed è lì che Clay ha paura quanta mai ne ha provata in vita sua. Hannah introduce agli ascoltatori la sua vita o meglio, la fine delle sua vita. Quei 13 passi verso l'abisso. Passi in solitudine con la vergogna e la paura addosso. Tutti colpevoli. Tutti? Clay non può crederci, lui l'amava o almeno avrebbe voluto provarci. E' così che comincia questo libro e ti incatena. Come sono incatenati i 13 protagonisti della vita di Hannah. Segui Clay, lo segui e corri e vorresti piangere e urlare e fermare il tempo e tornate indietro nel tempo. Aver scoperto prima tutto, aver sofferto con lei, non aver ignorato. Provi schifoe orroreper ciò che ti circonda ma ormai è tardi. E non sei più lo stesso. Insomma, 13, non è quello promesso dalla trama italiana, è molto di più. Non un thriller psicologico ma un percorso, di solitudine e abbandono totali. E' spietato, ma non cattivo. Perchè tutti noi abbiamo un peso nella vita del prossimo che non possiamo ignorare. E tutti noi facciamo stronzate più o meno gravi ma, tutto.e.sempre.ha. una conseguenza. http://houseofbooks.iobloggo.com/

When I first heard/read about Thirteen Reasons Why I was somewhat glad that I found a book dealing with suicide and teenage bullying. Thirteen Reasons Why is written in a unique style which was a nice change but which made it harder for me to connect with the characters. I can't pinpoint what it was exactly but there were few points where I could really feel for Hannah and Clay. And I could never really relate to the two (which may or may not be a good thing, depending on how you look at it). The book, however, was suspenseful and I couldn't put it down. It was well-written and I would certainly read another book by Jay Asher. [There were two spelling errors in the book which took me out of Clay and Hannah's world. I don't know if they have been corrected now but I thought I would point them out. 1. Because you found your way home in once piece, Jenny. (Page 246) 2. But for those of us who did go to school, the teachers let us know that if we simply forgot to bring a note from home, they wouldn't mark us absent if we wanted to attendeded the funeral. (Page 247/248)] I will have to read this book at another time again to see if I will feel differently about it. Rating: 2.5/5

Can i just say the TV show is much better than the book? Even though I LOVED THE writing style - from the audio tapes to the thoughts clay had, beautifully done - only because it was in that format I really couldn't feel/ know who other people were which is where the series excelled and brought in depth to the story.

Ich gehöre wahrscheinlich zu den wenigsten Leuten, die dieses Buch absolut nicht empfehlen können & den „Hype“ niemals verstehen werden. Persönlich finde ich, dass es sehr schlecht & lahm geschrieben wurde. Zudem finde ich es nicht besonders passend die Geschichte des Erzählers (warum auch er quasi ein Grund für ihren Selbstmord war) mitten im Buch zu erzählen. Das nimmt einem die Lust weiterzulesen. Das Buch vermittelte mir den Eindruck, dass ein Selbstmord in den Himmel gelobt werden sollte - zudem vermittelt es den Eindruck, dass andere Menschen Schuld für so Entscheidung tragen. Dabei ist & bleibt die Entscheidung sich selbst das Leben zu nehmen zu der Person selber. Meiner Meinung nach gibt Hannah in nahezu all ihren Kassetten die Schuld diesen Menschen. Sie sind schuld an ihrem Selbstmord. Das sagt sie auch so. Ja, vielleicht ist es manchmal so, dass Menschen dazu führen das andere in so eine Entscheidung getrieben werden. Aber wenn einer sich dazu entscheidet sich das Leben zu nehmen, dann ist es seine Entscheidung & dann kann man nicht die Schuld den anderen in die Schuhe stecken. Dieses Buch könnte von vielen jungen Leuten, die leider mit sich selbst kämpfen müssen falsch interpretiert werden. Dass es eben „ok“ sei, sich das Leben zu nehmen, anstatt sich Hilfe zu holen. Dass es „ok“ sein, die Schuld für sein handeln auf andere zu schieben.