le book review number sixty one~ th1rteen r3asons why

title: th1rteen r3asons why
author: jay asher
personal star rating: 5/5 stars

thoughts on the cover:
I like the cover a lot. It just works in some way. Sure, there could be improvement, there could be a better suited cover out there, but it works for me.

from the back cover:
"You can't stop the future.
You can't rewind the past.
The only way to learn the secret.
...is to press play.

Clay Jensen doesn't want anything to do with the tapes Hannah Baker made. Hannah is dead. Her secrets should be buried with her.
Then Hannah's voice tells Clay that his name is on her tapes - and that he is, in some way, responsible for her death.
All through the night, Clay keeps listening. He follows Hannah's recorded words throughout his small town...
...and what he discovers changes his life forever."

review:
I wasn't sure if I really wanted to give this five stars. I mean, I could argue that the events didn't seem realistic in every aspect. But I don't want to. I don't want to question anything about this book except that it has changed something in me. Maybe changed isn't the right word. Perhaps has unlocked something deep inside and it just seemed really important that . It made me feel a lot of things. I cried so many times throughout this book and that is a rare occurrence when it comes to something like this. Perhaps it's the whole concept and idea that I liked so much about this book that the actual events weren't quite as important as what the feelings, the people, the cassette tapes. I love cassette tapes. I don't want to start rambling on about them so I'll leave it that they were integral to my childhood. The characters all had their flaws, but they were so stunning, so impacting, so real. I will admit that the situations didn't always seem likely, but when Hannah described them, they were right there for you to be a part of. I don't want to over analyze this book. I want to just be thankful that I experienced it.