Jay Asher's 13 Reasons Why

Thirteen Reasons Why was extremely powerful and depressing for me to read. Clay is a young boy who's life has been forever changed by Hannah Baker's cassette tapes. Hannah committed suicide because of 13 people in her life that somehow affected her. However, Clay's actions were part of the reason she killed herslef, Clay did not do anything as horrible as some of the characters in the novel. There were many times that I wanted to speak to the characters in the book and tell them what they were doing was horrible and wrong! The point of view in this book changes very often, the voice of Hannah appears in italics while Clay's actions are in regular font. At times I would forget who was supposed to be talking and I would be confused. But overall, I don't know how Jay Asher would have done it differently, it was important to hear Clay's reactions to the tapes alongside Hannah's narration. This way of narration would be a great example of a mentor text for the classroom.