2.5/5 - I came away from Thirteen Reasons Why feeling like there's so much more to be said about the subject of suicide, depression, and bullying among teenagers. I do think it's a good starting point for a conversation on these issues and a great reminder that your words and actions can affect people in ways you may never realize. 
 I liked the back and forth between Clay's life and Hannah's tapes. I read this in one sitting and the narratives were partially why. The pauses from Hannah's story made me want to get back to it that much quicker but Clay's thoughts and actions were important enough that I wasn't ever bored. 
 The adults in this book were seriously lacking (which obviously happens way too often in real life) but where were her parents? How could two of her teachers completely ignore her suicidal signs, including the one who started a class discussion on suicide? Everyone of influence in Hannah's life failed her, and it was sad to read. 
 I think it would've been more effective to read this book from the perspective of a character who had hurt Hannah. Clay's genuine sorrow for Hannah was touching, but it made the climax of Hannah's story anti-climatic because after a while I could tell Clay wasn't a problem. 
 The things that Hannah had to deal with were awful and, in a couple cases, straight assault or illegal. Most of them, though, I didn't like being linked to her suicide. The offense of one of the first people on the tapes was to name her "Best Ass in Freshman Class." Yes, I can understand that was humiliating as it was unwanted attention, but people who aren't struggling with depression don't kill themselves over these things. The reasoning for her suicide became uncomfortably close to revenge because her depression wasn't fully linked to her reaction. This novel needed more focus on her mood disorder (in my opinion) as the root cause of her suicide and not her playing the blame game with the terrible kids at her school. It just seemed like a huge missed opportunity to educate readers and fully empathize with the character. 
 The actions that were more than just comments and were assault/criminal, though, were awful. I did feel for Hannah in those moments; they would be hard enough to handle without depression. I hope that if something like this ever happened in real life, the tapes would get leaked because some of those kids needed serious punishment.