I both liked and disliked this book. I loved the narrative -how the story goes back and forth between the two main characters- and the snowball effect kept me engaged. Addicted even. However for a book about depression and suicide it did not really feel like the topic somehow. It was more about teenagers behaving badly and dirty little secrets becoming exposed. This book did not really illustrate sadness; no real mourning, no intense melancholy... I wasn't moved anywhere in that direction. I was still entertained, but I was expecting something really heavy and full of feels. 
 ...Also not sure how I felt about the whole finger pointing thing either. Some targeted characters deserved the exposure, but -if we are going to be honest- it was a vengeful way to leave the world and that did not put Hannah in a good light. And if I'm going to be brutally honest, the events that lead to the choice make her death seem like an overreaction (most likely because the depression wasn't really highlighted enough alongside it). When I reached the point of the book where we learn what's on the last few tapes I was all like, "wait, that was it?" ...but maybe I'm hitting that age where teen angst is becoming kind of silly. 
 Still, I find that I enjoyed it overall because of the nice story telling. So it balances out to three stars.