Is it just me, or does the narrator (the girl who kills herself) sound like a Gossip Girl clone? The girl left cassette tapes recording 13 reasons why she killed herself and sent it to the people involved. Why was she so mad? Who were those people? Why can't I remember her name? This was a pretty quick read. The pacing was relentless, the clues intriguing, and Asher could clearly write a young adult mystery. But even if the girl provides us with incidents that drove her to the edge, I find myself feeling more curious about the events than feeling pity for the girl. She wasn't a very sympathetic character and my memories of her are mostly negative and of her whining and snarking around. But maybe that's because she's filled with anger and angst and resentment, and that's what those emotions do to you in the long run. I do wish Asher fleshed out someone more.. kind? Someone I would want to protect, because I'm just not feeling any goodnatured feelings towards her. And I still can't remember her name. Or maybe that's the point? That she could be anybody? I did feel the main message of the story, which is that what we do affects others, which means we should be more conscious of how we live our lives and interact with others. I thought this was a nifty way of getting the message across, albeit being too harsh.

What I think: 6.5 unicorns