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Hey! Any “13 reasons why” fans here? (Of the show..I haven’t read the book) ?

Hey! Any “13 reasons why” fans here?? (Of the show..I haven’t read the book) ?

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John

I could just not relate to the characters

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OpaliQuestion author

I see..but it was kinda depressing knowing how these things costed a girl her life

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Cayla

The book was horrible the show was great

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OpaliQuestion author

Who is ur favourite character??

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Cayla

Alex and Hannah

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Catherine

I liked the book, but I haven’t watched the show. Hugs to you.

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OpaliQuestion author

How was the book? I’m thinking of buying it..is it worth it?

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Catherine

I didn’t find it realistic as someone who is that depressed wouldn’t have the energy to put all that together before taking their life. However, I found that the kids in my classroom who read it became kinder and more gentle with their classmates. The books succeeds in helping us feel more compassion toward others. The author was kind to respond to a message I sent him. I found many quotes in the book that I related to and appreciated. I think it is worth reading.

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Audi

I liked the book and the show!

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OpaliQuestion author

Your favourite character?? ?

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Audi

Clay and Hannah. Who’s your favorite character?

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OpaliQuestion author

Jeff (he didn’t deserve to die ? ) and hannah

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Jacinthe

Yes!!! Books and show I thought were both fabulous.

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OpaliQuestion author

Who is your favourite character??

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Jacinthe

Oh man. In the book or series or both. I read the book before the series came out

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Jacinthe

Book: I loved Clay, I loved his parents. I loved the tight knit talk about anything home setting that I got from it..
Series: when watching the series I think I actually hated more characters than I liked. Out of the few I didn’t have much of a problem with I would say Tony was one of my favorites. He was just trying to help. .

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రాజేంద్ర

Couldn’t yet read the books.. loved the show.. waiting for second season..

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OpaliQuestion author

Me too!

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Kathleen

The book was better than the show
But let me tell you some things
One of my good friends killed himseld yesterday. He left a brand new baby and an little girl without a father.
And hundreds of friends wondering why
There is no do over
There is no tapes. There is no watching to see how people are broken and shattered after that

I’ve run on countless suicides in my career
It is the most selfish heart breaking thing ever

So please if you are even thinking along those lines go to the emergency room.
Call 911 tell them you need help.

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OpaliQuestion author

May your friend rest in peace? You are right..pain does not end..it just transfers to other people..

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Kathleen

Sweet heart it does. And I’ve been in the dark place. But I promise that there is always someone who would be there to help you. It’s scary to reach out.
And life is hard. And sometimes it sucks so bad. But then you look around. And you see your pets. Or your family. A good friend. A sunrise. It’s worth those little things to fight for. So promise me. That if you start feeling like you don’t have a way out that you will get help

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OpaliQuestion author

I promise! You are such a beautiful person Kathleen i wonder how can anyone hurt someone like u..i wish the best for u! May you achieve whatever u want in life!

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Kathleen

❤️❤️

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Cindy

It’s a subject that hit’s close to home for me too… Gonna leave this here for you to share if you like, or if others need it….

1-800-273-8255

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

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Ken

The book is awesome… but I haven’t watch the series yet, can’t afford to watch it, though.

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Jaclyn

Loved the show! Getting books ASAP

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OpaliQuestion author

Someone told me that the book isn’t worth it! Don’t know if I’ll buy it or not..who is ur favourite character though??

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Jaclyn

Girl I’m weird so from the show I literally love them all. Some I’d punch in the face but still love.

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OpaliQuestion author

Some like Courtney and Bryce..!?

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Jaclyn

Like I said I liked them all. I was about to rewatch the show again. I hope the books are good.

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Kristen

I liked both. The show adds a lot more to it. The book is entirely about Clay and his experiences listening to the tapes. I can’t wait for Seaosn 2!

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OpaliQuestion author

Me too!

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Christie

i liked both

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Terehia

I enjoy watching it. Just watched the first 4 episodes so far.

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OpaliQuestion author

“You are the slowest one yet” ??
Keep on watching..you’ll unravel many secrets

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Agnieszka

I liked both, I read the book so that I could watch the series, but the book itself really captivated me

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Christina

The show was done very well.

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Samra

Fabulous

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Jenny

I watched the series but haven’t read the book. I feel it should stop now and not make a second series.

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Emily

Yesss but its fairly different to the book. I would recommend reading It xx

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Bianca

Finished the book last night and was really dissappointed, didnt like the book at all

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Rute

Liked both the tv series and the book

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Jill

not sure how I felt about it

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Aischa

The show isn’t my favourite but it’s book and honestly I’m not that excited for season 2 I think it should have had just 1 season

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Devin

I love the show but I didn’t connect as much to the book.

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Renu

Of the book.. Haven’t watched the show yet ?

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Cinda

One of my close friends committed suicide in HS and I am debating this story. Part of me feels like I would just be pissed half the time. The other part would wonder if I was one of the thirteen reasons. I don’t like stuff that glamorizes suicide, esp to teens.

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Stacy

I’ve been over it for awhile now. Feel it’s overrated.

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Oumy

I liked the book, I didn’t love it though. I couldn’t stand the series.

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Katie

The book is in my TBR pile. I watched the series, but I didn’t really like it as much as everyone else. I have very mixed feelings about it. I felt like the first 2/3 of the series everyone was annoying and whiny and awful and completely unrelatable. And then the last maybe 4 episodes were much more elevated and finally gave the characters some depth. I don’t think it glamorized suicide, but I do think that it put Hannah on a pedestal too often and made it seem like it’s okay to torture your classmates back for torturing you. It gave it this whole “an eye for an eye” vibe that I don’t think is a good lesson for teens to learn.

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OpaliQuestion author

I totally agree with you

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Katie

I’ve heard the book is structured a bit different though so I’m definitely going to read it and see if I like it a little better.

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OpaliQuestion author

I heard that the show is much better than the book

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Katie

Darn! hahaha

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Emily

The book is fairly different to the show! Although they have the same story line etc. Although I rarely prefer film over the book in this case I did, mainly because It was so much more engaging and you got to no more about all the characters. But I would recommend reading the book It is good! Xx

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Sara

The book is even worse.

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Rekhaa

I’ve just started to watch it and it’s Ok. Unfortunately, I also just finished watching “Sense8” which was incredible and intriguing .. sadly, Netflix has stopped it at season 2 .. so you can imagine the huge difference from watching Sense8 to 13 reason why

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Jessica

I read the book but have not seen the show. I think it took me a little over 4 hours to finish the book. It was amazing.

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Jacqueline

Looooovvveeddd the show!!! Cried my eyes out. Heartbreaking! Still looking for the book, cant find it in our town 🙁

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Badi

i read the book and watched the show. the book is great bu the show is better which is a first

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Rute

Totally agree!

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Isma

Read the book,watched the series.

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Laura

Opinion. Read the book before the watching the show . I did it opposite and I couldn’t get into the book .

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Leilani

I love the show!!!!! I can’t wait for season 2.

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Andrea

I didn’t watch it yet, but I did read the book. The book didn’t have anything that was near as bad as what I heard about the show. So interested to see what you think. I plan to watch it soon.

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Rao

What’s better book or show?

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OpaliQuestion author

I heard the show is better

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Rao

Ok…I’ll watch it. I’ve not read the book but I’ve heard that the story is something like very gloomy and sad.

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Rao

@Kish I also suggest you to watch the show then. ?

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Wafia

I didn’t see the show I just heard about it in trailer but I love it

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Dina

Wish I read the book first

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Allison

Don’t bother reading.

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Harriet

I watched the show for a while on Netflix but other shows seemed to get in the way. I think it was just too juvenile for me, a 77-year-old woman ‘way past my own teens.

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Debbie

I liked the show, the book was a was a bit underwhelming.

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Cindy

Not me. I found the show to be supportive of suicide as a problem solver while down playing, ignoring, or downright condemning other less harmful options. My school teacher Nephling tells me he and some other colleagues are already seeing fallout amongst their highschools students. I have a 17 year old girl who’s life I have been DESPERATELY trying to save, and she now tells me (after watching the show) that she thinks suicide is brave and noble… brave and noble. Let that sink in for a moment. I don’t really care what anyone says about it drawing attention to a subject that is often ignored. If THIS is the kind of thoughts our teens are having after viewing, it’s not a good thing, and you will never hear me praise a thing which encourages this magnitude of self destructive thinking.

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