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13 Reasons Why (2017)

A microscopic view of life of a high school girl bullied, cheated, used and at last ended up taking her own life. but she is not done yet. She confronts everybody who is the reason of her death through audio tapes. Liked the concept but sometimes it feels a bit exaggerated on the girls part which makes it a bit unreal. One time watch.

I might go against the normal verdict of the show being bad. It was one of the few good things one can watch about suicides and its prevention.
Hannah Baker, a normal 17 year old girl with mental health issues running in her bloodline has to shift school. Here she attempts and making good friends but what do the people do, break he heat and trust. They drive he insane to such an extent that the poor girl commits suicide.

No one knows how severely someone's words can hurt the other.
Yes, the concept was beautiful, the execution could have been a lot Better.

Thirteen Reasons Why is a mind and heart wrenching series revolving around the life of "HANNAH BAKER" who's role is played by Katherine Langford, the girl who took her own life by committing suicide in her school life because of severe bullying faced by her . Before committing suicide Hannah recorded thirteen cassettes in her voice in which she mentioned the thirteen reasons of taking this extreme step of committing suicide , she made several copies of these tapes/cassettes in order to send it to all those people who were mentioned in her cassette/tape .The reality of her death started to come out of shade after a boy named Clay Jenson got the box of thirteen tapes as Clay had a crush on Hannah Baker and he was very much affected by her death.
The series showcases how an ordinary girl like Hannah Baker became friends with other kids in her new school and how she became best friends from being strangers and then strangers again. After a time bullying became so much for Hannah to take that she thought of killing herself and then seek her revenge by recording the reality of every student involved in the mental and sexual harassment of her and many more kids who never even got to know the reality behind the harsh reality .

Hannah Baker committed suicide. And she wants the people she holds responsible to know. She leaves behind 13 tapes, each tape addressed to someone she knew, explaining how her relationship with that person further pushed her into depression. As she says, her suicide was due to the chaos effect, a result of several piled up issues over a period of time.
The main objective of this show is to spread awareness about issues that high-schoolers face, which takes a toll on their mental health too. And season 1 definitely covers such issue and makes you think about how you should be more responsible and careful towards what you say and do. The story is told through tapes, which Clay, to whom tape number 11 is dedicated to listens to. Clay was in love with Hannah and felt angry at himself for not recognizing what Hannah was going through, which again gives you the importance of helping people around you speak up. Overall, in season 1, the depressing matter does not start till the 8th tape, but due to sensitive issues such as rape, viewers must be of sound mind to not disturb them.
However, as well as season 1 went, season 2 is a drag. Each episode of season 2 is a testimony given by some of the characters, as Hannah Baker's mother has sued the school for not taking required action on Hannah being depressed. This takes you back to the past into Hannah's life, but some of her behavior then ruins her image of season 1. You start growing closer to Clay instead of Hannah, and Hannah seems like someone you do not know anymore, a new character.
Several disturbing facts arise in the case of the high school rapist, but justice is not served to the rape victims by the end of the show, and instead the rapist is given a way to flee, which is not a message that the show should be trying to put across. And how another student of the school is bullied is way too violent and scarring, especially in the last episode. While the last episode also tries to show gun violence to highlight recent similar situations in USA, it is not show properly, and instead just adds to the number of unresolved horrible issues. Season 2 is incomplete, clearly to just encourage viewers to watch season 3 as well to find out what happens, but watching only the first season of 13 Reasons Why will also suffice.

Never before has anyone seen a darker, truthful series on bullying among the youth. It showcases with absolute clarity, the horrors faced and the unspeakable deeds done to students. Life isn't always rosy for everyone and it is important to be prepared about what to do when faced with disturbing situations.
This series is an eye-opener and many such shows can bring about a change in society. Though some scenes are torturous to watch and horrific to imagine, this all adds to the impact of the series on the minds of many. Kudos to the makers for bringing an unflinching new topic into the mainstream media.

It's intense yet the most provoking series. It actually did a great job explaining and inspiring people and also motivating people to take steps against bullying. I really liked all the themes portrayed by this series. Must watch - it will leave in deep thought and you will definitely learn and experience some life changing things after watching the story of -Hannah Baker / Clay Jensen and rest of their friends.

Before I get onto my main point, I’m going to have to give credit where it is due. (May I also say that this review will contain major spoilers.)

13 reasons why worked really well as a high school drama series. It was very suspenseful and gripping because each tape wanted to make you see what happened to Hannah Baker next. The acting was decent, at least (a little inconsistent if anything but still not too bad.) The characters, while not particularly likeable, were diverse and somewhat interesting. The overall story was passable too. Not too much to say on that though. I’ve seen a lot of criticisms on how the show “romanticises” or “beautifies” suicide, which is extremely untrue. Nothing about the suicide was artful in anyway, it was just an innocent girl slitting her wrists in the bath tub.

Now we go onto the negatives…

Yet again, before we get onto any criticisms on the message or underlying meaning of the show, I want to look at the bad of the show as a drama.

Firstly, the pacing was terrible. Clay, the main character, was obviously stalling on listening to the tapes in order for the episodes to be longer than they should have been. This lead to a lot of the episodes being useless, boring filler which eventually became annoying to watch. Whereas in the book, it took Clay only a day to listen to the tapes.

Secondly, a lot of the characters’ motives were very wishy-washy. I honestly couldn’t understand why some of the characters did what they did. I guess Tony did every f*cked up thing Hannah asked him to because he spoke to her a couple of times, rather than reporting it straight to the police?

Lastly, the ending was, in my opinion, unsatisfying. Yes, we found out why she killed herself and all the cracks in between however a few side-stories were looked over, left to be ended in the confirmed upcoming season 2. Rather than create filler which the show would have been better off without, the producers or scriptwriters could have resolved a few of these side-stories which in all honesty were actually pretty interesting such as Tyler’s suspected school shooting.
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The show is indeed something different form that of others and i actually liked the concept of talking of a dead women hannah through her left back tapes. It literally makes feel one how reality strikes harder when time passes by and nothing remains.

I recently watched the season 1 episodes of this series. The viewer becomes hooked to the show right from episode 1 for the obvious reasons of curiosity. The story follows the perspective of Clay Jansen. It was the perfect choice because he was somebody who truly felt her pain in her hardships. Sometimes, this quality is irritating at crucial points in the story when Clay takes a break from listening. Apart from brilliant acting, the editing team has done a great job in terms of merging past and present situations without a rigid distinction. Overall, it is a promising series though it may slightly disappoint the viewer at the end. The suicide scene was quite disturbing and bluntly shot. #bestOfMystery #dark

It is an extremely indulging series that will make you think about the way you knowingly or unknowingly treat others which might hurt them psychologically later. The story might not have been that powerful, had it not been told the way it is. This story telling is the power of the series to be among the top rated shows of netflix. Hannah Baker is a student in Liberty High who has gone through a lot of humiliation in her school and ultimately succumbs to the pressure and suicides. She leaves 13 tapes recorded in her voice. Each tape consists of one person that has been the reason to her ending her life. Once you start watching, you are drawn to know what happens next. The series is spooky and dark, maybe because obviously the tale is told by a dead girl's recording. Overall it is worth a watch and you are never going to regret it later.

once you start watching 13 reasons why you can't stop till you end it's that addictive It's the story of Hanah Baker who suicides and 13 reason why she suicides the reason behind her this big step the abuse she faced the double standard people she met it's a message to society that silence is not the answer actions have to be taken it's our silence that makes the harasser more strong so there are Councillor who's help need to be taken this movie is a message to our society that mental wounds are deeper then the physical one