Jamie K. (JamieK) reviewed on 10/16/2012 + 8 more book reviews

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This book was surprisingly compelling and very well written. Considering the subject matter, I did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did. The dual first person view points added an extra emotional level to the story causing me to be immediately vested in the outcome, but even more, wanting to know Clay's part in Hannah's decision.

I expected this book to be sad, which it was at times, and I expected it to be hard to read or finish, which it was not. The author tackled the subject of suicide not with over-dramatization, but with a simple matter of factness which mirrored how Hannah saw it, herself. This book is not a preaching story regarding suicide. It is a very intimate view of one character's experience, which makes the reading of her experience powerful. How signs can be missed, even by the person considering such an action. How that action seems, even to her, unspeakable, but she will do it anyway. How, once decided, she seems to look for reasons to continue with her plan, even when asking those around her for "help". It makes you stop and think about the stereotypes and stigma, yes, but also the individual people who make that horribly sad decision...and what role you may have played.

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