Scan barcode
kcecil11's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
kristenlees's review against another edition
3.0
I was so into this book that I am pretty sure I growled at one point when my phone rang. However, I'm not sure how I feel about the overall message. Yes, we should all try and be nice and whatnot, we never know how our actions or words affect other people but to insinuate or accuse people for playing a part in their suicide is so wrong. I personally feel like if I had been the recipient of such tapes, it would have had a very negative impact on my life, probably the opposite of what the author intended. I think sending those tapes out was cruel and didn't Hannah see the irony in that? These people were cruel to me so I'm going to be cruel back, under the guise of explaining myself or helping them understand? But I guess you don't have to like or agree with Hannah. This book was so captivating that I read it in one sitting, but it left me feeling odd.
annashiv's review against another edition
2.0
The author says he got the idea for this book at a museum while taking an audio tour. He was interested by the idea of a voice in his ear describing exactly what he was looking at, and it is an interesting idea. I just think he should have chosen a different subject or at least made it less vengeful. It made Hannah's story less sympathetic. At least for me.
I also had to listen to the audiobook as the italics or lack thereof was a different person speaking. Might have worked if it weren't switching every other sentence/paragraph. Made it difficult reading for me.
I also had to listen to the audiobook as the italics or lack thereof was a different person speaking. Might have worked if it weren't switching every other sentence/paragraph. Made it difficult reading for me.
lidotchka's review against another edition
1.0
English review below
| FR |
Voici un livre que j'ai eu énormément de mal à terminer ! Il m'est totalement impossible de comprendre pourquoi ce livre a fait tant de bruit et a été tellement encensé. L'histoire aurait pu être très agréable à lire, intelligente et originale si elle n'avait pas été si mal écrite !
Tout d'abord la narration au présent pour raconter les souvenirs d'Hannah est tout bonnement insupportable à la longue.
Mais même si on met ça de côté : l'histoire en elle-même, et particulièrement les raisons du suicide d'Hannah sont puériles et ridicules.
J'ai décroché plusieurs sourires en lisant ces raisons d'ailleurs : petites trahisons, voyeur pathétique, une petite dose d'hypocrisie humaine... Hannah découvrait tout simplement la vie et l'attitude parfois énervante et dégueulasse des autres.
Oui, je sais que certains ados sont très sensibles à cela, mais est-ce une raison suffisante pour un suicide ? Je ne pense pas...
Au final, ce livre qui, je crois, voulait mettre en lumière les problèmes que rencontrent certains adolescents et qui peuvent mener au suicide, n'a fait que tourner en ridicule cet acte et faire passer les adolescents tourmentés pour des imbéciles prêts à se suicider pour un oui ou un non.
Belle morale donc.
| EN |
Here is a book which was so hard for me to finish! I totally can't understand why it was so successful. The story could have been very pleasant to read, clever and unique if it hasn't been so badly written!
First of all, the present tense to tell the memories of Hannah becomes unbearable as the story goes.
Even if we disregard that: the story on itself and particularly the reasons of Hannah's suicide are childish and ridiculous. I smiled several times when I read these reasons: pathetic betrayals, human hypocrisy... Hannah was simply discovering life.
Is that enough for suicide? I don't think so...
To conclude, this book which, I believe, wanted to show the problems teenagers have to face and which can lead to suicide, only ridiculed this act and make the unstable teens pass for idiots who can commit suicide for a yes or a no.
What a beautiful moral.
| FR |
Voici un livre que j'ai eu énormément de mal à terminer ! Il m'est totalement impossible de comprendre pourquoi ce livre a fait tant de bruit et a été tellement encensé. L'histoire aurait pu être très agréable à lire, intelligente et originale si elle n'avait pas été si mal écrite !
Tout d'abord la narration au présent pour raconter les souvenirs d'Hannah est tout bonnement insupportable à la longue.
Mais même si on met ça de côté : l'histoire en elle-même, et particulièrement les raisons du suicide d'Hannah sont puériles et ridicules.
J'ai décroché plusieurs sourires en lisant ces raisons d'ailleurs : petites trahisons, voyeur pathétique, une petite dose d'hypocrisie humaine... Hannah découvrait tout simplement la vie et l'attitude parfois énervante et dégueulasse des autres.
Oui, je sais que certains ados sont très sensibles à cela, mais est-ce une raison suffisante pour un suicide ? Je ne pense pas...
Au final, ce livre qui, je crois, voulait mettre en lumière les problèmes que rencontrent certains adolescents et qui peuvent mener au suicide, n'a fait que tourner en ridicule cet acte et faire passer les adolescents tourmentés pour des imbéciles prêts à se suicider pour un oui ou un non.
Belle morale donc.
| EN |
Here is a book which was so hard for me to finish! I totally can't understand why it was so successful. The story could have been very pleasant to read, clever and unique if it hasn't been so badly written!
First of all, the present tense to tell the memories of Hannah becomes unbearable as the story goes.
Even if we disregard that: the story on itself and particularly the reasons of Hannah's suicide are childish and ridiculous. I smiled several times when I read these reasons: pathetic betrayals, human hypocrisy... Hannah was simply discovering life.
Is that enough for suicide? I don't think so...
To conclude, this book which, I believe, wanted to show the problems teenagers have to face and which can lead to suicide, only ridiculed this act and make the unstable teens pass for idiots who can commit suicide for a yes or a no.
What a beautiful moral.
jennrocca's review against another edition
3.0
It was OK. It was as un-depressing as you could probably make a book about teenage suicide. I think hearing the story from the dead girl's perspective worked. It's not a masterpiece but it was OK.
widderwille's review against another edition
2.0
zwei sterne, weil mir das buch nicht so gefallen hat wie ich es mir erhofft habe. die geschichte an sich hat mich nicht festgehalten, trotzdem habe ich es schnell fertig gelesen. ich war am anfang sehr verwirrt und mir war nicht wirklich klar was los ist, doch das ende fand ich ganz gut.
bewitchedandbewildered's review against another edition
5.0
AMAZING!!!! That's all you really need to know. <3!!!