Hello wonderful people! It's Quinn writing his second log! And this log will be mainly about my reflection after reading my first part of Thirteen Reasons Why.
I was so undetermined about which book should I choose, because I'm really not a big fan of reading books. There's nothing come to my mind when I was searching for one, not even a title. But I got one forgotten book from my old book shelf anyway. The book that I chose is Thirteen Reasons Why. I've been fascinated by it's plot in the series so much that I got my hard copy of it as soon as I finish the film version (but I had never even touch it yet from the day I bought it until now). Far as I read, I can surely say that: this novel is a whole new story carries the same name of the series. It's just so surprising that how different can the novel and the series be. Based on my previous experiences about movie or series adapting from books, their plot, characters, and development can somewhat connect with their original book together. However, Thirteen Reasons Why is just not the case.
This series version is triggering, disturbing, and just too real to be accepted by all. Suicidal actions had been made since the series released. However, the book version is not much mentioned. The whole story is about a girl who decided to end her own life and leave all the other listening to her tragical reasons behind. And why's the book just seemed to be not as disturbing as film version? After reading it, it just show me how moderate words can be. I think texts can carry meanings more unemotionally. Emotions would only be added if you, the reader, is emotional. So I suggest that it's better for people to read the book before watching the film version.
From the book, I really see more personality development from the detailed words and inner voice lines that might be deleted by the film version plot. With that, I perceive more underlying perspectives that why Hannah Baker decided to commit suicide. Lots of the concepts from this book might be misleading for some, glamorizing the suicidal actions. Recording on tapes before death, making lots of reasons convincing suicide, and kind of "making it a teenage thing". But if you take a healthy way to read it, it will definitely help you with your issues being a teenager.
Lastly, I want to bring up something interesting. The author writes the book with a technic that put two people's lines entwined together. You can read that one line is the dead girl speaking on the tape player, one is the main character's inner voice line. It's just so confusing and so creative at the same time, because sometime if I wasn't really paying that much attention, I couldn't tell who's line is it. What's funnier is that, when the dead girl is speaking on the tape player, sometimes, she would say the voice line with other people from her memories. And it just seems like that the author want us to know the story so bad that he put the script of the scenes to Hannah Baker and told her to say it. It's just so weird to read but it's also very helpful for me to understand more about the story. Shout out to the author Jay Asher, you are the best.
Hi, wonderful Quinn!
ReplyDeleteI’m attracted by the title of your selected book, 13 reasons why, to my surprise, this book was about adolescent suicidal, I thought it’s a book talking about curiosity. do you remember in the last semester, we tool the same course which was regarding to the life and death issues, your blog reminds me of the wills we recorded under the course requirement, based on this experience, I want to say is that if this story’s character made the same will which is telling the audience why she committed suicide, do you think whether it’s apposite in public eyes? Or meet our course’s expectation? Why or why not, I’ve not yet red this book, I have no idea about the 13 reasons, and I think it must be controversial in some countries. But I can’t agree with you more about your words “if you take a healthy way to read it, it will definitely help you with your issues being a teenager.” To read this kind of topics, the perspectives take more than content of story itself. I would follow your suggestion, view it healthily and finish the book first then watch the movie adaptation.
BTW, hopefully you can tell us more about the plots.
Hello, Quinn!
ReplyDeleteIt's glad to know that you pick it again from your old shelf!
I would like to know whether there is an scene or plot that impressed you a lot? (until the pages you have read) You can also share the reason. Hope to listen more personal thought.
Hi my friend, I have the same feeling as you when I was deciding which book I should read and you are so lucky that you don't need to buy a new book like me, smart move!
ReplyDeleteJust like you, I heard about the story because I saw Netflix premiering and I'm not really a fan of the story because for me it's like watching teenagers whining about their lives (don't hate me, and after hearing your sharing it completely changed my mind. I didn't know that the book version can be so interesting apart from the series that is quite like a cliche for me. It's just like when you gotta understand a story, it's the best that you read the book before you watch the movie, just like Harry Potter. The book is always more detailed than the movie version because the time for films are limited, reading the novels can help you understand the plot more thoroughly and it's more interesting to read the story because you got to imagine the scene yourself. You mentioned about the technique the author used for the novel, and I'm very interesting about how can she deliver the story by this was. So I'm looking forward to seeing you share the plot more next time and maybe adding your interpretation of the plot. It's very interesting to see you analyzing the plot with the special technique the author used to deliver the message. love u