Suicide is not an easy topic to discuss, let alone watch a show about. It is a necessary topic to discuss, however this show did not do the subject any justice whatsoever. The show portrayed the true feelings of a person that may commit suicide and the impacts it has on the community, but the show also completely destroyed the true weight of suicide, and it really was a true waste of time to watch.

To start off, the book and show, were similar in storyline, because we can not forget we are trying to get to the result of Hannah Baker so tragically killing herself in a bathtub, but the show was very Hollywood. The part where she killed herself was graphic and seemingly true I suppose, but the rest of the story was focused around one teenager, Clay Jensen.

The way Hannah let people know why she killed herself was by leaving thirteen tapes with thirteen different people who were to blame for her killing herself. The tapes had gone through the list until Clay got them, where he actually listened to them all and figured out the bad things that happened to Hannah. He, unlike the others, actually took action against these people for what they did, and that is why the story is centralized from his point of view.

He is that smart kid in school, he is the recluse, he is the wallflower. He met Hannah at his job after school at the movie theatre, where he started to fall in love with who she was. That is why he cared about the tapes so much. Yes, he was rejected by her because the ever so wise Hannah Baker pushed him away when he was obviously trying to help her.

This is where the actual review starts, I do not know what goes on in the minds of people that turn suicidal. I also do not know their life story, but I think it is safe to say that Hannah could have helped herself. She had a counselor that she did not talk to but once, she had Tony, her friend, that was more than willing to help. Not to mention Clay, who loved her very much, but she was too self-involved in her pity to see that.

After this show had made its grand debut on Netflix, people would not stop talking about the dangers of suicide, and how parents need to talk to their kids. The fact is that it is sad that it took this terrible TV show to tell parents that they should talk to their kids. However, if this show taught me anything, it’s that if someone is going to commit suicide, then that is just how it is unfortunately.

The topic of suicide is heavy and needs to be addressed, I agree with that. This show did absolutely no justice, and really proved, at least to me and probably many others, that if things get as bad as they did for Hannah Baker, the only way to make it stop is to unfortunately end your life. The book was good, it was a lot better than the show,  bu I feel like it didn’t portray suicide as well as it should have.