(may contain spoilers if you haven’t read the book)
I don’t want to pop some bubbles here, I know how everyone is obsessing about 13 Reasons Why. So read at your own risk
I had read the book years ago so I have huge expectations. I was really excited when I found that it would be a series instead of a movie. Because let’s be honest a 13 episode series would do much more justice than a 2hr movie.
It must be because of my high expectations that let me down but here goes...
The series had exaggerated a lot of scenes. Unnecessary change for me. Because it had lost its whole concept of the “snow ball keeps picking up speed.” What they all did to Hannah was supposed to be petty or subtle but because it was frequent and it become “normal” a lot of them starting doing those things to her.
It is the little things that matter. when those little things pile up, it starts to define you, it becomes too much. no matter how trivial it is to someone, another person can see it as life threatening, and that’s what happened to Hannah.
Originally, in the book, the Bakers were ashamed of what their daughters had done. There was no funeral and they were not seen after the incident. They represent the stigma of “suicide does not receive flowers.” A lot of people, at this point in time, have still a stigma about suicide. They play victim blame. They see people who commit suicide as weak, unstable, attention seekers etc. It is very important for me that it is Hannah’s parents who represents these people. it is very important for me that it is the Bakers who cannot accept the fact they, too, had been oblivious of their daughter’s suffering.
But! what I do liked in the series is Alex Standall’s character. Ever since I had read the book, I can’s stop thinking about how those 12 people would handle the fact that someone’s death is being blamed to you. I was frightened for these people to broke down like Hannah. Being one of the reasons why someone took their own life is too much to bear. All my questions had been answered by what Alex did at the end.
It was also important to shine a light to these 12 people’s lives. Everyone is struggling in their own ways. Everyone is too busy solving their own problems to save someone else’s. We never really know what is going on in someone’s mind We are never aware of how much hurt anyone is carrying.
Nevertheless, both the book and the series are thought provoking. it is a one of the new perspective of mental health, bullying, and coming of age. It is both heartfelt and heartbreaking.
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