PQP Memo to the Author

To: Jay Asher
From: Keylyn Filewich
Date: Febuary 22, 2012

Re: Thirteen Reasons Why
Hi Jay, I am writing to you because I want to tell you about how much I enjoyed your book 13 Reason’s Why. I managed to read it all in two days pretty impressive since I don’t read that much. What I liked most about it was that it wasn’t written from Hannah’s point of view it was written from Clay’s point of view. I liked that a lot because then you were able to see how much these tapes impacted him and the see how he felt about what had happened to Hannah. I also like the message the book brings, how even the things you think might make the smallest difference, could be a big difference to someone else.

Along with being totally amazed by this book I also had lots of questions. I wondered where he got this idea of writing a book like this. Maybe something liked this happened and it was based on a true story or maybe he made up the idea on his own. I also wonder why he chose to make the story in the point of view from Clay, why not someone else. Was it that Clay ment the most to Hannah and that’s why you wanted to write it like that? My other question is why did you make it so that Clay’s friend, the one in charge of the tapes, shared them with other people. Since he wasn’t on the tapes and he was incharge of them. Maybe it was because he respected Hannah or that they were cl9ose friends.

I think it would have made it more exciting if you wrote it so each character listened to their own tapes and we could hear the feelings of what they thought about the situation. It would make it more interesting than having to listening to the same opinion over and over again. Another way I thought it could be more exciting if Clay was the last one to get the tapes, because then we could see what he would do with the tapes and how he would react to it all. We could of seen if any other characters that got the tape came and talked to him about the things that happen. But overall this was a great book, and it was amazing to read!