Book Review: 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Book Review: 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Monday, May 29, 2017

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Title: 13 Reasons Why

Author: Jay Asher

Publisher: Razorbill

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Published: March, 2017

Price: Rp186.000 (Aksara.com)

Rating: 3½ / 5 stars

Date started: April 19, 2017 - Date finished: April 20, 2017

Synopsis:

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**SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES**

"Eerie, beautiful, and devastating." —Chicago Tribune

"A stealthy hit with staying power. . . . thriller-like pacing." —The New York Times 

"Thirteen Reasons Why will leave you with chills long after you have finished reading." —Amber Gibson, NPR's "All Things Considered" 

You can't stop the future. 

You can't rewind the past.

The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why.

Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah's pain, and as he follows Hannah's recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever.

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Book Review: The Merciless by Danielle Vega

Book Review: The Merciless by Danielle Vega

Monday, August 10, 2015

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Title: The Merciless

Author: Danielle Vega

Publisher: Razorbill

Pages: 336

Format: E-book

Published: August, 2014

Price: $9.99 -> Rp135.045 (Amazon)

Rating: 3½ / 5 stars

Date started: August 4, 2015 - Date finished: August 9, 2015

Synopsis:

Forgive us, Father, for we have sinned

Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream.

Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed.

Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls . . . unless she wants to be next. . . .

In this chilling debut, Danielle Vega delivers blood-curdling suspense and terror on every page. By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us?

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