Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a remarkably powerful book. It explores the long lasting and devastating effects of slut shaming in a society that not only allows it but has often encouraged it. It moves into the very painful topic of suicide especially in teenagers and how the stigma attached to talking about it can be the final driving factor of a choice. If this isn't required reading, it really should be. I can only imagine how book burning zealots would seek to ban this story seeing it as smut. But as is almost always the case, that would be wrong. I highly recommend this book.

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