13 Reasons Why

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 31, 2017
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
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  1. nikoziko
    May 15, 2018
    0
    **** terrible ,dumb,stupid,generic,formulaic,terrible characters,terrible writing,mmm intresting music choices but over all a terrible **** show
  2. ranjan04rajeev
    Aug 11, 2017
    3
    I never rate this bad, because i never watch such bad shows.

    I don't know what to say as the whole show was so irritating. Hanna's character was so flimsy. All the characters were just manipulated to fit the bad plot.
  3. zachds
    Apr 28, 2017
    0
    People say the message is that you should think twice about the way you treat people. Thats all well and dandy but that is not the message this show sent. Especially for people in their teens. I am 25 now. In high school I thought about suicide a lot. My dad did commit suicide while I was in high school. I went to some pretty dark places back in those days and often felt alone and numb toPeople say the message is that you should think twice about the way you treat people. Thats all well and dandy but that is not the message this show sent. Especially for people in their teens. I am 25 now. In high school I thought about suicide a lot. My dad did commit suicide while I was in high school. I went to some pretty dark places back in those days and often felt alone and numb to the world. I put a smile on and went though the motions of going to school and for the most part I know nobody had a clue what I was going through. The thing is committing suicide is a lot easier said or thought, for that matter, than it is to actual go through with. If back then, on one of my darker days I happen to watch this show, I know exactly what I would have thought. I would have thought, oh that makes sense. If I am going to kill myself I should let everyone who ever wronged me know what they did. Then they will totally regret everything and know it is their fault I am not alive. See cause when you are in that lonely place, you want people to know how you feel. You want them to see you. The thing is, life does not work the way it did in this fantasy tale. I could see this show easily being that one last thing to stir up the emotions and get someone to finally commit the act of taking their own lives. I remember watching the death scene in this show thinking, oh my god, they made that look so easy. So easy in fact, that I am sure deaths via slit wrists are sure to be on the rise in the next year or so. The creators of this show need to get their own morals checked before trying to impose their morals on everyone else in the world. They should be ashamed. There are millions of people suffering all over this globe right now. People without the luxuries Hannah had such as parents who loved her, a sound mind, a roof over their heads, food to eat, water to drink, and so many other things. The shows all about accountability right? People should realize that their actions have unforeseen consequences? If thats the case, the creators should be held accountable and should have thought twice before delivering this trash to the public, where so many vulnerable human beings are now being subjected to it.… Expand
  4. alvistide
    Apr 17, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The two lead actors are well cast and perform admirably.

    Everything wrong with this is in the writing. A 40 year old guy writing about overdramatic post-millennials. It's just not honest, though meticulously researched, and the viewer feels it the whole way through. The characters are caricatures. Rape works like deus ex machina here to justify Hannah's selfish, short-sighted behavior—sorry, it's true. I watched the whole thing, waiting to see the justification of her suicide, genuinely curious about it, because I had assumed the story was written by an honest writer—but in the justifications he selected you can see the writer clearly manipulating the narrative for emotional affect. One wonders if this whole thing wasn't calculated to check-off certain PC quotas.

    I mean I could be wrong. Kids of this age could all be whiny, dramatic, self-involved monsters with no sense of history or humility—but I tend to think that's just Hollywood's over simplistic deduction of post-Millennials, or the worst-case example (and coincidentally the loudest and most overrepresented in the media) of who some of these kids are.

    The fact that this is so well reviewed by people is really disturbing. It's like we suspend our critical faculties when our virtue signaling friends tell us we have to see the new "powerful" and "important" Netflix release (gag me). And then it's like dominos and nobody can state the obvious without being branded insensitive to the ridiculous trend of overhyping bullying, a trend dreamt up by out-of-touch adults attempting to manipulate the next course of young voters. Bullying has always existed. And given the hypnotized-by-PC nature of most post-millennials, I dare say they deal with a much LIGHTER and EASIER TO DEAL WITH form of bullying than other generations have endured. In fact, I'm certain of it.

    But you can't say that—because that information would give hope to post-Millennials, and reinforce in them the truth that high school is brief and completely unimportant to life in the end. Instead, we have to indulge the youth, convince them that what they suffer is infinitely worse than things other generations have suffered; we have to pill them up and tell them none of their problems can be overcome and romanticize and champion their suffering like they are heroes and heroines. It doesn't work. Heroes and heroines move stories, not characters that are chronically and irrecoverably broken, idiotic, forever miscommunicating, because of a meddling writer trying to make a statement by distorting them into fools. Oh if only Hannah and her oafish beau had communicated! Yeah, I know right. If only the writer had allowed two people we are told are bright and intelligent to be bright and intelligent. They might have been a hero and heroine then.

    This is the golden age of television, people! Demand more for God's sake. And learn to grow a guard against Hollywood "adults" (for lack of a better term) BRAZENLY manipulating you with a story that does not reflect real life but purports to. Or keeping mooing together, I guess.

    Sincerely,
    The 90's,
    Where apathy and self-assuredness still reign supreme.    … Expand
  5. paulieparrot71
    May 14, 2018
    0
    Terrible in every way. It's a legitime ****fest, terrible acting. Target audience is 13 year old girls with self-esteem issues.
  6. Donathin
    Apr 13, 2017
    3
    There are some amazing films and television shows dealing with topics of teenage suicide, depression, sexual assault, and bullying. This isn't one of them.

    The actors do a fine job here, and a few of the episodes are nuanced enough to be compelling. The three leads do a lot to keep the trashy writing from smelling as bad as it should. However, most of the plot is on-the-nose, the    There are some amazing films and television shows dealing with topics of teenage suicide, depression, sexual assault, and bullying. This isn't one of them.

    The actors do a fine job here, and a few of the episodes are nuanced enough to be compelling. The three leads do a lot to keep the trashy writing from smelling as bad as it should. However, most of the plot is on-the-nose, the writing and dialogue poor, and too much of the show is absolutely tone deaf towards the issues that you'd expect it to care about. I'll keep my complains short and just include the two things that bother me the most. Spoilers beyond this point.

    The author of this story seems to have some sort of wish-fulfillment issue. The central character is the nice guy who rarely does anything wrong. He's smart and sensitive and thoughtful. He's also the only character who finally does what should have probably happened immediately: he actually tries to get justice for two of his friends that were viciously raped, and two of his friends who are now dead -- and it's mad to think that none of the other kids in this situation would have acted before him.

    Beyond our protagonist being the only one who does the right thing, though, it seems that everyone has thing for him even though he's too shy for that stuff: the pretty cheerleader, the tortured Hannah who ultimately commits suicide (in part because she shunned him even though she loved him), the cool coffee house goth girl, even his wise, homosexual friend. It all reeks of wish fulfillment on the writer's part.

    But the most egregious sin of this cynical television show ... that it leaves itself open for a second season in the most exploitative way possible ... by suggesting that a supporting character, another victim of bullying, is going to go on a school shooting spree and we'll get "13 Reasons Why" he becomes a killer.

    No. Thanks. And shame on the people who let this pass as meaningful television. 13 Reasons Why is exploitative and cynical and I feel gross having sat through it all in hopes for something meaningful to come of it.    … Expand
  7. 13reasonsisbad
    May 2, 2017
    0
    The whole premise of show is ridiculous. The fact that she blamed others for her own suicide and is appalling. However, what's more disturbing is how blind so many people are to this and actively support and recommend this show. In addition to this, poor writing, obvious plot holes and a cliffhanger ending setting up for a second season just makes this entire show a complete waste of time
  8. totodah
    May 9, 2017
    3
    Just another show that inaccurately depicts how high-schoolers behave and communicate to each other. It isn't that hard to get this right. Just interview actual school teachers, staff and students and they will tell you how these kids ACTUALLY TALK. Some of the lines these actors are saying makes me cringe.

    It's not just the language that completely distracts me from the plot, but the    Just another show that inaccurately depicts how high-schoolers behave and communicate to each other. It isn't that hard to get this right. Just interview actual school teachers, staff and students and they will tell you how these kids ACTUALLY TALK. Some of the lines these actors are saying makes me cringe.

    It's not just the language that completely distracts me from the plot, but the behavior of some of these characters. If someone was suicidal, or looking depressed, and was half as good looking as Hannah Baker, they'd be getting almost annoyed with how many people would come up to them and ask what was wrong.

    By the way, the whole premise of a jock is vastly cliche, because nobody is casually going around wearing Letterman jackets in California.

    I rate this a 3 because it's interesting enough for me to keep watching. I don't exactly know why, though. Maybe I find enjoyment in identifying inaccurate portrayals of high-schoolers. Or laughing at some of the ridiculous dialogue choices. Overall, the issue with this show is that I can't clearly define the audience it tries to captivate. If It was made for 18-20 something year olds, it needs better dialogue and character development.    … Expand
  9. TortoRacoon
    Apr 20, 2017
    3
    The motivations that trigger most of the conflicts are weak, the discussions escalate exaggeratedly quick (even for teenager standards) just so they can justify the change of each character's behavior, too convenient for the plot. It is unnatural to just be besties at a moment and suddenly worst enemies in a second or vice versa, that just reveals a lazy script writing.

    The struggle    The motivations that trigger most of the conflicts are weak, the discussions escalate exaggeratedly quick (even for teenager standards) just so they can justify the change of each character's behavior, too convenient for the plot. It is unnatural to just be besties at a moment and suddenly worst enemies in a second or vice versa, that just reveals a lazy script writing.

    The struggle that Hannah went through was more related to her own bad decisions and her own poor ability to communicate, and that makes the plot even weaker. Maybe we can make a "13 reasons why crappy content becomes trendy".

    The music is good, I love the selection for its soundtrack.    … Expand
  10. bertus
    Aug 28, 2017
    0
    I started hopefully episode 1 with 13 Reasons Why. As the episode dragged on I quickly realized I didn't care about Hannah, the girl who committed suicide. If you leave this world, why irritate people who are still here? Rediculous ! What bothered me most about Hannah is her flat and emotionless voice and appearance. She bored the hell out of me. The premise of 1 tape per episode is alsonI started hopefully episode 1 with 13 Reasons Why. As the episode dragged on I quickly realized I didn't care about Hannah, the girl who committed suicide. If you leave this world, why irritate people who are still here? Rediculous ! What bothered me most about Hannah is her flat and emotionless voice and appearance. She bored the hell out of me. The premise of 1 tape per episode is alson boring and too predictable. Even though the subject is extremely relevant I quit after one episode.… Expand
  11. yellowbuss
    Apr 30, 2018
    0
    I watched the last episode again. I couldn't commit to watching the full series again because its so bloody petty and I've watched it from the start about 3 times already. I understand how its suppose to give kids an understanding and spread the message and **** but it honestly doesn't do the subject any favor. In fact, along with a long list of people it's actually increased the rate ofI watched the last episode again. I couldn't commit to watching the full series again because its so bloody petty and I've watched it from the start about 3 times already. I understand how its suppose to give kids an understanding and spread the message and **** but it honestly doesn't do the subject any favor. In fact, along with a long list of people it's actually increased the rate of suicide and depression. Because the show is so addicting, these kids become obsessed with Hannah and her petty 13 reasons (obviously excluding the actually serious ones). They relate to her, and what did she do? give up. so that's exactly what these kids where doing. When this show came out I noticed ALOT of kids from my school looking and acting quite down, attempting to cover it up. The show spread the word, but not in a good way. Others have different opinions but you can't deny how the show negatively impacted alot of people. I do not recommend watching this.… Expand
  12. augustobt
    May 14, 2018
    0
    Probably the biggest waste of time available everywhere. Cliffhanger over cliffhanger, terrible acting, terrible plot, the character are unappealing. This is a product for idiotized Netflix consumers.
  13. maxmooney
    Apr 4, 2017
    2
    An incredibly overwrought, poorly written, poorly acted slog. I feel bad for all high schoolers if this is how bleak your everyday life is. Mine, as long ago as it was, was obviously all sunshine and rainbows. There are many YA books that deserve adaptation... the Asher book did not deserve THIS adaptation.
  14. JabberwocksBane
    May 13, 2017
    0
    the premise is insulting, the dead girl not only pushes other people to suicide but also makes them do the things other people did to her as well (stalking, ridicule, shaming...) which completely beats the point she tries to make - most of these people either need psychological help or need to be locked up for harassement and other various crimes

    the girl recorded the tapes WITHOUT ANY    the premise is insulting, the dead girl not only pushes other people to suicide but also makes them do the things other people did to her as well (stalking, ridicule, shaming...) which completely beats the point she tries to make - most of these people either need psychological help or need to be locked up for harassement and other various crimes

    the girl recorded the tapes WITHOUT ANY slip-ups, misspeaks or errors as with tapes you can't just delete a part that you **** up and on top of them in scenes she is recording them she doesn't have ANY text or paper in her hand so she just spewed all those "phylosophical" and "poetical" rhetoric in one go - typical for highschool teenagers of course

    also the only thing the tapes serve is to stroke her own ego, she wants to humiliate and punish the people that wronged her by killing herself and the tapes drive other people to depresion and even considering commiting suicide themselves while the **** killed herself getting off on the feeling of "yeaaaah, I showed them!"

    But that just beats the entire purpose of this "script" - someone is and **** to you that means be an **** back, yeah a great lesson, you truly are the superior moral person in this

    several people she has on her ego-stroking tapes are either delinquents or people with downright metal conditions and her responce to that is absolutely retarded

    there were dozens of times she shold've called the police not just for her sake but in the case of the stalker for example - that kids NEEDS Psychological help ASAP

    another thing is the girl's reasons for commiting suicide were STUPID, only legitimare thing that I could agree with would be committing suicide after being a victim of a stalking - you don't feel safe anymore, you are paranoid, you are scared, it is a valid reason for feeling like at the end of the rope here

    only trouble is that THE STALKING WAS THE ONLY THING she just glanced over and laughed at! WHAT THE **** A dumb hot list that noone over the age of 12 would actually write is suicide worthy but being stalked and photographed by a pervy teenager (who she previously thought was some old man and found even funnier) is LAUGHABLE??? **** **** you

    on top of that NOONE in this show acts like a human being, reacts to situations like a human being or talks like a human being - they are all just products of a writer who watched highcschool comedy movies and thought THAT'S HOW LIFE WORKS while being absolutely oblivious to how things actually work

    everyone talks like a retard, many times leaving in the middle of a conversation for a dramatic effect that only gets old and bad with constant repetitions, most of the time people answer questions with more questions that moves the dialogue and story NOWEHERE, many scenes have NO IMPACT or a REASON to be there

    the only thing this show get's right is making the viewer feel like he is in the shoes of Hannah - CAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY CONSIDERING SUICIDE WHILE WATCHING

    the show NEVER even touches any serious topic because no one in it behaves like a human so it only looks like you are watching some amateur comedy - you don't feel anything but distain for EVERYONE - these characters are not human, you don't empathize with them, if anyone can actually feel anything but repulsion, disgust or hate towards any of these characters I seriously doubt their mental capabilities    … Expand
  15. Estherdhr
    Apr 11, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This show is incredibly unhealthy to any teenager watching.
    At first, I felt bad for this Hannah Baker that killed herself, but soon enough, I realized that this show is over dramatic.
    What happened to her and the reasons she killed herself are ridiculous. What she has been through happens to any regular high school student - maybe not to this extend (the accumulation of events in a short period of time AND the rape, I haven't finished the show yet, i'm at episode 7) but things happen.
    I came to think that mentally unstable kids going through puberty or that are just at a low point in life (cause high school can be tough), may think that their situation is comparable to Hannah Baker's and therefore will start thinking about killing themselves too.
    And again, I haven't finished the show yet, so i'm not aware of all the incidents, but TOUGHEN UP!
    I just hope that this show will not be the reason kids start killing themselves, or think about doing it.    … Expand
  16. jrobbins79
    Apr 1, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Based on all the positive reviews this show is getting, I expected to love it. Now I realize everyone is just reacting to the current hot-button topic of teenage suicide. But no matter what the subject, a show can't be good w/o good writing. This show is plagued by teenage slang and witticisms invented by the writers, who clearly have no idea how real teenagers speak, in an attempt to be hip. Slang like "cappuccino fingers." As in "Eww, don't touch me with your cappuccino fingers!" What the hell are cappuccino fingers? The fingers the perpetrator got from holding a mug of cappuccino by its handle? It's complete nonsense that I'd normally ignore, except that the whole series is loaded with this type of senseless dialogue. But the worst part is the plot device that gets the whole show started, and the reason the narrator is driven down the path to suicide. She went on a date with a jock cretin, who creepily took an upskirt photo of her while she was fully dressed (including underwear). Said cretin's moronic friends grab his phone and send the pic to everyone in the school. All the kids then immediately and inexplicably extrapolate from this pic that the girl had sex with the jock. Why? How does someone get from point A to B here? If the showrunners (or novel author - I don't know, I haven't read the book) bothered to research the subject of the show, they'd know that high school social media is riddled with far more risque pictures than this. It's a big part of the problem in today's schools. Putting aside the completely illogical assumption of sex from the photo, no kids today are jumping to such conclusions from pics like this, let alone alienating the picture's subjects because of it. If so, everyone in high school would be walking the hallways alone with their heads hung in shame. It's a preposterous start to the show, and infects the plotting of everything that follows. The narrator is also annoyingly self-obsessed, forcing 13 kids, who probably don't have the attention span to binge a bad Netflix show, to listen to 13 cassettes about her life. If her life was so important and worthy of so much attention, why did she herself throw it away so easily? By the time I got to the 3rd episode, I was glad the narrator of the tapes was dead, because she seemed like such a self-centered brat to me, so I honored her by killing the show on my watchlist as well.… Expand
  17. HenryEdwards
    Apr 3, 2017
    1
    A drawn and repetitive story, it came with a good perspective, but it did not show anything of convivial nor of direcferente or innovator.

    Not unlike other stories on television, the drama of a teenager who suffered and tragically takes her life is a good option for a weekend, but it is not a production that will catch your attention.
  18. reermc
    May 1, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The PEPSI add of Tv Shows. Not a good view. Overall the production it is acceptable, editing was superb and kudos to Kate Walsh who had a great performance, so much so that it feels from another series. Now the story, characters, and performances are STUPID. Yes, the reasons she had for killing herself are presented in an incredibly stupid way. And the aftermath of her suicide it's handled incoherently. It's unbelievable how this story passed so many filters to land on Netflix, and I think that the whole story hangs from the fact that she killed herself... of course... but, think about this: Imagine that she didn't kill herself, imagine she left those tapes and ran away and everyone assumes that she did kill herself. Now, through that lens every reason she had and interaction she made point major flaws in character development. I guess that the thesis the author tried to establish on his book was that every little act of indifference we perform can have a big impact on someone else's lives, But it crumbles once you develop it free of the guilt of her death. Hanna is emotionally manipulating everyone, she barely has any personality and her choices are unjustified. The parents are incredibly distant, the protagonist is a boy whose development its both incredibly stupid and incoherent (He is supposed to be a smart kid who jumps into savage conclusions and actions without hearing all the tapes... everyone else sat through the things in one night and this kid is annoyingly slow in every sense) ... and then ... there is Tony that awful character ruins everything he touches. Now... The Tapes... the series asks you to take an enormous leap of faith and assume that no one involved was like "F... this, ill call the police, or at least ... MY PARENTS". Clay's mom is a lawyer... (incredibly representing the school in a case where his son might be involved... another stupid plot point you just have to go with)... how come he didn't checked what she had to say. I'm I supposed to believe that you don't know if you killed this girl? Would you forget if you did something that might induce your crush to kill herself? Heck ! I bet everyone remembers if you were breathing wrong when your high school crush was around.... then how im i supossed to believe anything you say after this. In the end i think the entire series tries to blackmail the emotions out of you just like Hanna did with her mates. The rape scenes come out of nowhere and the point of the tapes falls flat when you realize how pointless the whole scheme is. Every character fails when trying to adquire dimension. It tried to be edgy and it ends up being stupid and insensitive. Its like the Pepsi commercial of TV shows... so Join the Conversation... I guess?… Expand
  19. clarkson67
    Sep 22, 2017
    0
    This movie was way to drawn out! And the ending was awful. Could of shown what happened in court, to Bryce, Alex, Clay and the rest of them. I would never let a teenager of mine watch this. This is only my opinion of course.
  20. chrisjee1234
    Jun 25, 2017
    0
    After Stranger Things, I was worried if this series wouldn't live up to my expectations. This show is a triumph in every sense of the word. More people should watch this series in order to understand the importance of bullying and suicide.
  21. RodrigoFD99
    Jun 11, 2018
    3
    This series could've been a great way to show children how life do actually works, instead, this is just a ridiculous way to tell a "true" fact of daily life.
  22. sounwaves
    May 23, 2017
    3
    One of the most over hyped, and overrated shows to come on Netflix in a while. With some of the flattest acting I've ever seen, i don't think I've ever hated the protagonist any other show i ever watched. The supporting characters are vapid and very archetypal. Hannah Baker is such an unlikable person that she ruins the show. A good character is easily related to and we can easilyOne of the most over hyped, and overrated shows to come on Netflix in a while. With some of the flattest acting I've ever seen, i don't think I've ever hated the protagonist any other show i ever watched. The supporting characters are vapid and very archetypal. Hannah Baker is such an unlikable person that she ruins the show. A good character is easily related to and we can easily empathize with them even when they make the wrong decisions. But I can't find a bone in my body that can like her. I feel like author thought she would be looked at as strong and independent due to her revenge tapes, but she simply comes off as a very **** person who had a **** time in high school and now has made tapes to complain about why everyone should have loved her. Awful message and hollow characters.… Expand
  23. oliviaemilyj
    May 18, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My biggest reasons for not liking the show are mainly personal which would not be fair. But I know there are a lot of people who also agree with me on this. There was no mention of mental illness. Just a girl who lost her friends in high school (that happens to everyone) and was sad so she killed herself. My generation has so many mental illness issues, there are so many people who struggle with anxiety and depression and this show does absolutely nothing to help. The non-personal reasons I have I can't say with full confidence because I didn't even finish the series. I read the book. I know how it ends. But yikes, this show is a 0/10.… Expand
  24. jaxson
    May 28, 2018
    0
    They really should have kept it at Season 1. They'd have been better off never doing season 2.
  25. BioTofu
    May 17, 2018
    3
    some interesting characters but the main character too retarded annoying... stop going around asking people whats on the tapes when you can listen to them any time. its like one of those kids at school who doest do his homework and just keeps asking everyone for answers.
  26. fair_game_rater
    May 28, 2018
    0
    over-dramatic, exaggerated, typical teenage girl with 1st world problems...
  27. partyfavor
    Apr 25, 2018
    3
    Ambitious show but failed to really showcase its prime objective. It fell flat on its face after the supposedly "wokeness" it would give to the youth regarding anti-bullying campaigns, it sparked the unlikely opposite. Alarming news said that this show actually became a "trigger" for some of the youth and some even tried to recreate their own versions of this show. Mind boggling andAmbitious show but failed to really showcase its prime objective. It fell flat on its face after the supposedly "wokeness" it would give to the youth regarding anti-bullying campaigns, it sparked the unlikely opposite. Alarming news said that this show actually became a "trigger" for some of the youth and some even tried to recreate their own versions of this show. Mind boggling and disturbing. What really bothers me is that inspite of everything that transpired, they would produce a sequel to this series. What do they have in mind, really?… Expand
  28. 13ReasonsToKMS
    May 20, 2018
    0
    Season 2 Gave me 3 types of cancer now i want to KMS.this **** has to be at least 75 charchters long
  29. grace9474
    May 29, 2018
    0
    I find it utterly disgusted that our "teen producers" will allow young viewers to watch this type of content. Although the show has been granted the privilege of explicit content does not justify the viewing of rape, suicide, and other vulgar scenes.
    There is NO exception to this type of betrayal on the innocence of young teenagers.
    We have entered a society where kids and teens have    I find it utterly disgusted that our "teen producers" will allow young viewers to watch this type of content. Although the show has been granted the privilege of explicit content does not justify the viewing of rape, suicide, and other vulgar scenes.
    There is NO exception to this type of betrayal on the innocence of young teenagers.

    We have entered a society where kids and teens have accessibility to these shows without warnings and restrictions. The scene along with others have justified and even romanticized teen suicide, rape, assault, underage drinking, drugs, and mental illness.
    NO CHILD, TEENAGER, OR ADULT CAN MENTALLY PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THE TRAUMA THAT THIS SHOW BRINGS!
    The main character, Hannah, has used her suicide to TORTURE the people she left behind. Her "13 reasons" were childish and pathetic. Suicide is not the fault of those who wrong you, it is a personal decision. Although bullying and those themes are prominent in our society, we cannot justify this by glamorizing the reality of it. Suicide is bad. Bullying is bad. But bullying others and blaming them for YOUR suicide is even worse. How dare the writer think that this sort of bullsh** should be allowed in the libraries and bookstores.

    I have never been so disgusted, appalled, traumatized in my life while watching only a few episodes. I could not even bring myself to watch more than half the episodes because it's toxic and disrespectful to teens and adults who have truly experienced these situations.

    I will admit that students and teens should understand the effects of suicide and depression BUT NOT THROUGH A TV SHOW. Nothing will hide the truth more than a pathetic lost love story like this. Students are bombarded with enough stress in life than trying to comprehend the information in this show. How can we expect students to understand the full capacity of life if we sugar coat it with pretty girls and aesthetic Tumblr posts?

    Overall message: this show is disrespectful and unacceptable.    … Expand
  30. CiaranMcleod02
    May 27, 2018
    2
    The fact people enjoy this show is fine, entertainment is subjective and I won't bash you if you enjoy watching this show BUT I can bash you for calling it anything other than entertainment. The show can help people (Knowing you're not alone) but it's not progressive or new. It's a lazily written, poorly acted, mess of various, over the top harassment cases loosely stitched together.The fact people enjoy this show is fine, entertainment is subjective and I won't bash you if you enjoy watching this show BUT I can bash you for calling it anything other than entertainment. The show can help people (Knowing you're not alone) but it's not progressive or new. It's a lazily written, poorly acted, mess of various, over the top harassment cases loosely stitched together.

    The various things that happen to Hannah Baker do not change her character at all throughout the series, she's a 2 dimensional character that only exists to purely die. She only shows emotion immediately after something happens then it's like it never happened and nothing ever effects her.

    Aside from a couple of decently interesting shots the show is very bland in it's directing, it is a tv show however so I kind of have to cut it some slack in that department. But as for writing, the way the show writes about depression is very wrong and even romanticized at some points. I imagine the writing process was something similar to this: Hannah Baker kills herself>Why>Depression>Why>Guys are mean to her and the guy she likes won't date her>Why>etc. So far (episode 6) I've seen no arc or character shift in anyone. They're bland and only exist "Because plot".

    The soundtrack is one of the worst I've heard. It boils down to "THIS SCENE IS EMOTIONAL, YOU FEEL SAD." or "THIS SCENE IS TENSE, YOU FEEL TENSE", Instead of using actual skill to make us feel the emotions ourselves they attempt to force you to feel certain emotions with the soundtrack, if that wasn't bad enough they even failed at that. I often found myself laughing at the cheesiness of the music in scenes that are intended to be serious.

    Speaking of laughing I did laugh a lot throughout the show, I didn't laugh however at the lazy stupid jokes they randomly threw in. It's a completely jarring tonal shift and it only loosens the connection I had to the show's universe, a connection mind you that is already extremely loose. The jokes were unfunny and boiled down to "HA HA THEY WROTE A BAD WORD ON THE WALL HAHAHAHA" and the space they leave after the unfunny jokes or you to laugh just adds insult to injury.

    The entire show is unrealistic. There are scenes where the protagonist chases someone in a car whilst he's on his bike and he easily keeps up with him when the car is going 40-60mph, there are countless unrealistic moments in this show but the main one is the parents. The parents acting and writing is astonishingly bad. The actions of the parents are incredibly unrealistic and stupid. Not once have they acted in anyway similar to actual parents dealing with the subject matter in the show.

    As I said at the start enjoying the show is perfectly fine but you cannot call it a good show. It's extremely dangerous with it's lazy handling of very serious matters and mental illness.

    The thing is this show was needed, not the way it is now but a show like it was needed but it needs to be respectful, correct, realistic and most of all it needs to have effort put into it. Maybe have the writers meet with some actual teens with mental illness and some actual parents dealing with the loss of their child. Be respectful cause as of right now the show is insulting.

    It could be so much more, if we ask for it then it will be. Don't accept this effortless and lazy garbage.    … Expand
  31. Luvstuckdeep
    Nov 21, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hannah baker was a mess..,she was weak n galz like her has no right to either live or blame other or responsible for their situation...lsnin to only her part so far in....season 1 i still feel she could have done more...y guys should overpower u or y anyone should overpower u ....not that she was a silent kid she spoke n blamed ppl wen she wanted to but not to the right ppl..i hv no sympathy for her...god gave her toi many chance ....if she was that weak she should have ideally ended up her life much befr as she always thought she was the only one in the whole world who was troubled but there are lot of ppl who get to face worst n and get out of it by fighting instead of considering oneself looser n sulking n getting depressed abut ones miserable life...i have no room of sympathy for such weak ppl who cant say no wen u are getting raped...to be frank she was so **** up that who knws that rape brought pleasure to her n she didnt struggle ....sick gal who couldnt even talk to counsellor properly what the **** was she scared of?? **** had no guts to stand for herself n hence i dont pity her.,,i dont stand up for her cuz many of us suffer this way but the best way is definitely not to end ones life… Expand

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#57 Best TV Season of 2017
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76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Apr 21, 2017
    80
    Clay’s conduct sometimes borders on the insufferable. And while Hannah’s traumas are authentically dramatized, she’s forced to endure so many indignities that, in total, she occasionally comes across as a symbolic vessel for an important message, rather than a flesh-and-blood human being. Fortunately, Langford’s wounded-yet-bold lead performance is altogether charming, and Minnette is equally credible.
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  2. Time
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Apr 3, 2017
    70
    This story is sure to be devoured by teens who respond to its dark themes. But it could use a bit more leavening, acknowledging the reasons why life can be something more than apocalyptic.
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  3. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Mar 31, 2017
    90
    Langford and Minnette are the magnetic core of this drama. Separately and together, they have a dynamic chemistry that glows when they share the screen and energizes their scenes with others.
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