There really is only one word appropriate for this book: depressing. While I 
enjoyed reading the novel and it kept my interest enough for me to finish it, the subject matter was just depressing. The book deals with teen suicide. The story is told from a double narrative. One narrative is the girl who committed suicide speaking through recorded tapes, and the other is one of her friends listening to the tapes. I liked the storyline and the book really was intriguing, but it is just a depressing subject so there was no way around that feeling.
enjoyed reading the novel and it kept my interest enough for me to finish it, the subject matter was just depressing. The book deals with teen suicide. The story is told from a double narrative. One narrative is the girl who committed suicide speaking through recorded tapes, and the other is one of her friends listening to the tapes. I liked the storyline and the book really was intriguing, but it is just a depressing subject so there was no way around that feeling.The main character is a teenager in high school who is dealing with the suicide of one of his classmates. About two weeks after the death, he comes home to find a shoebox of tapes sitting on his doorstep. Inside he finds seven cassette tapes that contain narrative from his classmate who committed suicide. She says there are 13 sides to every story and she begins her explanation of a chain of events that led to her death.
Similar Novels: Before I Die by Jenny Downham and The Pact by Jodi Picoult
Length: 304 pages
Copyright: October 2007
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