Imagine one day finding a package on your doorstep. Normally this wouldn't be a big deal, right? Well, unfortunately for a high school student named Clay Jensen, this is no ordinary package. The package Clay finds is simply marked with his first name “Clay”. Upon seeing the box, Clay notices that the box was shaken as if many others had handled it. What he finds in the box is very interesting; it's a box full of thirteen cassettes, marked numbers one through thirteen. Clay is intrigued by the old cassettes, so he goes to his garage where his father keeps a dirty, paint-splattered radio. He starts the first tape and instantly hears a familiar voice, his crush Hannah Baker. Normally when Clay hears Hannah his heart races, but this time his heart races for a different reason...Hannah Baker is dead. Yes, it's true; Hannah had committed suicide weeks before, but had recorded tapes for the thirteen people who had pushed her to kill herself. Of course, after hearing this, Clay turns white with fear as the color drains away from him. As he listens, Hannah informs his listeners that each tape contains each person's story. At this point, you might wonder why the first person through Clay had even bothered to pass on the tapes. You'd think they'd get rid of the tapes, but Hannah figured that out. In order to fully convey her message, she had given a separate box of tapes to a fourteenth person, who would make the tapes public if the original package did not arrive. Moving forward in the book, this person's name is Tony, a neighborhood car fanatic. Clay goes through each tape, listening carefully to every word. The first tape was for Justin Foley, Hannah's First Kiss, which, after halfway through finishing the book, I noticed the recurring theme of "Treat others the way you want to be." processed. » It's a very cliché theme, but one that suits this story perfectly. Hannah Baker, in her tapes, constantly blamed people for the way they treated her, people like Justin Foley, Alex Standall, Jessica Davis, Courtney Crimson, Zach Dempsey, Ryan Shaver, and Mr. Porter. The numerous examples clearly show the reader that your actions, whether they seem important or not, can seriously affect those around you negatively or positively. Overall, I loved reading Jay Asher's book because of its many underlying meanings and sense of imagery throughout the book. . I know I spoiled a lot of the book, but my summary doesn't even begin to meaningfully show off Asher's work. As summer approaches and school passes, I hope to see more books that are as meaningful as Thirteen Reasons Why.