A must watch series which is haunting and beautiful. It sheds light on various activities which we do or have done in the past in our day to day life which might have hurt people lives in ways we could have never imagined. The series talks strongly on issues like bullying, sexual assault, character assaulting, negligence, friendship, betrayal, and love. This is kind of an eye opener and self-assessment one.
A girl called Hannah takes her life and records 13 tapes explaining who all were responsible for her death. Along with the reasons behind her suicide the series talks about various social issues around us on a sublime note. Like the gay/lesbian, teenage emotions, domestic violence, drug abuse, gun culture and a lot.
Great performances from all the leads and every single one have done full justice to their roles. When we go through different feelings like closure for Clay, helplessness for Hannah and anger to take apart Bryce's head then you know the performances of the leads were not just good but great. The director should be lauded for successfully bringing out these performances from the artists which are not an easy task. This is an emotional series and could have easily gone as a boring, crying one but in turn, it shows different emotions and struggles of teenagers. Not only that but it also covers different family compositions and people in the community and how their actions have an impact on the kids. This is a series where we can sit and talk about a lot of characters and what makes them end up like that.
When you come across the last three tapes you might have some tears across and don't get surprised if you feel like was I ever responsible for someone's tear or sadness. The whole intent of the series is to make us asking those questions and in end coming out as a better human.
At times certain scenes are like tight slaps to us making us wonder what we have been. We think we are living in a safe, worry-free, non-judgmental world but the reality is different and this one shows that reality to us. Though the 13 tapes of Hannah might talk only about those whom she had got to encounter but there are many chances we can see ourselves as one of the people in the tape at least once or twice. That is the real success of the show.
My favorite characters in the show are Tony, Sheri, Clay and of course Hannah who wouldn't love her. The soundtracks were brilliant and I am going to search for them and add it to my music collection. The series is based on a novel and I am getting that one too.
A hard-hitting show, which would stay with me for many days to come asking again and again “What you can do to be better and make your world safer”. The story grows so deep on you that you will not be able to come out of it even after the series ends.
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