Okay, I think it's time for me to finally address "Thirteen Reasons Why" and Why I Didn't Like The Book and Why I Will Never Watch the Show.
I've kept my mouth shut for as long as I can keep my mouth shut. It came to a point where every damn little post on Facebook and Twitter is about the show: memes, updates, reactions, etc.
I have a bizarre mind. And it usually manifests when I'm angry. That's why I never judge people and their own bizarre minds.
I have nothing against people who loved the book or the people who loves the show. But this is why I don't and I won't.
This will explain why.
And I'm not asking you to agree with me.
It starts with the book. As a reader, I prefer books that impresses me. I usually go for characters that will inspire me. Characters that are strong. If not, then characters created to follow that same trajectory.
The premise of the story is worth the applause. After all, I bought the book to read. But what I didn't realize is that page by page, I found myself frustrated. I didn't see eye to eye with Hannah Baker. A character that is supposed to inspire me, annoyed me.
I didn't finish the book. (Yes, I hear you already cursing me for having this opinion even without reading the whole book) The thing is, I hate being told what to do. I have no intention to finish a book I don't like. I always thought, "Reading is supposed to be pleasurable, not pressurable."
Now let's talk about her "reasons". Given that I didn't finish the book, then follows the algorithm that I never figured out her other "reasons". I think I got to the last three. And three is enough for me to want to kill her myself if she didn't only kill herself.
There's one way to look at it: Every word, no matter how insignificant, affects us.
But this is how I saw it: Damn. I thought sadness and depression leads to suicide? From what I see, she was just mad. She was so mad that she caused other people trouble for it. And suicide is her last resort for revenge. After all, people grieve. Death makes the living regretful, no matter what.
I know the gravity of suicide and depression. In fact, in many times, I am always taunted to jump out the window to end this miserable life of mine. Perhaps my thoughts aren't as significant as a diagnosed patient with depression. But is it really the list of problems that's the problem? To a person allergic to dust, dust can kill a person.
But here's the deal. If I decide to kill myself, that will be a decision I will make myself... by myself and for myself. Not for other people... not to drag them along with me to depression.
As a reader, this is what I came to interpret. It's not how petty her reasons are - because they are anyway (at least the last three, I know it gets BIG) - it's about the breadcrumbs she left behind. It wasn't a goodbye note, it was a revenge trail.
And that is WHY.
That is why I hated the book.
Hannah Baker, as a book character
was weak
selfish
driven by hatred
and revenge.
Like a kid who likes to point fingers
Worse than
The kid who kept silent
Hannah Baker,
I didn't see her as sick (mentally ill),
I saw her as sick (gruesome).
But ladies and gentlemen,
That is the book only.
For some reason, when a person portrays it on tv, it becomes a different discussion. All of a sudden, talking shit over it, makes it bullying
Thus making me a bad person
Or worse
An outcast.
Now, let me tell you WHY -
I'm the kind of person who stands ground
If I hate something, I don't pretend an ounce that I adore it.
In fact, if I don't keep silent about it, I shout it out to the world
It's a pride thing
Ask yourself.
If I hated the shoes,
Why would I buy it just because it came in my favorite color?
I'm not about the design.
I'm about the brand.
I'm about what it stands for.
It's like buying a good makeup from a cruelty based brand.
When coming from the vegan,
It's abomination.
I hated the book and everything it implies (or how I interpreted it at least),
So why would I watch the show?
It's abomination.
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