13 Reasons Why
If you're listening, you're too late.
Created by Jay Asher, Brian Yorkey
On Netflix
A dark, serialized mystery centered on suicide and sexual trauma that uses intimate high school relationships to interrogate guilt, complicity, and the weight of unexamined harm.
High school student Clay Jensen lands in the center of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend's tragic suicide.
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Is 13 Reasons Why sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of series.
Does 13 Reasons Why leave you hopeful? No. Less hopeful than 96% of series.
Is 13 Reasons Why easy watching? No. Less comforting than 94% of series.
Is 13 Reasons Why violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of series.
Is 13 Reasons Why scary? Yes. More frightening than 79% of series.
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