I just started watching this...
Going to hold off judgement until I've finished the series, however on the front end, it seems a bit pretentious.
shareYes, it pretends to be the ultimate series about suicide, but is really dumb
shareWhat initially bothers me, is that someone would create such an elaborate scenario with cassette tapes. It's like a plot line conceived by a super villain in some suspense thriller. What suicide perpetrator does such a thing? It's just weird. And the fact that she claims that someone has copies of the tapes and will make them public, unless her dying wishes aren't carried out in order?!? If I had gotten tapes like that, I would have turned them over immediately to the police or her parents. Guess I just need to watch further but so far, this is a murky story.
shareCouldn't finish it.
Hard to believe the cast of this received praise for their roles. What a preachy, it-takes-a-village bunch of horseshit. Everyone I ever knew in highs school, be they band geek (me), bookworm, jock, punk, redneck, cheerleader or goth chick, they all got bullied by someone. Guess what we did in the 80's? We sucked it up and ignored the bully or punched their lights out. Both ways worked good.
So basically 13 Reasons is a show where no one is a grownup, not even the grownups!