--- title: 13 Reasons Why: Netflix Show Has a Chilling Effect for Teens description: Jay Asher’s hit young adult book is transformed into a Netflix show, and it relishes in its darkness. canonical: https://time.com/4718019/darkness-visible-in-13-reasons-why/ author: Daniel D'Addario article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-30T10:41:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:06:46.145Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 13 Reasons Why: Netflix Show Has a Chilling Effect for Teens og:description: Jay Asher’s hit young adult book is transformed into a Netflix show, and it relishes in its darkness. og:url: https://time.com/4718019/darkness-visible-in-13-reasons-why/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78cb69705806079a/6988c07c97cdff1f746b0008/darkness-visible-in-13-reasons-why.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Darkness-visible-in-13-Reasons-Why og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 13 Reasons Why: Netflix Show Has a Chilling Effect for Teens twitter:description: Jay Asher’s hit young adult book is transformed into a Netflix show, and it relishes in its darkness. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78cb69705806079a/6988c07c97cdff1f746b0008/darkness-visible-in-13-reasons-why.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Netflix’s _13 Reasons Why_ Shows the Dark Side of Growing Up > Sponsored content. 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Its characters may not be fighting a repressive regime or discovering new powers within, but they are struggling to find their place on a scorched earth of sorts. The 13-episode series has a familiar conceit: its narrator is dead, having committed suicide. The late Hannah (Katherine Langford) left behind a set of cassette tapes discovered by a sympathetic classmate, Clay (Dylan Minnette). Hannah is at once a born storyteller, conveying her grudges with a raconteur’s flair and endless self-aggrandizement. These tapes are full of narrative hairpin turns. As a result, there’s a toxic thrill to _13 Reasons Why_. The show depicts Hannah as taunted and isolated, only finally saying in death what she’d been too constrained to say in life. One sees easily how her shift in voice–troubled introvert giving way to avenging angel–worked for so many readers and appealed to show creator Brian Yorkey, a Pulitzer-winning playwright (for the mental-health-themed musical _Next to Normal_). _13 Reasons_ also gets brutally right the empty sympathy, tinged with drive-by curiosity, that bystanders to tragedy often demonstrate. Hannah’s classmates loudly mourn her once she’s gone, but their kindness might have saved her. This may leave parents a bit queasy, though. Hannah’s death is portrayed as the ultimate revenge, a message that seems ill-advised. Her pain, with its themes of slut-shaming, feels contemporary. But the cruelty of her world, populated by clueless adults and nasty kids, can be gratuitous. If this was really Hannah’s life, she may be well rid of it–a chilling thought. Amid all the rancor, _13 Reasons_‘ performances stand out. Minnette manages to beautifully portray a young man’s growing awareness of other people’s humanity. And Kate Walsh and Brian d’Arcy James are heartbreaking as Hannah’s parents coming to terms with how little they knew about their daughter’s inner life. This story is sure to be devoured by teens who respond to its dark themes. 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