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  1. Nov 7, 2022 · Netflix. "13 Reasons Why" wasn't based on a true story in a direct sense. Hannah Baker was never a real person, although many of the situations that happen to her are based on real events. While ...

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    • ’13 Reasons Why’ Is Loosely Based on Real Events
    • Jay Asher on The Impact of '13 Reasons Why'
    • ’13 Reasons Why’ Had A Successful Four-Season Run

    In a 2017 interview with Coming Soon, Asher, the author of the book, revealed that the characters and the story of the series, as well as the book, were loosely based on real-life situations. “All of the reasons Hannah describes were based, at least loosely, on situations I’d either experienced or heard about, mostly from my wife or close female fr...

    During the previous conversation, Asher further talked about the impact Hannah’s story had on people. He first admitted that it was a hard pill to swallow for viewers to watch someone go through such a level of assault and eventually suicide. But he felt people also realized how things could go wrong because of bullying and why one should not do it...

    After getting a good response from viewers and critics, the show successfully aired for four seasons on Netflix. While the first two seasons focused on Hannah’s story, the third and fourth seasons had a few new characters along with old ones. However, the series was intact in showing raw emotions and struggles of characters due to issues like bully...

  3. Aug 4, 2022 · No, ‘13 Reasons Why’ is not based on a true story. It is based on the book of the same name by Jay Asher. The series uses the novel for the arc of its first season. The rest of the seasons, however, take off on their own, as there is no sequel to the book. As a whole, the story comes from Asher’s imagination.

  4. Jun 21, 2021 · No, 13 Reasons Why is not based on a true story, and Hannah Baker is not a real person. The original writer of the story did open up about what 13 Reasons Why is based on, so keep reading to find ...

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  5. Jun 21, 2021 · Even though 13 Reasons Why is based on the book of the same name, it isn't necessarily based on a true story. Instead, after the attempted suicide by a relative, the author became inspired by the different thoughts and feelings of other women around him and used that to build the fictional world Hannah is from.

    • Kori Williams
  6. Mar 2, 2017 · Based on the 2007 best-selling young adult book by Jay Asher, 13 Reasons Why follows the suicide of Hannah Baker and the story of 13 mysterious cassette tapes that she leaves behind, all of which ...

  7. Mar 31, 2017 · So is 13 Reasons Why based on a true story? The young adult novel by Asher is a work fiction, but its themes of bullying, sexual assault, teen suicide, and grief are pretty relevant.

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