<Li> Clay Jensen is the narrator of the novel . He is a shy high school student through whom Hannah's tapes are revealed in the novel . He is the subject of the ninth tape, on which Hannah clarifies that he was always kind to her and that he does not deserve to be on her list . Clay is the only person on the tapes who is not directly blamed as a reason for Hannah's death . </Li> <Li> Justin Foley is the subject of the first and tenth tapes . A year older than Hannah, he was her first crush and first kiss . Hannah blames Justin on the first tape for starting rumors that she is a slut, and she blames him on the tenth tape for allowing Bryce to rape Jessica . </Li> <Li> Alex Standall is the subject of the second tape . After breaking up with Jessica, he published a "hot or not" list, giving Hannah the title "Best A * * in the Freshman Class ." Hannah believes this further reinforced her reputation of a slut started after her kiss with Justin . </Li> <Li> Jessica Davis is the subject of the third tape and a friend of Hannah's before Alex's "hot or not" list ended their friendship . Hannah blames Jessica for believing the rumors about her and telling people that Hannah stole Alex from Jessica . Jessica is later involved with Justin and raped by Bryce at a party . </Li>

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