20 Best 2017 Netflix Original TV Series - Ranked From Worst To Best

16. 13 Reasons Why

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One of Netflix's most talked-about new Originals released last year, this adaptation of Jay Asher's hit 2007 novel is a one-of-a-kind teen drama, with unexpectedly strong writing and outstanding performances from Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford elevating what could so easily have been another facile, sensationalist young adult TV series.

Though undeniably melodramatic, the show - revolving around the suicide of a high school student and her reasons for doing so - presents a highly compelling mystery and unfurls it in deliberate, unavoidably bleak fashion.

Its depiction of rape in particular has proven hugely controversial, especially considering that many of the show's viewers will be impressionable youngsters, but for the most part, 13 Reasons Why keenly asks provocative questions about society and as such should appeal to many outside its demarked teen demographic.

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