195 reviews for:

The Skydivers

Chris Bohjalian

2.76 AVERAGE

meeegann's review

2.5
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

emily_96's review

1.0
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

renee26's review

3.0
mysterious fast-paced
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reg_litbytes's review

1.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was so bad.

I usually love non-linear time lines but it did nothing to help the plot. There was too many tangents that felt like its purpose was to ego boost Ceci(?) and came off annoying. None of the characters were interesting. I don't even understand why this Ceci even has to be there aside from being an avenue for info dumping that didn't have any build up for me to care at all. And after all that she didn't really contribute much.

There was too much hand holding and dictating on what I'm suppose to think and who I'm suppose to consider as suspects. There's hardly any room at all for my imagination.

No clue who the main character is. No clue what the point of all that was. Epilogue suddenly slammed itself into my face and all I could say was "That was it?!".

No desire to read any more work from this author.

brianasisbooked's review

3.75
dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jels's review

2.5
dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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augustika13's review

0.25

Author Chris has set a new low for me. Cause i have never dnfed a book 11 pages in but here I’m doing that exactly. Chris i hope you know this is the first impression of ur writing for me and it’s enough that I’m never gonna give u another chance and read ur other books, thank u, for wasting my 11 mins

kirstenstockwell's review

4.0
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

At first, I wasn’t sure how Skydivers fit into the Alibis collection, and even by the end, I was still left wondering. This is one of those “what the heck did I just read?” stories. But like in a in the best way if you’re into that kind of thing. Unsettling, unexpected, and impossible to look away from. What a story!

elinjane's review

2.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

amarvin12's review

3.0
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot