Reviews

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

thejhg83's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

mpdavid's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

dansquire's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

jerigje's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

annieu's review against another edition

I will come back to it, just timing issue 

eleni_daniels's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

teokajlibroj's review against another edition

2.0

This book is misery. You know those fancy literary books where everyone is miserable and not much happens? Yeah, this is one of those books. Every single character is unhappy and just slogs through life. Unfortunately, this makes the book a slog to read, especially because I didn't connect with any of the characters. I found it very hard to care about them or to like them. Most of the characters are one-dimensional, to the point that they do and say the same things in each chapter. Constant misery is dull and like many of the characters, I just felt like giving up.

The book is also a mess. It is really badly organised and there are far too many characters and not enough plot. Subplots appear and disappear at random and often go nowhere. We get introduced to characters only for them to disappear again. There is no reason for it to be 600 pages long, that's about 3 times too long. There are pages and pages of needless description and time wasting.

There are the occassional jokes and normal moments (not many) which prevents it from getting only one star. The plot does pick up in the second half and things actually start to happen. Towards the end there is some payoff for enduring that far, but not enough for it to be worthwhile.

hannahs's review against another edition

Reread 

jessiedoodah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Classism, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Misogyny

hlntn's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5