Reviews with content warning for Death - Hell Divers

Part of me really enjoyed this, and part of me didn't. It sort of reminded me of the later seasons of walking dead where the character deaths felt gratuitous. There was always something going wrong, always some issue to solve, after a while it felt repetitive. I suppose that is the nature of books like these, but I wished there were more character moments interspersed in the chaos. It was all so bleak, with no moments of happiness to break up the sadness, and so part of me wondered if they'd just be better off dead!

The ending simultaneously frustrated me and made me rush to download book 2 to know what happens to the characters. But at the same time, after reading the first chapter of book 2 I wonder if it will continue to be the same bleak merry go round as the first.

Perhaps these sort of grimdark horror sci fi books just aren't for me, I was really aching for SOME sort of happiness.

But I want to keep reading?? I don't know lol This one is hard for me to review.

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derekfrelow's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Honestly RC Bray carries the audio book.

You really need to suspend all disbelief. As this Sci-Fi action thriller has no grounding in any science at all.

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jmeyers888's review

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This book/series is SOOOOOO GOOD!!!!

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connorjdaley's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

I saw this on audible marked under horror and saw that it was free so I added it to my library. When I read the blurb it seemed like a post apocalyptic, scifi horror, which was checking quite a few boxes for me. Then I saw it was only free till 11/30 and made a break for it.

This novel features multiple perspectives, but for the most part the main is Xavier ‘X’ Rodriguez, a Hell Diver team commander. In the novel’s post apocalyptic world, humanity is surviving by living in the sky in giant airships. Hell Divers are an elite group of people who dive to the surface for supplies that help keep the airship in the air. After a near world ending WWIII, the earth’s surface is plagued with radiation and electrical storms. Hell Divers aren’t expected to live past 15 dives.

“They dive so humanity survives.”

Really enjoyed this one. Realistic science without diving too far into the specifics on the more out there stuff. A great mix of horror and scifi as well with some creepy, horrific creatures and a vivid PA earth. Absolutely action packed to the gills with back to back blood pounding close calls.

Personally a 5/5* for me. I had a lot of fun. I would like to continue on with the series, but I didn’t realize how many there were when I started (10).

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jenny_d's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Corny as heck. I enjoyed reading it well enough. Felt a lot like a video game. Feels weird to call such a bleak, dark book fun, but... I had fun!

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