841 reviews for:

Skippy Dies

Paul Murray

3.82 AVERAGE

rhysellison89's review against another edition

4.0

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Extremely nostalgiac and captures the pains of growing up well, the last 200 pages really propel this into being a 4 for me 

karenperdion's review against another edition

3.0

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Would be 3.5, not quite 4. A little long and slow, especially at the beginning.

kgsylva's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

noahreadit's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katherinewrenreads's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

adam_of_the_mountains's review against another edition

4.0

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Paul Murray masterfully blurs the lines of adulthood and youth. The contradictions within and between the characters lend this work a bit of an edge. Each character, main or otherwise, brings their own unique style and perspective to the work, which the reader can immediately notice. Perhaps what is most beautiful about this novel is its dreamy, incadescent tones working in contrast to the gritty and harsh reality of growing up in any place that is at once home and a battleground. While a bit on the long side, this piece is certainly worth the effort.

merlandese's review against another edition

4.0

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Funny, charming, heartfelt, and cleverly crafted. It talks a lot about String Theory, oddly, but uses it as a concept of how people are bound together by these invisible strings. And yet sometimes these strings were so invisible I wasn't sure why it was bothering. Still, enjoyable read from head to toe.

rebpatryan's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

marcnash21stc's review against another edition

2.0

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Booker Prize listed I simply couldn't see why. Bog standard kids at school going through teething pains of growing up. The opening and the title tell you that the MC dies in the end, so there is no tension throughout. We're reading about a dead person and not someone who has had a full life of achievement or grace or gravitas, but a snot nosed kid with an unrequited crush. It's well written, has a few laughs but really not much more than that. Nor could I see why it came packaged as a box set of three slim volumes. Skippy Dies. Yeah, so what. I didn't shed a tear. Except to mourn my own investment in reading this to the bitter end.

esrebins's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes