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Aug 06, 2022Kimberleygray rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
How do I describe this story without any spoilers? Well written and kept me engaged. Story starts simply with a boy, Seth, drowning. The next half of the book describes what could be the afterlife. Then something occurs that completely…
Dec 28, 2021han_06 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
More Than This by Patrick Ness is a sci-fi/dystopian fiction novel about a boy named Seth who wakes up in the middle of an abandoned street after drowning. He’s unsure of whether he’s dead or alive. He explores the town and finds out that…
Apr 06, 2021EliK1 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book has an open-ended ending, which can be both good and bad. It's very open to interpretation. However, that's something I did not like in this book, because the book was a bit of chaos, so anything could really happen in the end.…
Nov 02, 2020moviefan01 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I liked the set-up for this novel, although it ended up feeling a little too Matrix-y. Well written and coherent, with likeable characters and an ambiguous ending.
Oct 19, 2020DianeSeiler rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Not obvious - if you're not happy unless everything is laid out clearly for you, you probably won't enjoy it. But - good science fiction. Good psychological fiction. Good teen fiction (and perfectly enjoyable to those of us who remember…
Jun 05, 2020
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS! VERY MATRIX-LIKE IN NATURE, IT PULLS YOU IN AND YOU CAN'T GET OUT!
May 17, 2020Dassa_Alora rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
More Than This pulled me into the story on the very first page! From the mysterious circumstances that the main character found himself in at the very beginning to the complexity of the characters' development, Patrick Mess managed to…
Dec 25, 2018ErikaCh rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is full of surprise. The first few chapters are an alone boy and his sophisticated inner thoughts. The stories got twisted sharply after he went into two other living person and started to learn about the truth about the world.…
Mar 23, 2018SPPL_Anna rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I listened to this on audio, and it's great as an audio. The whole story really clawed at my heart and dug deep inside me to the point that it was the only book I wanted to recommend to people for a while.
Aug 23, 2017TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
When 16-year-old Seth Wearing drowns, he doesn’t expect to wake up again, especially not in a long-abandoned English neighbourhood. The world is empty and deserted, except for a strange creature that drives a black van. Is this the…
Aug 10, 2017SCL_Justin rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I really really liked Patrick Ness’ YA novel More Than This. The protagonist, Seth, wakes up in a world empty of people and figures it’s hell. He figures that because the last thing he remembers doing was killing himself. The first part of…
Jun 12, 2017ArapahoeJenny rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This mind bending story is full of menacing twists and turns.
Jul 17, 2016Fei_Li rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
More Than This was full of twists and turns, it was definitely a psychological ride. However, I strongly enjoyed it! This book is one that requires readers to evaluate every detail, thinking beyond the words on the pages. The plot and…
ohbois
Jun 25, 2016ohbois rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
the book was really slow at first and i was confused on the plot line. I've tried reading this book twice and both times I've given up. This final time reading it I gave up and just read a summary on wiki. I really tried hard with this…
Jun 02, 2016kpriestman rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Fascinating. I totally bought into the world created. I, who often gobble books down, found myself stopping often, to absorb and consider the possibilities of how that world would work and how it came to be. Excellent character portrayals,…
May 12, 2016black_bear_515 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a genius idea for a book. It's hard to talk about because it's great going into without knowing much, but I will say I really enjoyed this. From the main character to the addicting premise, it was fabulous. I just found myself not…
Apr 18, 2016dylankemp rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Unfortunately, this book isn't as good as it thinks it is.
qwert123
Sep 19, 2015qwert123 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed the idea, however this story kind of dragged on, all I can say is that this could have been better.
mvkramer
Jan 17, 2015mvkramer rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a perfectly fine book by Patrick Ness, but it lacks the raw, emotional punch of his other works. For an almost-500-page book, this was pretty propulsive - I think I read the last 200 pages in an afternoon. I like the deliberate…
Nov 14, 2014Chapel_Hill_StephenA rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The main character of this book dies within the first five pages. But that's only the beginning. He could have never predicted the world he would wake up in: a strange abandoned version of his childhood in England. The book starts slow and…
Sep 25, 2014joelbutler rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A boy drowns off the Northwest coast of America, he wakes up in his childhood home in England. An England that is covered in thick layers of dust with not a single person. It had me reading late into the night with cliffhangers and…
Aug 05, 2014
"When 16-year-old Seth walks into the churning waves of the ocean, he never expects to wake up -- especially not in a desolate, uninhabited version of his family's old neighbourhood in England. Could he be in hell, or is something stranger…
Jun 06, 2014esuntken786 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The prose and style of the book leads the reader right through the emotions they should be feeling. In the beginning, an third person omniscient tells of a boy who dies and wakes up in an unknown place. Patrick Ness uses sentence length an…
Feb 06, 2014JCLChrisK rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Seth's story starts with his suicide, after he's given up hope that life holds anything more for him. Except death isn't all there is, because he wakes in a strange, empty, strangely familiar world. He's lost, weak, and hungry and faced…
Jan 22, 2014Kyanite rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A good book, but if you have a problem with really open-ended books, then this one isn't for you.