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11 reviews

flissjoy33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

It was pretty dark - very similar to the Matrix. I thought it was going to be an analogy for the afterlife but it definitely wasn't. Read up on trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Suicide, Homophobia, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Drug use, and Violence

ingridmaria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Seth dies in the US and then wakes up in a dystopian England. And the story is about that, but it's also about being who you are, choosing to live, choosing to love and the people we choose to be with. I always wish this had a sequel because I want to know what happens in the world and to the characters I grew to love, but I know enough to believe they'll be OK.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Suicide, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual content

bunny_bee_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Homophobia, Bullying, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death, Child death, and Blood

tmchopra's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Abandonment, Cursing, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

drcyrr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Death

armontheroad's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Patrick Ness never misses! I went into this not knowing anything, and I’m so glad I did. After figuring out this is not just a hard-hitting contemporary novel, my reading experience just got better and better. This was gut-wrenching and beautiful. I loved our main characters, the apocalyptic setting, and the ending. Everything about this was great! Wish I had known the content warnings beforehand because this book was graphic, although it was all handled well. I will say, it made me slightly uncomfortable the way one of our characters was written, however, it is not my voice you should be listening to when it comes to that rep. I highly implore you to go look at reviews from Black readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gore, Body horror, Grief, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Car accident, Child abuse, and Murder

thegr1mreader's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Outing, and Bullying

Minor: Religious bigotry, Vomit, Addiction, and Alcoholism

evilo_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Outing, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Addiction and Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

aviery's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Grief, Gore, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, and Fatphobia

plumpaperbacks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is undoubtedly one of the slowest, most confusing books I’ve ever read. That being said, I like what Ness did with this novel. He created complex characters and an intriguing world where literally nothing is as it seems. You never know exactly what’s going on, and for every answer you get, there are at least five new questions.

While the intrigue was maintained, I won’t lie: sometimes, the slow pacing was off-putting. However, the desire to know what the fudge was happening paired with the extremely short chapters kept me reading. I also quite liked Regine and Tomasz.

Thank you, Erika, for pushing me to read this for the last couple of years. I’m glad I finally did. More Than This is better than the Chaos Walking trilogy, even if half the time, I had no clue what was real and I never knew what to expect. Now I can recommend it alongside you. It’s a twisted story, but one that’s worth the read.

Representation

• queer protagonist and side character in a m/m relationship (occurs prior to the story and in flashbacks)
• Black fat side character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, and Sexual violence