Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

More Than This by Patrick Ness

7 reviews

zoejjj's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense slow-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

2.0

BOOO it felt like the longest book o have ever listened too! Good things first: I listened to this as an audiobook read by Nick Podehl and he was wonderful. Great Job. The little polish boy who’s name I cannot spell (tomage?) iconic. I love him, he was the highlight of this book. 

Bad stuff: PLEASE PATRICK NESS EDIT YOUR BOOKS. The pacing and mystery was actually really good until we meet Tomage (?) and Rajean (again audiobook I do not know how to spell these names) and then the book begins to drag on for chapters and chapters of meaningless interactions. It’s like Patrick couldn’t decide what kind of book he wanted to write and decided to include a scene (or multiple chapters!!) that followed one plot line that eventually went nowhere. If he had answered a single!! question maybe I could forgive him but the ending is stupid.  The premise is promising but he ends it stupidly. Go watch the matrix, it’s essentially the same thing.

I wanted to give up when I had 45 minutes left and could barely slog through the ending. That should’ve been the most on the edge of your seat part of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Abandonment, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Child death

matthewreece's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Outing, Self harm, Confinement, Grief, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

beetlemortis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Suicide, Physical abuse, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Outing, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, and Fatphobia

katrinarose's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

Such a unique and interesting book! I love the blend of sci fi, contemporary, and existentialism. There were a lot of points where we don’t know what is going on, but neither does Seth, so it really feels like we’re figuring everything out (or not) with him. The character development was great too. Although the ending was satisfying for me, I could see why people would want more, and I do wish there were a bit more answers for some things (but that was also kind of the point). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Outing, Child death, Death, Murder, Stalking, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Medical content, and Medical trauma

suncreems's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Physical abuse

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

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

entanglednovels's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Wow. What an ending. This is actually the first Patrick Ness book I've read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm glad I went into this not knowing a lot. Definitely an oldie but a goodie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Homophobia