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Mehr als das by Bettina Abarbanell, Patrick Ness

36 reviews

lucimolri's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, and Murder

imislou's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.5

I really loved the characters in this but wish I could've got into the plot more. At first, the vagueness about the circumstances of the characters created a really great atmosphere but it became frustrating the more I read. I didn't like the overall concept too much but some of the descriptions of the landscape were amazing, as well as some of the smaller moments such as the characters sat in the supermarket or the scene with the boar. I didn't feel this book lived up to my expectations, however, it wasn't a bad read and I finished it in only 3 sittings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

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

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

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, and Sexual violence

michelleleistadravelet's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Physical abuse and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, and Homophobia

_vampiresquid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Bullying

Child Kidnapping, Brain Damage

A child is kidnapped, the main character’s brother and receives some brain damage. Seth feels guilty that he might of caused it.

Death; hell/punishment

Seth believes he has gone to hell and/or is being punished for his actions in life

Forced LGBTQ+ Coming-Out

Seth is forced out of the closet when some-one spreads an image around at school of him and another guy. He is bullied, which is part of his reasoning for committing suicide.

nibs's review against another edition

5.0

Goodreads review from 2013: 
This book is something else, in the best way possible. It is incredibly original and just brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide