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katrinarose's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Medical content, and Medical trauma
miagw962's review against another edition
- 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
"Life does not have to go how you think it will," Tomasz says. "Not even when you are very sure what is going to happen."
Let me start by saying I love love love Patrick Ness - I love him and I love his books so much. Loved the Chaos Walking series and loved his standalone novels even more. I had heard really good things about this book, moreso than the other ones he's done so I was super pumped. And yes, it was pretty cute and interesting and easy to read and well-written. It did not, however, hit as hard as the rest of his novels have for me. It might've had something to do with the eventual
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Suicide attempt
bennybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
tmchopra's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
scout_jones's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Xenophobia
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Excrement
Graphic drowning and unreality. Attack by animal. Smoking, underage drinking. Joke about teacher/student relationship, description of character as "concentration camp guard."emory's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It does tie in to one of my main complaints about the book, though. The prose was alright, if trying too hard to sound like slam poetry at times, but the plot could not seem to make up it's mind about whether to lean into the speculative science fiction or a poetic reflection. We never get enough explanation about the former and never enough exploration into the latter, which leads to a lackluster ending and grandiose conclusions without the writing effort to back it up.
Not to mention that the book doesn't even really hold up it's title. Towards the end, when the characters start to be shoehorned into their philosophical chit chat, Seth has a revelation about his suicidal ideation and how he feels about his life. The problem is that none of the discussion about what life means and what is left for them makes much sense. It's a commendable effort, and I'm not trying to say it's a horrible book or that I hated reading it; however, the conclusions have nothing to back them up. The characters talk in circles about the meaning of life. We get no justification about why Tomasz and Regine don't get the kind of "more" that Seth seems confident he will be able to find. Even the sweet little moment about friendship has little to nothing to back it up; they've known each other for about 3 days, and have been fighting for most of it. But suddenly they have a wonderful revelation that their amazing friendship is the point of life? That the broken world they live in isn't awful?
Again, I don't have all negative things to say about this book. The plot was enjoyable--just a bit empty. The writing was a bit ornate at points, but it was fitting for the hopelessness innate to the main character at points. The descriptions were theatric and vivid, and to be able to hold attention while the entire first part of the book is a single character living in an empty wasteland is no small feat.
Mainly, I just wish More Than This had had more.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Outing
Moderate: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Fatphobia, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury
A black character on a few occasions voices something fatphobic or antiblack she expects the other characters to say to her, even though ostensibly this doesn't need to be in the narrative at all, so that's a weird choice on the authors part. Additionally this is definitely not something to read if you're not in the headspace to deal with something akin to simulation theory or that the world is fake.drcyrr's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Sexual content
phoehems's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Regine and Tomasz are amazing. They are deep interesting characters. Regine's personality keeps you guessing about her background. Tomasz is just so endearing. All the characters have tragic backstories.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Rape
armontheroad's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail