MORE THAN THIS - Hardcover

Hugely satisfying, despite the ambiguity. The sense of hope it builds is palpable and I closed the book with a tear in my eye and a knot in my chest. . . A very daring book, and it so easily could have gone wrong but it didn't. I don't really know what else to tell you except trust Ness, and go out and experience it for yourself * The Paper Sea * More Than This, by award-winning Patrick Ness, is a tense thriller and an impressively challenging and philosophical book for young adults -- Martin Chiltern * Telegraph Top 10 YA books of 201 * Award-winning Patrick Ness is brilliantly tender as he captures the wonder of the love between Seth and Gudmund and the tragedy it brings within the enormous scope of his most recent book More Than This. -- Julia Eccleshare * The Guardian * Thriller, sci-fi novel, a coming of age story, More Than This is difficult to define, which only adds to its appeal. The perfect novel for any teenager (or adult) pondering the big questions of life. * Inis * Exceptional. . . An enthralling and unnerving story that raises the most profound questions of adolescence. * Mumsnet Books for Teenagers 2013 * A personal favourite...a tense thriller and a challenging philosophical book for young adults, this is one to read. * Sunday Independent * A teenage boy drowns, wakes up, finds himself in somehow familiar surroundings. Mysteries mount and explanations dazzle. -- Robert Dunbar * Irish Times * Tense, boundary-pushing and challenging. * The Bookseller, Books of the Year * Controversial but brilliant. * Absoutely Notting Hill * Impressive writing. * Books for Keeps * Perfect for thoughtful, inquisitive teens. * The Telegraph * One of the most original books I've read in years, part science-fiction, part exploration of love and family, and so much more. Wickedly clever, utterly convincing, this book is outstanding - don't miss it. * Irish Independent * It's probably the most original- and my favourite- book that I've read this year! It ticked all of the boxes and more, for me. I honestly can't recommend it enough! I was tempted to make a six hearts on my rating system, reserved for this book. Simply amazing! * Books and Writers Junior * Every bit as captivating as Ness' magnificent Chaos Walking trilogy * Bath Life * An exceptional book, beautifully crafted, one to be read and re-read * Recommended Reads 2013 * Patrick Ness has done it again, creating another intriguing and provocative novel for young adults * Bath Magazine * Intense and harrowing, infused with conviction * Books for Keeps * A bold and unusual story, beautifully-written and shot through with a poignant sense of melancholy. Compelling, powerful and often painful * Booktrust * Carnegie-winning author Patrick Ness addresses huge issues in this 14+ novel, asking what makes life real - and worth living * Metro * A sparkling new YA novel. . . an impressively challenging and philosophical book for young adults, because Ness captures the ambiguity and bewilderment of being young and the uncertainty of what will happen to any of us next in life -- Martin Chilton * The Telegraph * His most engaging, most demanding, most confounding book yet . . . from the brutally harsh beginning to the profoundly graceful ending, a very exciting novel * Scotsman Magazine * This sophisticated scary tale amply demonstrates Ness's prize winning talent * Financial Times * Demanding and gripping . . . no wonder young adult fiction is booming when it boasts authors as talented as Patrick Ness * Daily Mail * Few adult novels make quite such an immediate impression as More Than This . . . the narrative is enthralling in its many strands and complexities -- Robert Dunbar * Irish Times * The Twilight Zone meet The Matrix . . . real thematic depth . . . Ness is very very good at endings - this one has a corker . . . He's outdone himself * The Guardian * My favourite book of the year * Simon Mayo, Radio 2 *