“We have to lie to ourselves to live.
Otherwise, we’d go crazy.”
I don’t even know where to begin with this book. My sisters (thanks guys) gave it to me for my birthday, and in the height of procrastination, I figured it was time to read it, and thank god I did. This god damned book bundled me up into a little ball and shook me about until I was pretty much taken over with emotion.
More Than This is based around Seth, a teenage boy who, on the
first couple of pages, drowns and dies. But his story is not over. At first it seems Seth has entered his own personal hell
having woken up in his childhood home; a home which Seth does not particularly
love. And to make matters worse, the town is deserted and empty. He is alone. If
I say much more, I’ll spoil it, and this is a book you definitely do not want
to be spoiled. The idea is a simple one, but the intricate plot allows you to
delve deeper into such an emotional world of characters.
As the title suggests, the main themes brings around the
pivotal idea of life, and whether there really is More Than This. Is there more
than just this world, and how would different worlds link together? This novel really
hits it right on the head, without being too in your face about it. It’s
delicately woven through really vivid descriptions and oh man, you just have to
read it.
At just under 500 words, I finished it in two very swift
sittings, and I can safely say that Patrick Ness is now the best
procrastination tool I've found. And now here's another quote because I couldn't possibly pick just one:
“People see stories everywhere,” Regine says. “That’s what my
father used to say. We take random events and we put them together in a pattern
so we can comfort ourselves with a story, no matter how much it obviously isn’t
true.”
Best Wishes and DFTBA.
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