More Than This
- 480
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Patrick Ness’s “More Than This” sets large philosophical questions inside a thoughtful, atmospheric young adult mystery. Seth, a teenager, drowns and wakes alone on an empty English suburban street that he takes for hell, and the chapters close on small puzzles that pull the reader on. Some readers find it long-winded in places, and others feel its central idea has been done before.
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About the book
More Than This is a young adult novel by Patrick Ness, published by Candlewick Press in 2013. It follows a teenage boy named Seth who, after drowning in the ocean, wakes up alone on a desolate suburban English street in what he believes to be hell.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 155 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 51% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 11 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 144 | 93% |
Frequently asked
What age is More Than This for?
More Than This sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 480 pages — longer than 63% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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