Patrick Ness is the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling Chaos Walking trilogy, as well as the Carnegie Medal-winning A Monster Calls, inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd. Among the numerous awards he has received are the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and the Costa Children's Book Award. Born in Virginia, he lives in London.
This haunting and consistently surprising novel raises deep
questions about what it means to be alive, but it doesn't try to
console readers with easy or pat answers. ... . A delicate balance
between dystopian survival and philosophical grappling means that
many different kinds of readers should appreciate the story.
--School Library Journal (starred review)
Ness brilliantly plays with contrasts: life and death, privacy
and exposure, guilt and innocence. In characteristic style, the
author of the Chaos Walking trilogy delves into the stuff of
nightmares for an existential exploration of the human psyche.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Compulsively readable... It is a
very compelling, multidimensional story.
--Library Media Connection Ness' knack for cliff-hangers, honed in
the Chaos Walking series, remains strong, while the spare, gradual,
anytime, anyplace quality of the story recalls A Monster
Calls... Ness has crafted something stark and
uncompromising.
--Booklist This complex, genrebending book opens with Seth's
violent drowning death at sea, described in such spare but
devastating detail that readers may feel themselves gasping for a
breath as Seth draws his last. ... Ness subverts familiar
sci-fi/survival tropes and storytelling conventions, leaving
readers with an ambiguous ending... The thematic explorations of
the nature of reality and the afterlife offer some heady discussion
fodder, while the nail-biting tension and high-stakes action
sequences make this an easy sell to the legions of dystopia fans as
well.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Ness leads readers on
an adventure into a world that astounds and amazes. ... Ness
captures the mind of a teenager perfectly. It is a fast-paced
journey that even reluctant readers will pursue...
--VOYA Ness is not only a good storyteller but an interesting prose
stylist, and his latest effort is as provocative as ever.
--The Horn Book Books are often described as 'mind-blowing, ' but
this is one of the few books in which, while reading it, I have
exclaimed aloud, 'Oh. My. God.' on multiple occasions. I won't tell
you anything else about it. Just read it.
--John Green It is a gorgeous story with masterful pacing and
unforgettable passages.
--The Boston Globe At times, More Than This is like a literary
experiment that only by the grace and dedication of its creator
resulted in a novel proper, but in the hands of a poised,
perfectionist prose-smith like Patrick Ness, it's rarely less than
life-affirming. ... The author's newest novel is riveting,
edge-of-your-reading-seat stuff from beginning to end.
--Tor.com Artsy, creepy, and full of psychological suspense... Ness
specializes in writing post-apocalyptic worlds where things are
rarely as they seem. ... The dizzying ending brings the characters
to the narrow edge between inevitable outcomes and hope for second
chances -- and challenges readers to form their own
conclusions.
--BookPage [A] YA game-changer. It's provocative and philosophical,
sweet and darkly funny, and destined to be discussed and debated.
And there's not a vampire or a zombie lurking anywhere in its
dystopian landscape.
--Minneapolis Star Tribune
Books are often described as 'mind-blowing, ' but this is one of
the few books in which, while reading it, I have exclaimed aloud,
'Oh. My. God.' on multiple occasions. I won't tell you anything
else about it. Just read it.
--John Green It is a gorgeous story with masterful pacing and
unforgettable passages.
--The Boston Globe
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