The narrative of More Than This is not initially what it seems and continually evolves throughout the novel. The beginning of the novel describes how the protagonist Seth dies: hitting his head on a rock and drowning in the sea. Without giving much away, Seth awakes lying on the floor in a dystopian version of a place from his past, with no memory of how he got there. Seth's memories then slowly return as he begins to piece together what has happened and what is happening.

One of the many great things about More Than This is the complexity of the plot and how it is resolved. The reader never really knows the resolution to Seth's story, but at the same time that is completely the whole point, leaving you with the feeling that there was more than this; although the ending of the novel, which I found to be really insightful, was also a bit frustrating. I would have liked to know what happened to Seth and the other characters, but that's just a personal opinion and takes nothing away from the novel.

Furthermore the plot line of this novel is completely thrilling. At certain points it was quite intense to read, which led to the whole atmosphere of the book enthralling me as a reader. With each part of the novel something in Seth's new world changes and I loved how as a reader nothing was ever certain, thus creating a highly interesting plot.

Additionally, I did find the novel slightly difficult to get in to to begin with, as it was not what I was expecting. However, once the plot intensified I could not put it down!

More Than This is an exceptional example of a young-adult novel and I would recommend it to many people who want to read about a dystopia with something a bit different. I would give More Than This four out of five stars, with a plead to you, to read it and see how good it is for yourself.

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