The present tense has been used throughout, and this is a wonderful tool for placing the reader right at the point of action. The boy is in the sea, a victim of the current, and is ‘just slightly too far from shore to make it back’. They spin him round, topple him over, force him deeper down and down’. How can this be? And what is this strange, deserted place?” The novel begins in the following way: ‘Here is the boy, drowning… He is strong, and young, nearly seventeen, but the wintry waves keep coming, each one seemingly larger than the last. Then he wakes, naked, bruised and thirsty, but alive. The plot which Ness has crafted is so interesting, and is sure to entice readers everywhere: “A boy drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments. The book’s blurb says that Ness’ book is ‘one of the most provocative and moving novels of our time’. If you have not come across any of Ness’ books before, or are wondering which to start with, I would highly recommend picking up a copy of More Than This. Surely that is reason enough to begin reading his work. An author whom April and I both love, John Green, hails Patrick Ness ‘an insanely beautiful writer’.
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