5 stars 
 "There's always more than this. There's always something you don't know." 
 More Than This opens with a boy dying - he drowns, alone in the ocean. Then he wakes up. 
 This is all you should know going in. 
 So this is my second time reading More Than This. I'm not generally one for re-reading books but good god am I glad I re-read this. I remembered that I completely loved this book but I'm not sure I entirely remembered why, other than a general feeling that it was wonderful. 
 Everything about this book is so brilliant - the originality of the setting, the plot, all the characters are so perfectly written. I feel like I can't say any more about this without giving away things I don't want to - although I loved this as a re-read, there's nothing quite like reading it for the first time with no idea what's going on. It's such a perfect, beautiful mind-fuck. 
 re-read 26/1/17