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 better then twilight?... yes! Jul 29, 2010
this book was amazing, i personally think this book is better then the twilight series.... i think this one has more of a story line/plot to it. its not just that she loves some guy ( *cough* twilight plot) great read although the beggining confused me a bit, re-read at least twice and the whole story makes a bit more sense
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Great book! Definitely worth the read and worth buying! Jul 27, 2010
I have to say that like most readers on here I bought this book after reading the Twilight books (twice in a row actually, lol). After having enjoyed those books so much (and I'm not usually a fan of the whole "Vampire" genre b/c it's usually cheesy and cliche), I was really interested in reading another great book. Hoping that SM's writing could transcend to another plotline I bought The Host. Like another reviewer wrote, I was a bit skeptical b/c the back synopsis didn't do the story justice. It was SO much better than that. I don't agree w/ppl who say it's slow moving and/or anticlimactic. The book isn't meant to be a shoot em' up, sci-fi extravaganza. While there are many suspensful/on-the-edge-of-your-seat scenes, I think its more of a thought-provoking love story, about human nature, love, and the intricacies of human emotion and relationships. It speaks to the heart of the human experience and like all of SM's books, has you asking "where do the lines of rigt vs. wrong blur? and what defines good vs. evil?" I found it to be very suspenseful and never boring. I do agree that she loves her martyr heroines and strong brooding males, but she writes them so well that I can't complain. They're enjoyable just the same. Plus, the appeal of her male characters are the core of what so many like - a seemingly misunderstood badboy, who's really good underneath it all. This isn't supposed to be a biography. It's fantasy and escapism at it's best, with the right mix of true human emotion and conflict to make the characters empathetic and relatable. I loved it and would definitely recommend it!
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 Very difficult read **warning: spoilers** Jul 27, 2010
I bought this book when it came out...I just finished it two days ago... That's how long it took me to press through this fairly awful book.
I must admit that I had little sympathy for Wanda throughout the entire book, as it was her species purpose, and her's as first as well, to eliminate the entire human race. I found her inability to understand that, and turn around all call people monsters perplexing. Was seeing torn up alien babies horrific? Of course, but being that she's supposed to be a creature of a higher intelligence, I would assume she would understand how painful it would also be to watch your empty loved ones bodies walk around and buy groceries, all the while knowing it was just a shell operated by a parasite.
I never took the time to memorize everyone's name as most of these characters were NOT essential, though I was constantly trying to be convinced that they mattered by the endless repetition of their names. Brandt? Lucina? All of these people were unnecessary to focus on at all.
I also agree with another reviewer who said that the characters are written as all good or all bad, and the ones who even fluctaute an inch DIVE over in an instant. There is never anything that really develops. Relationships just happen.
I don't expect any back up on this next opinion, but I found the general plot COMPLETELY interchangable with the Twilight series. Same triangle (regardless of the fact that 3 1/2 people are involved) the same poorly manufactured dangerous moments, same complete and utter control over the lead girl as if her mind is made of jello (recalling the scene where THE MEN sat around and decided what Wanda should do about leaving Melanie's body. Yet Wanda barely spoke at all. It was up to them to decide what SHE would do with herself)
I really wanted to like this book. I truly did, but I could not stand the characters (least of all Ian who did a whole lot of pulling and tugging and yanking and squeezing of wrists...which Wanda/Melanine didn't seem to have any real problem with which disturbed me)and the story just seemed very rehashed.
As a side note, I have a very hard time dealing with the way the story is written. There must be at least 70 seperate descriptions of the same thing, (Wanada's end, protecting "her" humans at any cost, her breath catching every 20 seconds)
And I still don't know why it's characterized as adult and not young adult. I've read young adult books that were much violent than this.
To sum up, I'm done with Stephenie Meyer and her poor writing skills.
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THE HOST IS HARD TO PUT DOWN! GREAT BOOK! Jul 26, 2010
THE HOST STARTS OUT A LITTLE SLOW BUT PICKS UP PACE THOUGHOUT THE BOOK. NEVER A DULL MOMENT WITH THIS STORY. I CAN'T WAIT TILL THE MOVIE COMES OUT.
 Slow start Jul 26, 2010
I had the hardest time trying to get through this book. It took forever to get to a chapter that kept my interest. I kept waiting for the story to pick up. The internal conversations were hard to follow at times. If I had to put it in a category, I think it's still like her other books and would gear it towards young adults.
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