The Host

I am a huge twilight series fan and I loved The Host a lot better. It definitely felt more realistic and believable, I don't know why but sci-fi and vampires are my favorite things to read now.

[spoiler]I wish Wanda had gotten a better body, the one she was placed in doesn't do her any good. Wanda deserves to be able to do things she loves and now she can't do anything : P It really made me angry but, the ending was okay I'm getting used to it. I believe a sequel would do her some good.
P.S.I Love Ian :][/spoiler]

Well yeah another great book for Stephenie Meyer. Oh yes and i finished the book the day i got it, I was hooked even if it was slow. So sad when it ended, planning on reading it for a tenth time. hahaha

Well ta ta for now,

Mackenzie

Venom wrote:I loved this book so much. I read it while I was on vacation and I finished it in 1 day. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down. I hate to admit it, but, when I got to the end, I started to cry a little bit. I really wish it had ended differently.

[spoiler]I really, really wish that Wanda had stayed in Mel's body.[/spoiler]

I loved this book so much. I read it while I was on vacation and I finished it in 1 day. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down. I hate to admit it, but, when I got to the end, I started to cry a little bit. I really wish it had ended differently.

[spoiler]I really, really wish that Wanda had stayed in Mel's body.[/spoiler]

The Host is so much better than twilight. i mean i like twilight too, but this was so much better.

i did feel the whole love triangle again. i love how the character felt average, like us and not superhuman.


Spoiler:

i felt tore when Wanda left Mel's body, but i am glad that Mel got her body back and Jared. so Wanda can have Ian, but Mel can keep Jared. sorry, i love that pairing.

I loved it to be honest...

It was very original; I know I wouldnt have been able to come up with that. She truly captured the feelings of all of the characters and their desperation to survive was really good!

I found it a little hard to think of an image for the habitat that they lived in, but that was my only trouble, really.

I am definitely pro-Stephenie. I love her writing-style and the twilight series. I love Edward and Bella and the Cullens.

That is why it is such a big deal to me that I tell you that The Host was.... better!

I'm all for interesting plot and twists and such, but this one had--I think I should call it-- a hidden message. Kind of like a moral, except you only learn it by reading the story. I wasn't a big fan of the plot and twists (or lack thereof) but the understanding of what it means to be human (there is a quoted review on the book that inspired this thought) was life-changing.

Cheers, to Stephenie, for another great book!

Yeah, I felt somewhat the same...

[spoiler]I knew that they'd do what they did...... but part of me wanted Wanda to just stay in Melanie's body. I could definitely sense an Edward/Bella/Jacob thing between Jared/Wanda/Ian. Points for originality... /sarcasm. LoL.[/spoiler]

Yes, the ending was unexpected. And yes, I too had to get used to it, and decide whether or not I liked it. But now I do. I'm the kind of person who likes happily-ever-afters, and this one was just about perfect.


Further discussion that people who have not read cannot see:
[spoiler]But I'm not sure that I liked Melanie when she had her body back... I don't know what it is, but she bothered me. Maybe I just didn't like the idea of her having Jared to herself. In my mind, he sort of belonged to Wanda...[/spoiler]

Wow, I just finished it a little over an hour ago. I'm confident in saying that it was much better than Twilight. The characters were MUCH more believable, and Meyer's attention to detail was uncanny. I got my friend to reading it (ironic, since she got me to reading the Twilight Saga), and she actually cried when Wanderer found Jamie.

[spoiler]The ending made me kind of angry at first, but then I came to like it. I know I sound like any other deranged fan when I say this, but I wouldn't mind seeing the situation through the eyes of one of the other human freedom-fighter-factions. [/spoiler]

Hope I was allowed to say that

Ahh. I looked for this post through like 10 pages!
And now it's here.
I have to say that this is my favorite book and about seven thousand times better than the twilight series, which i also loved so you can tell how much i am in love with this book.
It was just my kind of story and you can argue about the plot and characters and whatnot but to my understanding they were perfect.
I read it twice.
And after each reading I went through serious withdrawals. But it was worth it.
It's my favorite and that's all there is to say.
Don't hate.

I feel somehow as if I am the only one who felt the the reading of The Host was a good waste of too much time.

The book didn't start for a good 500 hundred pages, and really only lasted about 75. There were no suprises, no good twists, and hardly any great difficulty. Anything that went wrong was solved, and blah blah blah.

The only good characters were Melanie (and only with Wander) Jarad, and Jeb.

Ian was annoying and unrealistic. Jamie was inconsistant with his "growing up", and The Wander lost all respect in the Epilogue. It seemed like she was only a real character when she was in Melanie's body.

I am a Twlilight fan, but not a New Moon, Eclipse, or Breaking Dawn fan. It seems like Stephenie Meyer is falling down the slippery slope of cocky writer-ness where she knows that whatever she writes will be published in gold lettering.

She needs a big slice of humble pie before she set ink to page again.

*does happy dance and sings anti-Edward songs*

Ian beats Ed-ward! Ian beats Ed-ward! Yay!

Edward just sucks. As a character, he's simply terrible. He has no faults.

Now, Ian, that is a whole different story *drools*. But as well as that, he's so much easier to envisage. He's so much more real.

I wish he was real

*gasp* you like edward more than IAN? Are you INSANE?

Ian is the most amazing unreal guy EVER. If only he were real. I would leave Edward in the dust for him.

I finished reading The Host and I loved it. I wasn't expecting to have any doubts about this book because the Twilight series is amazingly good. My favorite character is Ian because he is just great! But hey, why is Edward atrocious? I think he is wonderful better than Jared and Ian put together. I will say that it is sorta better than Twilight but I love vampire love stories more than I like sci-fi so yeah but anyone who hasn't read it yet, read it...its a really times a trillion reallys good.

Haha, both me and Sunshine forgive her for making Edward. If you're an Edward fan, you won't find him here. The character are a lot better, and unlike Twilight, they all have relationships with other people, ie. they make friends, they have family, unlike Bella/Edward, nothing is exclusive. It's a lot more real, you'd like it.

I've really been wanting to read this book after hearing all the great reviews my friends have given it so far. I'm liking the fact that The Host characters are more well-rounded than those in Twilight. So there's no Edwards?

Yay for the redemption of Stephenie Meyer. Angels will celebrate the day when Stella and I forgave her, lol.

I read it.

Twice.

I so totally forgive her for writing the atrocity that is Edward Cullen.

I loved this, it was brilliant. The characters are self sacrificing still, but in a different way, and it makes sense. The storyline was unexpected, the relationships all grew beautifully (especially that between Melanie and Wanderer). I really enjoyed it so much. She's grown so much as a writer, I think. She knows what mistakes she made last time, and as I began this, I thought it was going the same way. This ending was really surprising, in a nice way. The whole book was worth reading even, just for the epilogue. But I enjoyed it immensely.

Stephenie Meyer now has my respect.

I just bought The Host today, can't wait to read it!!

Yeah, definitely. It felt so much more realistic than Twilight. The characters were very real and relatable this time around, and they actually MADE MISTAKES. *gasp, swoon* It was very good. I'm glad she wrote it; Twilight doesn't do her any justice as far as showing off her writing skills.

Oh okay thanks. I'm not a massive fan of her characters, as I said. I've looked at it several times and I'm a bit dubious... But if you're all saying it's good, then maybe I'll get it. 'Twould be good holiday reading, yes?

OOOH! I finished it, and it is SO much better than Twilight! Stella, yes, the characters are definitely more well-rounded, more flawed. There is no Edward - there is only a steady succession of Jacobs and Mikes and Erics, and I LOVE THEM!!! I definitely recommend it.

Hm, pretty intriguing. Thanks for the summary, Lyrical Sunshine!

I just got this yesterday and I thought the first mabey six chapters were great. That's all I have to say right now on this.

I have to agree, The Host manages to make sci-fi fun, rather than cheezy.

Fireweed: It's told from the perspective of an alien called Wanderer who is, essentially, a parasite. She is implanted into the body of a human named Melanie, who was among the last of human freedom fighters on Earth. Usually when a "soul" is implanted into a human, the person's mind quickly fades away - but Melanie's doesn't. Instead of fading, she continually bombards Wanderer with images of the man she loves and her little brother. Eventually Wanderer and Melanie form a tenuous friendship that gets them both into LOTS of trouble. It's not cheesy at all, I like it.

What is it about? I love sci fi if it's really good sci fi. But alot of it is cheesy. XD

The host really is a good book. I just finished reading it the other day, and it really is addictive indeed KJ. Oh yes, while i'm here, could you guys help me out a little bit? I was thinking about buying Dante Alighieri's The divine comedy, could you guys help me out with a comment on this?

Personally, I liked these characters better. The souls are kind of 'perfect', but they are not human and so it is easier to excuse there perfection, and they are slightly parasitic so that has to take away some of the perfection. It's hard to explain, you need to read it to make your own decision.

I have a question, I'm a bit uneasy over Stephenie Meyer because I don't like her characters. Are her characters in this more well rounded, flawed etc. than the others? I had a choice between this and the new Libba Bray so I kinda chose Libba Bray. But anyway, how are her characters in this? Better? Or the same?

I just bought this today, and I'm about 150 pages into it...she has this amazing talent for writing creepy stuff that she makes not-creepy lol. I'm excited about it, cuz it was CHEAP! well, relatively speaking. good stuff, good stuff. i recommend it.

Just finished it! LOVED IT!!! I was totally going to make a thread, but you beat me to it! Defiantly her best since Twilight.

I only know one person who is reading The Host and since its against the rules in the book Reader 101, they won't tell me what's going on. I'm just going to have take people's words that its a good book, until then I'll be killing my mom slowly with endless begging.
Sundays at Tiffany's is another book I really want to read, whoever has it and started it: Is it as fairytalesque as it sounds?

Haha. No worries. I tend to sound saleswoman-ish at times too.

I actually got it for 14 something. :] AND I got Sunday's at Tiffany's!! Hurray!

I pre-ordered Breakin Dawn as well.

It's pricey but you won't regret it! Wow, I sound like a salesman lol

I'm actually about to make a Barnes and Noble run for that book as well as Sunday's at Tiffany's by James Patterson. I've been dying for that book ever since it came out!!