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| The Host: A Novel
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Edition: 1
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Release Date: 2008-05-06
ISBN-10: 0316068047
ISBN-13: 9780316068048
List Price: $25.99
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The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake.
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.
Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.
Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.
Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.
Awsome
| Customer Rating:  | This is without a doubt the best book I have read this year and last year
for that matter. It seemed to start off a little slow but the moral and
ethical challenges implicit in the souls and host bodies really make you
think long and hard about how we live, how the souls live and couldn't we
just take a little of each to make a better, more upstanding person. Well
I will be thinking about this book for a long time. Excellent read and
I will buy her books as they come on the market.
Just call me hooked. |
Falls Flat in a Big Way
| Customer Rating:  | I'm an adult fan of the Twilight series, so I (like everyone else) bought The Host. I'm not comparing them, but Meyer does cut-and-paste obvious phrases directly out of Twilight (i.e. my eyes filled with moisture).
None of the characters are likeable, and the protaganist is one of the most annoying characters I've ever read. Every opportunity for excitement has a big build up but then never goes anywhere. For example, she has Wanderer roaming aimlessly in a cave, and Meyer spends 2 pages of dialog describing the blackness and this object that she has fallen against. It was just a bag of rice! And she spent 2 pages describing it!
The book is so thick because she does things like this over and over. It has an interesting premise, but Meyer just doesn't do anything with it. I wouldn't recommend it. I was so bored I had to make myself slog through to the end. |
Loved it!
| Customer Rating: | | I have loved all of the Twilight series so far, and in waiting for the last installment I picked up The Host. The story is amazing, a little long winded in some parts but the core of the story and the emotions are perfect. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Meyer's other books. |
Great read!
| Customer Rating: | | My teenage daughters love reading books by Stephenie Meyer so when she came out with a book written for adults I thought I'd give it a try. I don't typically read sci fi or romance books but The Host: A Novel was both entertaining and thought provoking. It was slow at the beginning but once it got going I had a hard time putting it down. I look forward to reading future books by Meyer. |
must read
| Customer Rating: | | Having fallen in love with Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, I had to have this one. Once again, she draws you in within the first few sentences and holds onto you until the very last page. Vivid and moving. |
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