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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
A fine teen sci-fi romance. Not sensing much below the surface on this one.
this is one of my top 5 all time favs! i have read it like 7 times, and i never get sick of it. i feel like I'm in the book with the characters when i read it. and i freaking love the characters! Mel and Wanda, Jamie, Jared, Ian, doc, Jeb, even Kyle! i love them. the plot is quick and gripping! i love the stories Wanda tells, the conversations between she and Mel, the romance, and Jamie-sweet Jamie! i could gush all day about this book. i really hope books two and three come out soon! read it ppl!
4/6/2024
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Audio/libby
Cant really say i enjoyed the audiobook. Didn’t enjoy the narrator and the story was much less impactful or vivid. I prefer to read it myself.
4/6/2024
Reread
Audio/libby
Cant really say i enjoyed the audiobook. Didn’t enjoy the narrator and the story was much less impactful or vivid. I prefer to read it myself.
Need more!
I want more so bad! There is a whole world of possibilities Meyer could build on... unfortunately it doesn't look like that's going to happen since the book was wrote so long ago. Missed opportunities.
I want more so bad! There is a whole world of possibilities Meyer could build on... unfortunately it doesn't look like that's going to happen since the book was wrote so long ago. Missed opportunities.
Actually better than Twilight...and if any die-hard Twilight fans are reading this, deal with it--it's the honest truth.
I can probably count on one hand the amount of books I have stopped reading mid-way through since I started reading in grammar school. The Host is one of those unfortunate books. It has tons of great reviews, but falls short of the praise in my opinion.
The beginning was great: the reader in the dark about what was happening, Wanderer's background as a soul, the evolution of Wanderer from human-hating soul to Mel's confidant and partner, the evasion of the Seeker, their trek in the desert, the assimilation in the human community, were entertaining. Unfortunately, the interesting beginning slid to down-right unreadable at a steady rate as the story progressed. The emotions are overwhelming and so dramatic: anger, passion, anxiety! I was emotionally exhausted myself! Finally, when both Ian & Jared started vying for the affection of Wanda/Melanie, each man seeing her as a separate entity (not to mention the total lack of loyalty of Ian to Jared when it came to the fact that the face & body of Wanda/Melanie was entirely Melanie's, and that she was Jared's girlfriend before the take-over), it was completely unbelievable. Finally, the interactions between Wanda/Melanie, Jared, & Ian are so unrealistic, that it is irritating to read, and I did myself a favor and walked away.
If I was 13 again, I would love this book. My stomach would be rolling with butterflies, I'd be panting for the next romantic scene, and I'd be madly in love with the boys. But, I'm 38 and this type of story does not appeal anymore.
The beginning was great: the reader in the dark about what was happening, Wanderer's background as a soul, the evolution of Wanderer from human-hating soul to Mel's confidant and partner, the evasion of the Seeker, their trek in the desert, the assimilation in the human community, were entertaining. Unfortunately, the interesting beginning slid to down-right unreadable at a steady rate as the story progressed. The emotions are overwhelming and so dramatic: anger, passion, anxiety! I was emotionally exhausted myself! Finally, when both Ian & Jared started vying for the affection of Wanda/Melanie, each man seeing her as a separate entity (not to mention the total lack of loyalty of Ian to Jared when it came to the fact that the face & body of Wanda/Melanie was entirely Melanie's, and that she was Jared's girlfriend before the take-over), it was completely unbelievable. Finally, the interactions between Wanda/Melanie, Jared, & Ian are so unrealistic, that it is irritating to read, and I did myself a favor and walked away.
If I was 13 again, I would love this book. My stomach would be rolling with butterflies, I'd be panting for the next romantic scene, and I'd be madly in love with the boys. But, I'm 38 and this type of story does not appeal anymore.
I remember when I first read this book, I read it as fast as I possibly could. I loved it. I was so intrigued with the alien race that had invaded Earth and body snatched the human race. Even though it pissed me off because like "hello stop snatching bodies left and right! that's not nice.". I think I even fell in love Ian because he insisted he only cared for Wanda because of her personality and not Melanie's body (when Wanda gets her own body he proves this). Ian was such a good guy, like seriously. I know I liked this book a lot because I've read it 5 or 6 times.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Disappointing. After reading the Twilight series (and for the most part liking them) I was interested in reading another Meyer novel but excited about a more grown-up sci-fi novel. Unfortunately that is not what I received. After reading over 600 pages I still cannot tell you what the story is about because there really was no premise. It starts with a bang and sucks you into a story about the human population becoming extinct at the hand of alien parasites who inhabit human bodies but soon fizzles into a melodramatic love story about a parasite and the two men who love her. The science fiction that did appear in the book was completely ridiculous and made me laugh out loud over the absurdity of it. Meyer needs to stick with the vampire/werewolf shtick that brought her popularity and leave the rest of the genre alone.
I've read this book multiple times & it's always such a treat. The world that Meyer created is so interesting--different than any other apocalyptic book I've ever read. The world building is fantadtic. The plight if Melanie & Wanderer. The relationships forged between them Jamie, Jared, Ian & all the others. The sacrifices made for the greater good. But knowing love prevailed, in so many ways.
Yes, Twilight is a joke, something I couldn't stand to read now as an adult. But this one stands up over the years for me. My only regret is she never wrote the sequel.
Yes, Twilight is a joke, something I couldn't stand to read now as an adult. But this one stands up over the years for me. My only regret is she never wrote the sequel.
Bit long. Jared was a jerk in the middle. And the romance was slightly odd, but I LOVED it in the end.