5.87k reviews for:

The Host

Stephenie Meyer

3.71 AVERAGE

f_laforge's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rmonnin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amc8588's review against another edition

3.0

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I thought the book was interesting. It wasn't one that I "couldn't put down" but I enjoyed it for the most part. It was definitely different than Twilight, which I liked, but it had some pretty cheesy moments and cheesy name selections. Overall I thought the storyline was interesting and unique.

vaddisonreads's review against another edition

4.5

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

chelesewash's review against another edition

2.0

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This book was a very slow read. I found it difficult to get through because the storyline lagged and had gaps of unimportant information. There were some parts of the book that I felt were wastes of pages. The movie showed the same slow dragging effect. I did not enjoy this book at all.

mish_fish94's review against another edition

4.0

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A surprisingly thrilling and complex read; full of original ideas, it's a mystery until the last page!

mandivandyk's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

shelovesatheme's review against another edition

4.0

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I tore through this book in less than 2 days. I really liked it. It took a chapter or two for me to separate what I expected of Stephenie Meyer to this new book. It's definately different from Twilight, but exactly the same in a lot of ways (even down to the dialogue at times) If I'd never read Twilight I would still have loved Stephenies writing style after reading this one.

rbfwrites's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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rating: ★ - dnf AND what i did read of it was bad

why i chose this book: got curious after reading ALL of the twilight books for some reason

things i liked:
• the premise was ok. i just wish literally any other writer was doing it.

things i disliked:
• OHHH WOW EVERYTHING. somehow the premise is bland??
• meyer tries to worldbuild by giving us little bits of information at a time, which is a typical strategy, but she fails at it miserably. i still don’t know why Souls bounce from planet to planet the way they do, how or why they reincarnate (if that’s what they do? it's never explained well). details are sorely lacking.
• there’s also no plot. if there was, it was so minuscule in the part i read that i must have missed it.
• wanderer and melanie are only different on surface levels, so i often mistook them for the same people
• jared is… lackluster at best, and kissing the first human you find is Not what most people would do, so clearly the weird consent issues and all that from twilight carry over into this book
• i still don’t know the name of the Seeker from the beginning of the book, and i don’t think i care, either!
• also fords deep waters is just carlisle cullen. i don’t think anyone can convince me otherwise at this point

was it worth the money?: this book sucks. it's a drag, it’s boring, and the premise was cool but the execution was so bad it ruined the whole experience. i spent $2 on this book and it was still overpaying.

tkatchee's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes