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5.88k reviews for:

The Host

Stephenie Meyer

3.71 AVERAGE


I will be honest, I bought this book because of Twilight (back when I could actually stand it) and I decided to give it a chance just because Stephenie Meyer wrote it. At first, I was bored. I even gave up at one point, but then I picked it up again, because I had nothing else to do. A hundred or so pages later, I couldn't stop reading. I was sucked into their world. I felt their pain and their joy, I cried with them and I laughed with them. Somewhere along the way, it became one of my favourite books. It's a story about love, friendship and what it means to be human. Never take one single day for granted.
dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
adventurous emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
emotional slow-paced
Loveable characters: Yes

I liked this. I liked this a lot. Doesn't have the same addictive qualities as Mrs. Meyer's work, the Twilight series, but I found something very good and I was unable to put it down!
This book was phenomenal for pushing everything to the brink of destruction and the pulling it all in and back together. Awesome.
I also got an advanced copy from the bookstore I worked at. More Awesome.

Done. I liked it more than I remember. Completely separate from twilight. Yep.

What to say, what to say? At first it wasn't really what I was expecting. With all the hype surrounding it, I figured it would be 100% throughout the entire thing. Although that wasn't the case, it still pulled through in the end and now I can see why there is so much hype around it. Meyer gives us a chance to sympathize with all the characters and allows us to see their point of view even if we aren't in the heads. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Although I was unsure at first as to where this story was going to lead me to, I’m very glad I kept going. I particularly enjoyed the characters adaptations to change and how kindness and emotion was a big part of that. At the start I felt unsure whether I should have been ‘taking sides’ but like the characters, by the end I loved them both and realised that didn’t actually matter.

this book was amazing I just love it, Melanie never gave up on her self and how wanda help her and trust her in everything.