Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

7 reviews

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

3.0

I wanted to read this book as I am wanting to read more books from authors I’ve enjoyed over the years. Twilight got me into reading so many moons ago and my copy of Twilight is so battered because it is such a comfort read for me. This wasn’t it for me and I can see why it didn’t become a series.  

This book is based on Melanie Stryder, and she is refusing to fade away. Her world has been invaded by an unseen enemy that has taken over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. But Wanderer, the invading soul who has occupied Melanie’s body, finds its former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. As Melanie fills Wanderer’s thoughts with visions of Jared, her boyfriend who lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a name she’s never met. Soon Wander and Melanie set off to search for the man they both love.  

I liked Melanie and Wanda in this book, I thought it was interesting about two sides being in the same body and how both boys could tell when they were fighting in her brain. Also, Jamie was just adorable and when I thought Stephenie was going to kill him off, I was getting ready to quit this book. I’m so glad he was alive and well and the only reason I would want this to be a series is for Jamie to have his own love story because he deserves the world. I love Jeb as well; I wanted him as an uncle he was so adorable and the way he is like it’s my house my rules and that’s final. I know a lot of people complain about the size of this book, I don’t know if there is an updated edition because this book was 318 pages and it felt like it was wrapped up in a nice neat bow by the end.  

As much as I liked Melanie and Wanda in this book, the whole love triangle/square thing was weird. Melanie disappeared so Wanda got Jared to make out with her even though she liked Ian but couldn’t like Ian because Melanie liked Jared. It just gave me a headache sometimes throughout the book. Even though I didn’t get the bigger version of the book, there was times where it felt like information was repeated like we knew Kyle didn’t like Wanda and Wanda didn’t know how to feel and Melanie was in love with Jared, but it was just repeated, and it wasn’t needed. I don’t really do aliens books as well, those books and space theme books just hurt my head.  

Overall, it was a wildly different experience than Twilight and if this was to be a series, I would prefer more of Jamie’s POV.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, and Cancer

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Grief

kaybeehome's review against another edition

Dragged on for too long. Thought it’d be more adventurous than this. Also, the fact that

nearly everyone believed that Melanie was still alive inside her body was anticlimactic. I thought they would stay hostile towards Wanderer the whole time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Colonisation, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and War

thelilgriffin's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Medium pace for me. Sometimes slow moving, but enjoyable. Predictable but still a good read. Reads like a fanfiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent, Colonisation, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Medical trauma and War

refrejarator's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

One of my favourite romances at the moment - tense and mysterious in all the right places, and a tear-jerking, emotional whirlwind. Plus the love triangles are so fun, and have an interesting dynamic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, Gore, War, Self harm, Medical content, Alcohol, and Death

rosegoldrose's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Finally re-read this book after 6 years or so. I didn't remember much of the details, so it felt like a brand new experience even though I was already familiar with the plot. I fell in love with the (at times, frustrating) characters, they truly started to feel like a family to me and it was hard to let them go at the end. 

This book made me tense with worry, giggle at the lighthearted moments, wipe the seemingly endless stream of tears... It made me feel and most importantly; think, about what it is exactly that makes someone human. 

This book is the only exception to my hatred toward love triangles, even though I still have my opinions on this one.

Some of the author's... decisions, were definitely questionable at best, and immoral at worst - therefore the 4 star rating even though I really enjoyed this book. It's definitely problematic, considering the targeted audience.

I'd love to read a sequel as I really wanted to see some of characters interact more and there are definitely more stories to be told, but that probably won't be happening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Death, Gun violence, and Bullying

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

eamily's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Violence, Medical content, Blood, Confinement, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Self harm, Cancer, Dysphoria, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Genocide

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Torture, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Vomit, War, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Colonisation, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Blood, Cancer, Genocide, and Bullying