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thereadingmuffin 's review for:
The Host
by Stephenie Meyer
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
As a Twilight fan, I found this book enjoyable, but after a while the MC, Wanda, becomes unbearable. Meyer picks the worst traits in Bella Swan and puts in to Wanda: the constant self-sacrifice, the assuming the worst without even looking to see what is actually happening, the overdramaticness, the selfish unselfishness, ugh after a while it just became constant and soooo boring and irritating!
The book is 200 pages too long. It feels like got a lot of the book not much really happens, just Wanda being the centre of attention and being so OP. E.g., she's famous for living so many lives, but wait! She's also a Mother, which is kinda rare and she's like royalty, but wait again! She had a really heroic story on another planet and is known for that too. It was just a bit much. I get what people say about the book being too wordy, it was a lot of extra pages not really saying much.
Some of it didn't even make sense. Like, I'm pretty sure I read that soils think suicide is absolutely deplorable and something they would NEVER consider, but then later in the book we see that actually, sometimes souls can kill themselves and they don't see it as murder. Meyer isn't known for her consistency.
The characters were varied and some kinda interesting. Ian is definitely my favourite as well as Jeb. I found it icky that Meyer make Wanda's new body 16 years old and had Wanda lie about her age so that she can continue her relationship with Ian. Don't know why she thought that was a good idea.
A lot of melodramatic, YA tropes in here, considering this is supposed to be a book for adults. The plot was okay. Very interesting premise but I think Meyer lost her way a little, the climax and ending was pretty rushed considering the rest of the book dragged a bit, and the ending felt a little underwhelming and disappointing. I would have liked a bigger section on Mel and Wanda talking together but in their own bodies.
Don't know. I know Twilight isn't a literary masterpiece but I actually think that was a better book than this. I still enjoyed this book enough to finish it, but the pacing was off, the MC was a bit irritating, and the ending was rushed and disappointing.
Also, the bit with the Seeker when she was helping prisoner was just so....awful. Like, I seriously contemplated putting the book down because that part just felt so stupid to me??? Honestly don't think I'll read this again. 3.75 as it scratches that itch that only Meyer can scratch, but I think I'll stick to Twilight in the future.
The book is 200 pages too long. It feels like got a lot of the book not much really happens, just Wanda being the centre of attention and being so OP. E.g., she's famous for living so many lives, but wait! She's also a Mother, which is kinda rare and she's like royalty, but wait again! She had a really heroic story on another planet and is known for that too. It was just a bit much. I get what people say about the book being too wordy, it was a lot of extra pages not really saying much.
Some of it didn't even make sense. Like, I'm pretty sure I read that soils think suicide is absolutely deplorable and something they would NEVER consider, but then later in the book we see that actually, sometimes souls can kill themselves and they don't see it as murder. Meyer isn't known for her consistency.
The characters were varied and some kinda interesting. Ian is definitely my favourite as well as Jeb. I found it icky that Meyer make Wanda's new body 16 years old and had Wanda lie about her age so that she can continue her relationship with Ian. Don't know why she thought that was a good idea.
A lot of melodramatic, YA tropes in here, considering this is supposed to be a book for adults. The plot was okay. Very interesting premise but I think Meyer lost her way a little, the climax and ending was pretty rushed considering the rest of the book dragged a bit, and the ending felt a little underwhelming and disappointing. I would have liked a bigger section on Mel and Wanda talking together but in their own bodies.
Don't know. I know Twilight isn't a literary masterpiece but I actually think that was a better book than this. I still enjoyed this book enough to finish it, but the pacing was off, the MC was a bit irritating, and the ending was rushed and disappointing.
Also, the bit with the Seeker when she was helping prisoner was just so....awful. Like, I seriously contemplated putting the book down because that part just felt so stupid to me??? Honestly don't think I'll read this again. 3.75 as it scratches that itch that only Meyer can scratch, but I think I'll stick to Twilight in the future.