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A review by nerz
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
3.0
I had several friends tell me I should read this book and then swear to me that it was nothing like Twilight...they were lying.
This wasn't a terrible book. The overall idea for it was good enough to keep me interested in all 617 pages. My problem was with Wanda. She was annoying a lot of the time. She was just so helpless a lot of the time, and honestly I can't believe that out of all the situations she felt awkward in, being carried around by strong attractive men every ten minutes wasn't one of them. Like why let them carry you when your concious? If my leg was really so injured that I needed to be carried from room to room I would much rather just have a piggy back ride and it seems crazy to me that she was the first person with a leg injury? Your seriously trying to tell me over the years that no one had stolen a pair of crutches, or at least widdled a makeshift pair out of wood? Also every single chapter ended with her going to sleep or falling unconscious and she always was refusing food and she always felt tired and weak and thirsty but needed someone to force her to take care of herself. Like seriously Wanda, get your shit together!
Honestly I think that Wanda was very similar to Bella, and I get that a lot of the things about her were supposed to be a part of her culture, but it was all very extreme. It seemed to me that at the beginning of the book, before Wanda was getting along with Ian and Jared she was a different person. She was strong enough to walk through the fricking desert and smart enough to keep her mouth shut about Melanie and she had some sense of self-preservation and she took care of herself. And then suddenly in the middle she turned into this whiny character who needed everyone else to reassure her that she wasn't a burden and to make sure she took care of herself and all that other stuff I ranted about earlier. Anyways, she reminded me of Bella and Ian and Jared at times reminded me of Edward/Jacob, although not all of the time. I don't think that they were always realistic though. The way they reacted to certain situations seemed more like the way a girl would daydream about a guy reacting then the way that a guy would actually react, that is just my personal opinion though.
This wasn't a terrible book. The overall idea for it was good enough to keep me interested in all 617 pages. My problem was with Wanda. She was annoying a lot of the time. She was just so helpless a lot of the time, and honestly I can't believe that out of all the situations she felt awkward in, being carried around by strong attractive men every ten minutes wasn't one of them. Like why let them carry you when your concious? If my leg was really so injured that I needed to be carried from room to room I would much rather just have a piggy back ride and it seems crazy to me that she was the first person with a leg injury? Your seriously trying to tell me over the years that no one had stolen a pair of crutches, or at least widdled a makeshift pair out of wood? Also every single chapter ended with her going to sleep or falling unconscious and she always was refusing food and she always felt tired and weak and thirsty but needed someone to force her to take care of herself. Like seriously Wanda, get your shit together!
Honestly I think that Wanda was very similar to Bella, and I get that a lot of the things about her were supposed to be a part of her culture, but it was all very extreme. It seemed to me that at the beginning of the book, before Wanda was getting along with Ian and Jared she was a different person. She was strong enough to walk through the fricking desert and smart enough to keep her mouth shut about Melanie and she had some sense of self-preservation and she took care of herself. And then suddenly in the middle she turned into this whiny character who needed everyone else to reassure her that she wasn't a burden and to make sure she took care of herself and all that other stuff I ranted about earlier. Anyways, she reminded me of Bella and Ian and Jared at times reminded me of Edward/Jacob, although not all of the time. I don't think that they were always realistic though. The way they reacted to certain situations seemed more like the way a girl would daydream about a guy reacting then the way that a guy would actually react, that is just my personal opinion though.