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I enjoyed this book way more then I expected to!
This was my first Stephanie Meyer book, and I always heard a lot of hate about her books from people at school and that sort of stuff, so I went into this book not expecting too much. I wanted to read a book by her myself to know how it would be. The book I chose was obviously The Host (since this is a review for The Host), and it was a great choice!!! Stupid haters, I thought this book was awesome :D.
When I started reading this book I was just intrigued. The whole concept is super interesting and I enjoyed reading about Wanderer/Wanda taking possession of Melanie's mind in the beginning so much. Everything about the first part of the book I loved. Wanda and Melanie, to minds in one body and then going off to search. I love our main character Wanda. Also I love the whole alien-concept and all the worlds with life.
Later in the story there was a short moment were I felt that Melanie was a bit underdeveloped as a character, but that feeling didn't stay very long. I ended up really liking her too. Also I loved to read the bonus chapter from Melanie's point of view. She is cool!
The blurb on the back of the book was talking about one of the most unusual love triangles in literature. I disagree, triangle is not the right term. There are four people involved, not three. And it wasn't bothering me, like normally I don't enjoy things such as love triangles, but this was not like that. It wasn't even a real triangle to begin with, so yeah. I was however glad that this occurred later in the story when I was already enjoying the story and liking the main characters. It did at some fun and complicated feelings. ^^
I also enjoyed the ending of the story, well not like the cliffhanger ending at the end end (if you know what I mean), but how the main plot ended. That was satisfying. The cliffhangery-ending tho, I'm not sure how I feel about that just yet.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading the Host. A nice surprise actually. Don't let haters influence you. I loved the world/universe-building. The characters were great and I highly enjoyed the story. 4 out of 5 stars!
This was my first Stephanie Meyer book, and I always heard a lot of hate about her books from people at school and that sort of stuff, so I went into this book not expecting too much. I wanted to read a book by her myself to know how it would be. The book I chose was obviously The Host (since this is a review for The Host), and it was a great choice!!! Stupid haters, I thought this book was awesome :D.
When I started reading this book I was just intrigued. The whole concept is super interesting and I enjoyed reading about Wanderer/Wanda taking possession of Melanie's mind in the beginning so much. Everything about the first part of the book I loved. Wanda and Melanie, to minds in one body and then going off to search. I love our main character Wanda. Also I love the whole alien-concept and all the worlds with life.
Later in the story there was a short moment were I felt that Melanie was a bit underdeveloped as a character, but that feeling didn't stay very long. I ended up really liking her too. Also I loved to read the bonus chapter from Melanie's point of view. She is cool!
The blurb on the back of the book was talking about one of the most unusual love triangles in literature. I disagree, triangle is not the right term. There are four people involved, not three. And it wasn't bothering me, like normally I don't enjoy things such as love triangles, but this was not like that. It wasn't even a real triangle to begin with, so yeah. I was however glad that this occurred later in the story when I was already enjoying the story and liking the main characters. It did at some fun and complicated feelings. ^^
I also enjoyed the ending of the story, well not like the cliffhanger ending at the end end (if you know what I mean), but how the main plot ended. That was satisfying. The cliffhangery-ending tho, I'm not sure how I feel about that just yet.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading the Host. A nice surprise actually. Don't let haters influence you. I loved the world/universe-building. The characters were great and I highly enjoyed the story. 4 out of 5 stars!