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As a huge fan of the Twilight series, I had high hopes for The Host. Unfortunately, I didn't like it nearly as well. The story is excellent, well thought out and conceived, and if I had read it first, before the Twilight series, I think I may have liked it better. It seemed to me to be too similar to the Twilight books, both in verbage and story specifics. Once again, it's a love triangle. One of the characters is self sacrificing to a T, willing to give her life for others, a doctor who everyone trusts and admires because he's so noble and pure... there were so many similiarities. So, like I said, if it was Stephenie Meyer's first book, and the only one I'd read, I think I would have really liked it quite a bit. But unfortunately, I'd already read Twilight and the comparisons are just too great. And really, how could anything that's compareD to Twilight even compare? :-)Read full review
I originally bought the book because I adored the Twilight series by the same author. I admired her writing skills and being a prolific reader, know how few and far between good writers are. This story is science fiction so if you cannot put aside concrete ideas and open up to other future possibilities then this story is not for you. If you enjoyed the movie "Avatar", you will probably enjoy this story. The only thing that kept me from giving it 5 stars is the slow start the story takes. If you can get through the first few chapters, you will be hooked. The book was hard to put down and the characters, both human and alien were engaging and for the most part likable. I usually don't get surprised by the ending, but I was.
This book is very different than previous SM books. I was surprised to find that it is a very futuristic and sci-fi book. I have just started reading it and am just as interested to keep on reading. (Sometimes if bored; I will abandon a book and not finish it). This is definitely not the case. I will be finishing this one for sure. It starts out a little hard to follow though; but once you understand who the characters are and what is happening it seems to be much more clear. A friend recommended this one, but I bought this book mainly because I enjoyed the Twilight series books by the same author. I would say this book is very much worth reading; but do not expect it to be in the same league as the Twilight books by SM. It is an adult novel with more in depth level reading with very interesting concepts and ideas in a world in the future.Read full review
I am very fond of Stephenie Meyer, the author of this book and also the Twilight saga. I own this one already but I have it on a soft cover. So I thought since I wanted the hard cover. Might as well look for the one that is signed. That why I bought it. The story is awesome. Easy to read and very discriptive. I've never read anything about alien stuff so this is the first for me, to my surprise I truly enjoy and love the conflict Ms. Meyer provided. Am not gonna tell you what the book is about since there's a chance I might ruin it for you. I started getting into the book at about 4th chapter. So if your confuse in the begining, dont worry. The good stuff is coming. A friend also told me that Stephenie mention on one of her QA that The Host might have a second part. Am not sure if its true. I can only hope. EnjoyRead full review
There are a few authors whos every book I try to track down and read. Neil Gaiman. Terry Pratchett. Jasper Fforde. Joel Shepherd. Several others. I'm about to add another name to the list: Stephenie Meyer. This is, pardon my French, one damn good book. If you want to read something that will have you staying up all night just because you want to finish "one more chapter", this is it. Meyer's charcters don't just jump off the page, they explode off of it. They live and breathe, love and cry. The world they live in is a twisted sci-fi version of our own (parts of the story had me wondering, "Could this actually be happening?"). To make a long story short, I CANNOT recommend this book highly enough. I didn't want to finish it because I didn't want to stop reading it. If that twisted logic makes any sense. If you want a good read you will not go wrong with this book. I can only hope that Mrs. Meyers turns this single book into a series (and considering how well I've read it was selling, and the ending which I will not spoil, that seems really likely). One can only hope that when this book becomes a movie (and it will, eventually, believe me), that Hollywood doesn't screw it up too much. I enjoyed it too much to see some directors ham-fisted attempt to bring it to the big screen destroy everything that was good about the book. Buy it, you won't regret it.Read full review
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