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I cried, I laughed, it was at times emotional but I loved it. I found myself deep in this beautiful story, I even took my kindle to work b/c I couldn't put it down. Meyer sends a beautiful message, readers just have to get past the confusing-at-times beginning and see how the story beautifully unfolds. At first I found myself completely lost at the beginning of the book, I am not a Sci-fi lover, however, I decided to continue reading despite the yearn to turn off my kindle. Boy, thank God I did.
As much as I LOVE the Twilight series and its characters, The Host and its characters impacted me in a much deeper way. I hope that she writes a sequel to the Host. This book blew me away. These characters will stick with me for a very long time. I love this book, I love the characters, I love the ending. After reading and rereading the Twilight series books over and over again, I finally brought myself to pick up The Host.
I simply couldn't put it down, and that's saying a lot, because it's a very long book. I hear that a movie is in the works, and I'm thrilled. I had heard that it was very good, but I found it difficult to move past Edward and Bella to read about other characters. I never want to let these characters go. I hope to be able to read more about them. I was surprised to find myself absolutely addicted to this book.
Stephenie Meyer is a genius.
saying that is just not respecting King and Asimov work really. I knew that she was not THE writer but the host really showed me that she is not a writer all together (well not my style anyway). Science fiction stories have always been part of my reading and Isaac Asimov one of my favourite, I am a bit upset that some people described the host as "a hybrid combination of Stephen King and Isaac Asimov". I did not finish the book. I would say the book would be perfect for people who really don't like science fiction stories. I did not want to know the end as I did not really care, which is surprising as Meyer managed to grab my attention with the twilight series even though the writing was average. The characters were not attaching at all and rather annoying. The host was slow very slow, the feelings were described in a really cliché manner.
However, while not a bad thing, I see this book targeted primarily to female audiences because the protagonists are female with underlying love interests which I don't see holding most men's interest. I'm not a die-hard sci-fi fan, so there may be something similar in the genre, but for me, this was a new and refreshing twist on alien invasion. Overall, it was good, enjoyable and entertaining. The book was fairly well written, relatively entertaining, and an easy read. Because I believe it lacks appeal to men, as well lacking major thought-provoking writing and 'blow your socks off' moments, I'd give this book 3 1/2 stars (which isn't an option, so I'm giving 4). Most of the main characters were pretty well developed. It was good. The author's writing style keeps you reading by setting up situations that make you wonder what is coming next and she does a good job of completing each element of the story.
Once I finished the 12 chapter, it pulled me in. So, if you decide to read a Sci-Fi book, demand on The Host.
So, this is a definate must-have if you like The Twilight Saga. It kept me reading ALL night until I was tired.
I bought this book from Barnes & Noble the first week it came out. I frggin' fell in love with it.
Enjoy, Twilighters. It was all over the internet so I decided to go on another Stephenie Meyer journey.
I hated noting that the first couple of chapters were pretty boring, and also confusing.
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