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The Host (The Host #1)

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Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

Wanderer, the invading 'soul' who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there wa...more

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Published May 6th 2008 by Sphere

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Jul 03, 2008 Jenne rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Okay, so I was reading along, and thinking all, hey, this is pretty interesting! Not bad, Stephenie!

And then I got to about page 80 or so, and OH MY GOD THERE IT IS AGAIN, THE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE SAPPINESS OH MY EYES MY EYES

I just can't do it. CAN'T DO IT AGAIN! Not the older man, and the younger woman, and the 5-page discussion of why they can't have sex yet because NO DEAR YOU'RE JUST NOT READY EVEN THOUGH YOU REALLY WANT IT BECAUSE LOOK, YOU'RE A GIRL AND YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY MAKE YOUR OWN DECIS...more

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May 11, 2008 Britt rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, relationships, fantasy-sci-fi, romance, identity, apocalyptic

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I originally had not planned on even reading this book because the Twilight series instills much rage within my soul, but I was in a dry spell for reading, so I decided to give it a try. I have to say I really enjoyed it much more than the Twilight series. I have seen a lot of people complain about how slow the beginning was, but I didn’t really notice. It sucked me in pretty quickly. It was very clearly a Stephenie Meyer book, though, which did lead to certain amounts of anger and eyes rolling...more

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Apr 04, 2012 Nataliya rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Nobody. Except for people I dislike.

Shelves: this-was-quite-bad

I must be a masochist. Why else would I pick this book up in the first place, let alone finish it? And it was so NOT worth it. To sum up my impressions of this story - WAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! WHYYYYYYY??? *

* This refers to the pointless waste of an entire tropical forest on the printing of this 600+ pager in which NOTHING happens. I kid you not. **

** Well, what else did I expect from a woman who created sparkly virgin vampires??? Hanging my head in shame. ***

*** In my defense, here is the quote fro

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Oct 20, 2011 Ariana rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sweet-romance, favorites, great-books, sci-fi, beloved, best-of

“It’s not the face, but the expressions on it.
It’s not the voice, but what you say.
It’s not how you look in that body, but the thing you do with it.
You are beautiful.”

I give this book 5 stars because is just such an amazing book. I really, really love it!

At first sight it looks like it's a book about aliens, but in reality it's about the human kind and it's questioning how much humanity remains in us all.
It's a book about survival, about love (so many types of love: loving yourself, loving th...more

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Kelly I read 3/4 of the book and I haven't really really read it. I wasn't in to it like I was for twilight, it didn't really captivate me. but I wanted to...more I read 3/4 of the book and I haven't really really read it. I wasn't in to it like I was for twilight, it didn't really captivate me. but I wanted to read to the very end because I'm very curious as to what happens. Another reason that I'm staying is that I'm a hopeless romantic. the main love interest is suppose to be Melanie and Jared right? Well I wasn't interested in them. Instead, I was so much more anticipating to read more of Ian and Wanda. I love how Ian treats her and how he cares about her. (sorry me fangirling.) anyways let me tell you first, I don't like Jared. he's charming in the beginning but my dislike for him grew as he poured so much hatred for Wanda. I mean Wanda's an alien but it doesn't mean she doesn't have feelings . He also punched her for God's sake. I know that he doesn't trust her, she'll expose them blahblahblah but I can't get over the fact that he did that. and Melanie loves Jared so much, if she doesn't even care. um hello? the love of your life just socked you in the face, if and you just defend him? Okay...if it was Edward I bet he wouldn't have done it. HAHA sorry.(twilight fangirling!) anyways back to the point. cough cough. maybe in the end, Jared will end up being nice and sugary, I don't know. but I've fallen for Ian already so I guess that's it. Uh, so basically I'm soo curious of what will happen at the end, how will Wanda and Melanie solve their problem? Will Wanda end up with Ian? or does she love Jared as much as Melanie? is Melanie ever gonna come back? if so, is Wanda going to get another host and I don't know, either envy Melanies happy ending, or love Ian with her new bod. It's all so complicated so that's why I'm reading this book to the end. I just hope that Ian and Wanda can sort it out because I loved Wanda despite her being stupid sometimes. I mean she loves Jared cmon? Ian's wayyyyy better. Anyways I don't want hate for this, I was just reading and all these pent up opinions couldn't stay in my head. I guess I can't really really judge this book until the end but this is the complains I had. Well a lot of complains, if you read this. HAHA. sorry for my grammar, punctuation, blahblahblah. I just wanted to write this as fast as possible because I wrote this about 3 times because it got erased by my simple touch on the screen.(less)
May 01, 2013 10:39pm

Ariana 1. OK, so if you start by comparing it to Twilight you are doing it wrong, and you will probably never gonna like it enough. There is nothing similar...more
May 02, 2013 02:03am

May 22, 2008 Annalisa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Annalisa by: Melinda

Shelves: chick-lit, speculative, sci-fi, romance

I wanted to like this book more than I did--to see that Stephenie Meyer can pick a topic not meant for shallow teenage girls and write on a deeper level--but I think this book is more of the same, sans the vampire excitement. I liked the idea: an alien soul inhibiting the host body of a girl who doesn't want to relinquish her control and the conflicts that arise, particularly in romance. There are some interesting topics, like what defines humanity and are we living worthy enough for the planet...more I wanted to like this book more than I did--to see that Stephenie Meyer can pick a topic not meant for shallow teenage girls and write on a deeper level--but I think this book is more of the same, sans the vampire excitement. I liked the idea: an alien soul inhibiting the host body of a girl who doesn't want to relinquish her control and the conflicts that arise, particularly in romance. There are some interesting topics, like what defines humanity and are we living worthy enough for the planet we are entrusted. The story isn't as page-turning as Twilight, but mulling nonetheless.

My problem with Stephenie Meyer is her characters. They seem shallow, unbelievable, and small variants on her same cookie cutter. Her girls in particular are, well dumb, always jumping to the wrong conclusions, never wanting to believe they could be loved. Your damsel in distress. I am often exasperated by the emotion and stupidity of her female characters. I tried to allow for the alien learning curve, but when solutions and realizations are painfully obvious to me chapters before they are explored by the characters it creates frustratingly slow plot progression.

The mold for guys is more frustrating because they exhibit none of the characters I am drawn to, and even ones I despise. They are always big, strong, forceful verging on the abusive side of controlling with a scary tendency to irrational jealousy and anger. They are emotionally immature, intense, and display their passion with an abnormal display of affection and cheesiness to the women who make them crazy with love. I don't trust intensely passionate men. (I did like Jeb's character but he wasn't a main romantic interest characters so he didn't need to be intense.)

Because of this conversations were unrealistic. I could not imagine real people speaking this way so the story felt childish at times. The cheese is laid on so thickly in parts I could not swallow it. This is supposed to be a more adult-themed book, but in many ways I found it less adult enticing and more juvenile in tone. Her choice of juvenile-enticing characters is proof enough that her style is not intended for a truly adult audience.

Plus the middle dragged with insignificant humdrum and a lack of good character development. There was more that could have been explored with a two-spirit/one-body complex. And there were holes in this parasite species theory that bothered me. I didn't care enough about the story to think about them too much, but they were there and made her tale less believable. So creative idea, but the delivery and details didn't quite hit the mark.

(view spoiler) What Stephenie Meyer is good at is passionate taboo romance. As for Wanda herself how she changed from first juxtaposing her ingrained annihilation justification with her extreme pacifist views to sympathy for humans and eventually protective love for the planet.

I still don't think Stephenie Meyer is a good writer, but she's a decent storyteller. Had Twilight not brought her fame, I doubt this book would go far. Creative plot idea, but it could have been so much more if she had explored the conflicts between Melanie and Wanda more thoroughly and left a morally obvious choice without a happy ending. Then it would have been a book for adults. The book was too shallow and slow enough that I probably wouldn't read it again. (less)

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May 16, 2008 Holly (2 Kids and Tired) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It's no secret that I did not jump on the Twilight bandwagon. I put my name on the hold list at the library for The Host, however, because I wanted to see if Stephenie Meyer had improved in her storytelling. I'm happy to say, "Yes, she did. To a point."

I would like someone tell me what her fascination is with sappy, overly dramatic dialogue, 17-year old girls and over-protective older men who carry them while running? Because there are some definite similarities here.

I find it interesting that t...more It's no secret that I did not jump on the Twilight bandwagon. I put my name on the hold list at the library for The Host, however, because I wanted to see if Stephenie Meyer had improved in her storytelling. I'm happy to say, "Yes, she did. To a point."

I would like someone tell me what her fascination is with sappy, overly dramatic dialogue, 17-year old girls and over-protective older men who carry them while running? Because there are some definite similarities here.

I find it interesting that this novel is pegged for "adults" where the Twilight novels were pegged "young adult" as I don't see a great deal of difference, except for one main fact: Wanda and Melanie are likeable. Thank goodness. If one of them had shown up as whiny and annoying as Bella, I never would have finished the book. Well, I would have finished it, but only to say, "I told you so."

While I found a lot of similarity to the Twilight novels in her storytelling and in the details (over-protective older men, teenage girls, dramatic sappy dialogue, etc.) this was a much better story. Far more developed than I would have expected. It still takes her a long time to get to her main points, but I wasn't as bored with this one in the beginning as I was with Twilight.

I found the storyline fascinating: that aliens who invade other planets and take over the species, invade earth and take over the human bodies and then live as humans. Wanda is one of those aliens, a "soul" who takes over Melanie's body, only to find out that Melanie isn't quite ready to give it up. This is where Meyer's storytelling has improved. She crafted a story where the romance was secondary to the main plot, and I think that is why this book is so much better than her earlier attempts. She explores the idea of a person's soul or spirit and how an individual is defined as much by that spirit as by their physical body.

I thought her character development was well done. I liked these characters. I cared about them. I don't need to tell you that I never cared about Bella. I enjoyed the complexities that the storyline created. Wanda was affected by Melanie's memories and feelings and couldn't help but love the man Melanie loved. Then, when she found herself caring for a different man, the conflict is believable. The humans have a difficult time accepting Wanda, but when they do, she truly becomes one of them.

The novel ends neatly, with hope. Predictably there is room for a sequel, which I no doubt expect.

I'd actually re-read this book. I won't re-read the others.(less)

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Apr 18, 2013 Saniya(Will Herondale is mine) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, borrowed

OKAY. I TAKE ALL THAT BACK. IAN WAS EPIC. I LOVE LOVE LOVE JAKE ABEL. OMG. THE MOVIE WAS SO EPIC! I CRIED LIKE THREE TO FOUR TIMES. I CAN'T EVEN- *Breath, Saniya, breath.* ...*Sighh.*
Okay. This movie was freaking awesome and I just want to hug somebody right now. :'3

I am so sorry Jake baby. You were awesome in it. I misjudged you. Now I will love you forever. *Creepy fan-girl smile*

Did You Know?
1)Dianna Agron auditioned for the role of Melanie Stryder.
2)Shiloh Fernandez, Liam Hemsworth, Kit Har...more

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Jul 04, 2011 Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-of-summer-08, 5-star-books, favorites, dystopia, young-adult, aliens, sci-fi, romance, futuristic

Okay, so I read this book when I was ... 15? So, that was almost four years ago. When I reviewed it, I was a bit of an idiot. (Or, a lot of an idiot.) My review consisted of a lot of exclamation points and OMG's and rather stupid statements like, "STEPHENIE MEYER IS LYK DA BEST WRITER EVAHHH." And yet, as idiotic as I sounded, this is my third most-liked review (probably because it's such a popular book, and probably everyone who "liked" it was also a 15-year-old who couldn't punctuate and who t...more Okay, so I read this book when I was ... 15? So, that was almost four years ago. When I reviewed it, I was a bit of an idiot. (Or, a lot of an idiot.) My review consisted of a lot of exclamation points and OMG's and rather stupid statements like, "STEPHENIE MEYER IS LYK DA BEST WRITER EVAHHH." And yet, as idiotic as I sounded, this is my third most-liked review (probably because it's such a popular book, and probably everyone who "liked" it was also a 15-year-old who couldn't punctuate and who thought Stephenie Meyer is "da best writer evah".) So, needless to say, for a while this review's existence bothered me because it really didn't say anything intelligent. Also the comments on it were rather hostile, soooo I'm deleting those too and just starting with a clean slate here. In fact, I'm hoping to do the same thing with a lot of my reviews because so many of them are an eyesore to me (and make me look terribly stupid). I don't know why I used to be so lazy with capitalization/spelling because it drives me absolutely nuts now.

Anyway, on to reviewing. Although like I said, it's been a few years, so I don't remember a ton. I haven't re-read it since that first time, so maybe I would feel differently about it nowadays. But I remember really enjoying it.

Yes, it had its flaws, as all books do. It was a bit slow starting out, but I got hooked after the first 100 pages or so. The alien-takeover premise isn't terribly original, but I do love possession and mind control. Also, Wanderer was a rather obnoxious main character. Not as pathetic as Bella of the Twilight series, but she was rather unrealistically self-sacrificing. Then of course, there's Meyer's writing style, which isn't the most awesome thing ever. Although I thought she improved with this book. It was definitely better than Twilight.

However, these issues didn't take too much away from my enjoyment of the book. I liked the characters besides Wanderer ... except Jared. What an a-hole. The story was exciting, and it addressed some interesting ideas about what makes us human. I'm not a huge fan of love triangles, but this one was interesting––especially since Wanderer and Melanie are essentially two people trapped in one body, and so struggle with the issue of having separate love interests. (view spoiler)

I also liked the ending. I didn't know how on earth it was supposed to come to a conclusion, and I liked that it came to a happy-but-not-perfect ending.

Anyway, I do wish Meyer would write the sequel to this instead of writing rather pointless things like The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner and The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide. Not really sure what would happen in the second book, but it interested me a lot more than Twilight did, so ... ARGH. (less)

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Nov 07, 2011 Lissa rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011

“Did you have a good bath?” he says as I come out after only an hour.
“No,” I say, recognising that my tone is petulant.
“Why not?” he asks in surprise, as the answer is usually the opposite.
“I hate the book. Nothing is happening. Nothing has happened. And the aliens who invaded still make junk food. This doesn’t make sense. They don’t earn money or pay for anything, but they still make junk food. An alien invader who could read the mind of its host would learn to only make food with essential nut...more

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Dec 06, 2008 Andrea rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-style

Mrs. Meyers and I can no longer be tortured friends. Maybe someday I can finish this poor excuse for a novel, but I'm going to relieve myself of the misery for now. The premise was fine, but the dysfunctional psychological processes of every single character has me truly sick. Not to mention that Melanie Stryder, (i mean, Bella Swan...) is essentially the same pathetic female character that we've seen in the Twilight series. I'm done.
I have been mystified by this writer because so very many peo...more

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May 29, 2008 Caroline rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2008, post-apocalyptic

I was pretty iffy about this book going in--I've read all of Stephenie Meyer's other books (the Twilight series) and they're decently good, but nothing amazing. I'm not big on sappy romances, and I was concerned that this would just be one big huge romance like the others.

I was surprised, definitely. While it does have romantic elements to the story, it didn't feel like the romance took over the plot and didn't allow for any real story to happen.

What I liked the best about this book is how much...more

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Apr 21, 2013 Kristalia rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, lol-lol-lol-make-me-stop-loling, cut-my-heart-out, be-my-hero-plz, reviewed, favorites, wishlist_series

FINAL RATING: ★★★★★/★★★★★

I cannot describe how much i love this book. Even though it was long, i still loved every page of it. I never read Stephanie Meyer before, but i love this book. She really is a good writer. The only downside that i had was that i watched the movie first - therefore i knew what was going to happen. But book was so much better, with more informations about Souls, and better characterization. And, one important thing: you will either love or hate this book.

One thing also th...more

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Apr 19, 2013 Sparrow rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: I'll keep it for myself

Shelves: utopia-dystopia, reviewed, motherless-daughters, audio

After a couple of nightmare slogs, it's time for some comfort food.

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2010 Review

My brother is moving to New York in a couple of weeks, and it breaks my heart more than a little. I totally love that guy, and New York will be lucky to have him. It’s really far away, though. I went to pick him up in Bend a few weeks back so that he could use my car for a weekend, and I got the audio version of this book at the library on my way there. I picked it up because I totally fre...more After a couple of nightmare slogs, it's time for some comfort food.

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2010 Review

My brother is moving to New York in a couple of weeks, and it breaks my heart more than a little. I totally love that guy, and New York will be lucky to have him. It’s really far away, though. I went to pick him up in Bend a few weeks back so that he could use my car for a weekend, and I got the audio version of this book at the library on my way there. I picked it up because I totally freaking love this book, even though none of the book makes that much sense if you think about it for, like, two seconds. I have even loved this audio experience, though it is just about the worst audio in the whole wide world, and the reader does maybe every single thing that bugs me. Anyway, there are some books I could read whenever: Wuthering Heights, Our Mutual Friend. I can’t defend myself about this, but I think The Host is in that group.

Meyer’s people all live in some kind of graphic novel, with their gaping, grimacing, hissing, eye bulging, and clenching of teeth. I know, no one hisses, do they? And then there is the problem about the first person narrator always being able, somehow, to see the nuances of people’s emotions through their eyes, no matter how far away the person is standing, or how little blocking sense that actually makes in a given room or tunnel or cave. And we won’t even talk about how awful the names are. I know about that, too. Whatever, haters, I don’t care. I totally freaking love this book.

The audio book is, and I’m not kidding, 23.5 hours long. I’m not even done with it. I’m actually still listening to it right now, but I know how it ends because I've read it before, so don't get up in my grill tautologically about the inherent worth in the work itself and my duties as an audience. Anyway, the reader of the audio book really savors every word. Very dramatic, you know. She totally kills me. I missed a lot of the first half because my brother listened to it over the weekend when he had the car. He came back gaping, grimacing, hissing, and generally making fun of it. His eyes really bulged and glinted with mirth, and all that. We listened to it together, driving back to Bend, and there was a lot more clenching of teeth from his side of the car.

I don’t know. We’ve all talked to death the problems with the Meyer writing and the Meyer love story and the Meyer world building. I realized, though, that in all honesty Meyer does write something that really touches me: families. I think her families are so comforting, even in their conscious mish-mashiness. True, her heroines want to kill themselves so you’ll be happy, and that’s weird. But in this book, for example, the heroine’s (heroines’?) love of her brother and her adopted family is something genuine and something that I totally dig.

I mean, obviously, this book is awesome because it has sweet, cuddly body snatchers, and that allows for a love triangle with only two bodies and then, later, a love quadrangle with only three bodies. No funny business, though. All PG here, gang. And, the love geometry stays pretty polite the whole time; no obnoxious LOST stuff going on. The other kind of cool thing about this book is that it passes the Bechtel test because there are, like, two girls stuck in one body and they chat about things. They’re not Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton hatching women’s suffrage, or anything, but I’m not too demanding.

Anyway, family. Don’t tell my brother, but I’m a little torn up about him moving away. Very excited for him, but a little torn up. It’s been nice to listen to all the descriptions of how much this girl loves her brother and her adopted family in these extreme situations, where she has to run through the desert and battle renegade cave-dwellers for them. Don't get me wrong, it's ultimately pretty tame, but it's extreme in a sentimental, hearth-and-home way. I don’t know; it’s comforting. I don’t really care that it’s ridiculous in so many ways or that it’s broken up with tedious descriptions of food and every other little thing. Sue me. I think this book is probably Meyer’s best so far, just in a technical sense. It stands alone, which is a relief, and none of the characters are supposed to be perfect. The main character is a little annoying, in a doormat kind of way, but I’m still okay with her.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not telling you to read it. You’d probably freaking hate it. I was just getting sentimental about family, and so was Stephenie Meyer, so I thought I’d come here and tell you about it. (less)

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Apr 02, 2013 UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed-by-me, keepers, 5-stars, sci-fi, favorites

Edited after seeing the movie:

I went with my daughters to see the movie adaptation of The Host this evening, and was reminded of how much I loved this book. That said, it's as it was with the Twilight books-to-movie adaptation and the movies didn't do the books justice, and neither did it for The Host, which is one of my favorite stories.

My point is, please don't let the movie scare you off. If you go see it and find the story compelling but the acting not so much, please pick up the book and r...more

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May 19, 2008 Shannon (Giraffe Days) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, 2008

Aimed at the adult science fiction crowd, as opposed to the Young Adult Twilight fanbase, The Host isn't about science or where the human race is headed, but about what it means to be human, here and now.

Earth has been quietly, non-aggressively conquered by a kind, pacifist species unable to lie or deceive, who go by different names on different planets in different languages. Here they call themselves "souls", while the rebel humans who have slipped through the net call them "parasites". They a...more

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Jul 23, 2008 Rai rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Talk about an emotional roller coaster!!!! This book was very difficult to rate. If someone were to ask me, "Was it good?" I'd have to think for a long time and then say, "No.... Well... yes, sorta.... No... It was ok." But if someone were to ask me if I'd enjoyed it, I'd instantly reply, "Yes!" Would I read it again? Probably not. Was it exciting? On occasion. Was in interesting? Very much so, in my opinion. Was it weird? YES! Were the characters well-developed? ... After the first half of the...more Talk about an emotional roller coaster!!!! This book was very difficult to rate. If someone were to ask me, "Was it good?" I'd have to think for a long time and then say, "No.... Well... yes, sorta.... No... It was ok." But if someone were to ask me if I'd enjoyed it, I'd instantly reply, "Yes!" Would I read it again? Probably not. Was it exciting? On occasion. Was in interesting? Very much so, in my opinion. Was it weird? YES! Were the characters well-developed? ... After the first half of the book, yes, I suppose.

The Host is about a species of aliens who call themselves Souls. They are born without bodies and can not live very long without one, so they live like parasites inside the bodies of other creatures, completely taking them over. These "souls" come to earth and take over the bodies of mankind, living peacefully as they experience the new world around them.

The main character of this book, through whose eyes the events of the story are witnessed, is a soul named Wanderer who takes over the body of a young woman formerly known as Melanie. When Wanderer realizes that Melanie is still alive inside of her body, she tries desperately to fight her out, along with the painful and wonderful memories of the man Melanie is in love with. Eventually, Wanderer falls in love with this man, too, through Melanie's memories and the two of them set out to find him.

I don't usually read Science-fiction, and so maybe that's the reason I found this book so odd. I wouldn't have picked it up, knowing the storyline as I did, except that my sister had it in her room and I was bored. As weird as the whole alien/possession thing was and is, I found that it was interesting to read about. It was interesting to read the descriptions of human emotions through a character who's never felt them before. This book was VERY EMOTIONAL! Happy, sad, angry, jealous, confused, hurt, obsessed, offended, frustrated, loved, hated, admired, rejected... all feelings were vividly described and painfully lived as I read this book. It ended the way I wanted it to, which made me happy, but.... I don't know. There were just a few things I would have changed had I been the editor of this book.

1) Stephanie Meyer seems to be developing, more and more with every book, a strange fascination with writing graphic make-out scenes that are slightly embarrassing to read. There were two in this book that were completely pointless, like she just wanted to write them. There was one that was almost pointless, but I can see why she would think it necessary. I'm not against kissing in books or anything like that, but there is such a thing as overdoing it to the point of ridiculousness.

2) I wished that she would have spent less time with the first half of the book and more with the near-end of the book. I wished there would have been more after "the problem" was fixed. Hopefully anyone who's read the book knows what I mean by that. To me, the book really got interesting near the middle, and it kind of dragged a little before that. But it wasn't really boring.... Just... uneventful....

That's it! This book was uneventful for how long it is! But I wasn't ever bored, exactly. Stephanie Meyer is too good of a writer to allow that. There was always something I enjoyed about it, but there was just enough that was weird or not quite right about it that I can't say that I loved it.

In conclusion: I don't know exactly what I think of this book. It was enjoyable! I'm not sorry that I read it! But it was weird, and I would have liked it better with a few changes here and there.(less)

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Dec 30, 2008 Vivian rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

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Apr 07, 2008 Karin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, 2008-reads

Wanderer has just arrived on Earth and been implanted into her new host. She has lived on seven worlds before coming here. She is arriving toward the end of the alien invasion when very few humans remain. The aliens are known as “souls” and are a peace loving type that don’t know of violence or lying.

Very few humans remain on Earth. When the remaining humans are discovered, they are captured by Seekers - the closest thing to a police force the “souls” have. Once captured, they are prepared for i...more Wanderer has just arrived on Earth and been implanted into her new host. She has lived on seven worlds before coming here. She is arriving toward the end of the alien invasion when very few humans remain. The aliens are known as “souls” and are a peace loving type that don’t know of violence or lying.

Very few humans remain on Earth. When the remaining humans are discovered, they are captured by Seekers - the closest thing to a police force the “souls” have. Once captured, they are prepared for implantation where a small cut is placed at the base of the skull and the “soul” is put in the body. The “soul” connects to the body and takes control. The first experience the “soul” has is the receiving of the host body’s memories. Typically, the host recedes and leaves the “soul” alone to continue life as usual. For Wanderer, this didn’t happen.

Since the only humans left are ones that are rebels, placing a new “soul” into an adult has become risky. The rebels seem to resist the implantation since they know what is happening. The Wanderer was granted this request because of her experience on so many other worlds and has proven herself as a strong and brave “soul.” Melanie is the name of Wanderer’s host and Melanie doesn’t go away quietly.

Melanie remains active and talks to Wanderer all the time. Melanie bombards Wanderer with her memories of life so much so that Wanderer feels the same feelings that Melanie did when she had control over her own body. Melanie hides the memories that Wanderer needs though. A Seeker has been assigned to Wanderer in order to get information about the human rebels that worked with Melanie. Melanie is strong enough to block those memories from her.

Eventually, in a weakened state, Melanie allows something to slip through the wall she has constructed to keep Wanderer away from the people she loves. She shows her memories of Jared, the man Melanie desperately loves, and Jamie, her younger brother. These memories overwhelm Wanderer and she physically aches for Jared and Jamie herself. Melanie knows where they might have gone into hiding since she was captured. She convinces Wanderer to go search for them and when the chance presents itself she slips away from the Seeker and sets off to find the people THEY love.

When Wanderer finally stumbles upon the rebels she is both elated and terrified. She is so relieved to know that Jared and Jamie are both alive and well, but at the same time, is frightened for her own life. Wanderer endures weeks of isolation and deprivation once in custody while the rebels decide what to do with her. Slowly some people warm up to her and begin to allow her some freedom around the hideout, but she is never alone. They are afraid she is there to get information to take back to the Seekers and then come back and capture them all. It takes a very long time for them to see that she has no intention of turning anyone in to the Seekers.

The story is complex. Not only is there the issue of Melanie loving Jared and the Wanderer loving Jared because of Melanie’s memories; we also have Ian, another member of the rebels. Ian takes it upon himself to become a permanent fixture in Wanderers life. He is friend and protector and begins to have feelings for her and her alone (not Melanie since he didn’t know her prior to the invasion).

The story ends on a note of hope. It is an emotional ride from beginning to end - all 631 pages. Any science fiction fan will enjoy this story, but I think Stephenie Meyer may have done for science fiction what she did for fantasy when she wrote Twilight. THE HOST is set in enough of a realistic setting that even people who aren’t sci-fi fans will enjoy this story. I want to read it again, but I have so much else to read that I can’t right now, but THE HOST is definately on my “to be read again” pile. I hope Stephenie Meyer writes another novel after she finishes with the Twilight Series.

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Nov 25, 2009 Sella Thorne rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: EVERYONE MUST READ IT OR DIE!!! XD

GAH!!!!

AAAAGGH!!!

SODTODSHT!!

AHAAHOSHDTO!!!!!

DSODHTOHDTOHTOSDHTSHHHHHHTHIDSDOIOSHDTOIH!!!

Those are more accurate phrases, more fitting descriptions of my reaction at the end of this book. Unfortunately, those cannot be precisely translated into the English language.

Holy Crap. HOLY CRAP!! I can't even process my thoughts to write a review for this. This book was so stunning, so amazing, so crazy good that I can't even describe it. XD I'm extremely impressed of Stephenie Meyer. This beats Twilight...more

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Jun 18, 2008 Kris rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am having so much trouble reading this book, and who am I to judge? I am just a lowly reader and spender, not a publisher. But there is just something about the writing in this book that is making the voices in my head scream. I had the same experience when I read "Twilight."
Ms. Meyers is over-the-top descriptive where there is no need to be. If I had to count how many times she wrote, "I winced." or, "I flinched." or, "I sighed." or, "Ian sighed." I bet it would be in the hundreds. She has a...more

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May 14, 2008 Becca Jane rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Let me start off by saying that I wanted to like this book sooooooo very much. But unfortunately I was disappointed. I was excited about Stephanie’s description of a love triangle with only two bodies, and that the book was advertised as an “Adult” book. But when the main female character, Melanie, is 17 and the main male character, Jared, is 26, I was put off. I do not have a problem with the age difference just how young she is. It would not have detracted at all from their relationship or the...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Brenna rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: own-in-print, audible, kindle, favorites

I freaking LOVE this book! Completely exceeded my expectations!

It is so hard to explain my love for this book. It is really long, but for me it went by so fast. I had expected it to drag in the beginning, but it didn’t feel that way at all. I enjoyed every single second, every page. I was completely and totally consumed by this story. I must go see the movie now!

Even though I think this is classified in the sci-fi genre, Stephenie Meyer describes this book as “Science fiction for people who do...more

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Feb 25, 2009 Famin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Famin by: J-boo

It's no secret that I have a love/hate relationship with Stephenie Meyer's Stephenie Meyer writing. I've read three of the four Twilight books (with plans to read Breaking Dawn at some point). I haven't quite decided if I like them or not. I love the plotting. The action scenes are good. The line writing reads fast and is clearly well-edited. What drives me crazy is any emotional scene; any internal dialogue in a character's head, the dithering back and forth over an issue, because it goes on an...more

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Jul 07, 2008 Infinite Playlist rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: no-one

Shelves: mood-romantic, mine, form-audiobook, audiobooks-horrible, horrible-characters, genre-scifi-future

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. It's really bad. Twilight was awesome, it had good ideas, great dialogues, lovely characters. Even New Moon was nice even though Bella became more and more annoying. Eclipse was okay, too but made it obvious that nothing would ever compare to Twilight and its awesomeness.

Remember the Twilight series audiobooks? They were beautifully read, weren't they? Well, go and write angry letters to the person who decided that The Host would be read by someone else. Maybe the Twilight voice could have saved...more It's really bad. Twilight was awesome, it had good ideas, great dialogues, lovely characters. Even New Moon was nice even though Bella became more and more annoying. Eclipse was okay, too but made it obvious that nothing would ever compare to Twilight and its awesomeness.

Remember the Twilight series audiobooks? They were beautifully read, weren't they? Well, go and write angry letters to the person who decided that The Host would be read by someone else. Maybe the Twilight voice could have saved something. Because the The Host voice only helped destroying the story. Don't get me wrong, the reader is very talented, she does different voices and so on but they are all so ... dislikable. So if you have enough patience read the book instead and make up your own voices in your head (or if you made them up already, let them read the story to you).

Maybe it's not so much the voice that made the characters so dislikable but the characters themselves. They're so flat and boring. I hardly cared for any of them. I kinda grew a sympathy for Ian and maybe Jamie (oh and Sonny!) but the rest? I wasn't even sad a little when Walter died ... and the Seeker in the beginning ... I got told the whole time how annoying she was but I never really was given much reason to find her that annoying o.O

STEPHENIE MEYER WHAT DID YOU THINK? YOU CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER!

I mean, there were some cool ideas. All the stuff about the other planets and its creatures was amazing and really interesting, the way the souls are described (I always imagined them kind of like that) was great and I liked some other things, too I don't remember right now.
But why I disliked the book:
- shallow characters
- too many useless scenes (when Wanderer is trapped by the humans and put into that "hole" at the beginning, that went on way too long), paragraphs and sentences
- the "I'm in love with 2 men and can't decide who I love more" theme again *rolls eyes* (except that Jacob and Edward actually are adorable ~~men~~ ~~boys~~ creatures to fall in love with)
- declamatory phrases all the time, so boring and used and *chokes*
- the whole Bellaness of Wanda, being all "I don't care about myself, nobody wants me anyway, I only harm people, I should suffer, please don't do anything for me, I want to sacrifice myself" uuuurgh -.-

So apparently Steph Meyer has some great ideas but she should get a new (stricter) editor... or a ghostwriter.(less)

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Jun 07, 2013 E.B. rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, sci-fi-and-fantasy, young-adult

I loathe the Twilight novels on principle, and I can't stand Stephenie Meyer for getting rich by creating such sentimental trash targeted toward preteens. I must have gone temporarily insane when I decided to read The Host.

So, I didn't completely hate it. At first. I wasn't expecting much. I just wanted a successful escape from the world around me. That's not a tall order by any means--but escape is hardly successful when I find myself throwing the book across the room every time the main chara...more I loathe the Twilight novels on principle, and I can't stand Stephenie Meyer for getting rich by creating such sentimental trash targeted toward preteens. I must have gone temporarily insane when I decided to read The Host.

So, I didn't completely hate it. At first. I wasn't expecting much. I just wanted a successful escape from the world around me. That's not a tall order by any means--but escape is hardly successful when I find myself throwing the book across the room every time the main character annoys me, or Meyers writes ultra-corny dialogue. At least I got some exercise (throw book, walk across room and pick it up, throw book, walk across room and pick it up...), but still, it wasn't as bad as I had been expecting. It was, as the two stars suggest, "ok".

The writing style lacks...well, it lacks style. However, I read the novel for what it is: a mind-numbing teen science fiction/paranormal disaster. Truly, this book was a science fiction disaster. It shouldn't be categorized as science fiction at all. Just awkward romance.

I have a huge moral issue with the relationships Meyers creates between her characters. They're always unhealthy and abusive. Ick. The most interesting relationship in the novel was the host-parasite relationship (only superficially explored). It could have been a cool book. It was all there in the premise. But there she went and messed it up with an awkwardly disturbing love triangle which really just resulted in a lot of slapping of the face.

Maybe somebody should have slapped me in the face when I picked up this book.

Sigh. However. All technical, stylistic and moral issues aside: It was entertaining enough. Well, parts were entertaining. The "love" story line was all crap (highly sentimental, overly dramatic, unhealthily obsessive, weird). But. Reading from the point of view of a parasitic alien was pretty cool.

Hopefully, the movie cuts out the 500 pages of nothing that Stephenie Meyer wrote between the exposition and conclusion of the novel.

EDIT: I saw the movie. It was (if possible) worse than the book. It even made me say, "Oh, that part was better in the book." And I hated the book. I had rated The Host two stars, but now I hate it even more. One star. No stars. Negative stars.(less)

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Feb 12, 2011 Tatiana rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009, why-the-hype, ala-ya-2009, tres-annoying

I just can't comprehend why so many people are rating this book 5 stars. Seriously, why? I understand we are in love with Twilight, but it's not a good enough reason to support this mediocrity.

I was extremely disappointed by Breaking Dawn, but decided not to be a hater and give SM another chance. So I opened The Host. I have to say, I have never had to put this much effort into reading a book in my life. If I didn't know who SM was, I wouldn't even bother to read after page 10, it was that bori...more I just can't comprehend why so many people are rating this book 5 stars. Seriously, why? I understand we are in love with Twilight, but it's not a good enough reason to support this mediocrity.

I was extremely disappointed by Breaking Dawn, but decided not to be a hater and give SM another chance. So I opened The Host. I have to say, I have never had to put this much effort into reading a book in my life. If I didn't know who SM was, I wouldn't even bother to read after page 10, it was that boring and uninspired. But because of SM, I continued on, especially after some people told me that it would get better after about 250 pages. Oh boy, were they wrong! I was more like 500 pages. It took me 3 days to get through first 100 pages (to compare, it took me probably about 3 days to read Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse). After that I just skipped through the rest of the book within a couple of hours. You can literally read every 50th page and not miss anything! There is absolutely nothing going on in this book! Pages and pages of conversations between Wanda and Melanie. And both these characters are so undeveloped, it's hard to tell them apart. In fact, it's hard to get attached to any character in this book! They all are so flat and dull.

This book is marketed as sci-fi/romance novel. Trust me, it is neither. The sci-fi backdrop of this novel is laughable. Altruistic "souls" that save planets from cruel species, among these "cruel species," believe it or not, are: Flowers, See Weeds, Bats... It is just plain ridiculous!

There is very little romance in the book either. A couple of kisses between underage girls and older guys is all you get, in spite of the fact that this is SM's "first adult novel." "Adult" conversation goes as far as discussing that a couple of characters can't have sex because she is too young (of course!) and they don't have contraceptives. Give me a break!

So many reviewers say that this book has a deep meaning, that it shows "what it means to be human" and demonstrates that we can "extend the status of "human" to other entities," etc. I think these people have never read actually good books. In fact, I don't think they have ever read anything but Twilight before.

This is definitely the end of my love affair with SM's writing. I think she struck gold with Twilight, the rest of her creations are just plain bad. You may disagree with me, but this is the reality.
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May 10, 2008 Elizabeth (Liz) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. OH MY...(deep breath) word.
No book has ever made me want to run so much -- just to feel my muscles working, ever made me treasure the rise and fall of my lungs, feel the wind on my face, or treasure the feel of water as it gracefully slides down my throat, no book has ever made me understand so fully how... just how we should be treasured.
Words cannot express how much I love this bood. If you havn't read the book yet, exit out of this RIGHT NOW because here come some major spoilers from about h...more OH MY...(deep breath) word.
No book has ever made me want to run so much -- just to feel my muscles working, ever made me treasure the rise and fall of my lungs, feel the wind on my face, or treasure the feel of water as it gracefully slides down my throat, no book has ever made me understand so fully how... just how we should be treasured.
Words cannot express how much I love this bood. If you havn't read the book yet, exit out of this RIGHT NOW because here come some major spoilers from about here on!!
The whole Mel and Jared thing just totally rips your heart up! When Wanda goes to die, I was not able to see, that was so freakin'... ouch.
I totally love Jeb, his personality is so... unique and... hilarious.
My heart goes out to Jamie, he's such a cute kid! I just love his, Mel's, and Wanda's relationship!
Ian, what can I say to give Ian justice... I totally love him, he's so kind, compasionate, understanding. He's so protective and... deep.
At the end I just couldn't take it any longer, it was so sad. But I don't exactly like how she lies about her age, Meyer seemed to go a little closer to the line this time...
I also really love how much strength Wanda has and yet how she's so... gentle and protective (minus her mourning period, that was... horrid, I love how Stephenie Meyer described that sickening experience so that you were in Wanda's head). For some reason I just don't think that her new body suited her, it was too week, but then again she'll grow, but that's kinda creepy 'cause you don't really know Ian's age, but I guess that doesn't really matter... I guess. I think latter on the body will suit her more, but it's kinda weird with no Mel.
I think that I relate myself most to Wanda, but also a lot with Meline (I completely love that girl to death!). I guess I just have duel personalities like they do, I'm both of them at once, but I have to admit I'm with Wanda on a lot of stuff... a lot. I love how far she was willing to go for the people she loved, the way she thought. I love that they say that she was so beautiful, it goes with her, it's like seeing someone's soul (no pun intended) and you just know how... pure she is, she was willing to die trying to save Kyle when he tried to kill her. But it was also awkward with Jared and Ian fighting all the time, Jared knew Mel and Ian knew Wanda(I like it when he calls her Wanderer, I think it goes with her better then Wanda). I was goint to say something else about Wanderer, but I seem to have forgotten and I believe the memory has no intention of coming back. But I love how she wants to run down a field with bare feet while it's raining, I think that is when I truely broke, she never wanted anything for herself and the things she wanted were denied her(minus Ian...).
I laughed at so many parts and cried just the same, such depths of depression and leaps of joy.
I think (how many sentences have I started with I think or I also or I totally?) that Stephenie was smart with how she ended the book, it gave her a lot of options. One she could write a book in Burn's perspective. Two, she could write a sequel. Or three, just leave it where it is, but that would make me sad and also strangly relieved.
So, I think my goal here was reached, I just totally spilled my guts out to you about the book. If any one really cares to read all this (PLEASE TELL ME YOU HAVE READ THE BOOK ALREADY IF YOU'RE READING THIS!!!)and if you're about to explode, talk to me about it, maybe you'll be able to help me remember that amazing, stupid quote I forgot (not likely...).(less)

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Mar 26, 2009 K.D. Oliveros rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: no one

Shelves: paranormal, trashy, love-story

I struggled to finish reading this book. The only reason why I forced myself to finish this is that I bought this brand new from Fullybooked and I thought that there could be some surprises that will be worth knowing at the end. It was 700 or so pages and this book is not worth my time and money. I think the main reason is the shifting of dialogues or thoughts from the alien (Wanderer) and the original human being in the heroin's body (I already forgot the name and I am not surprised).

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Dec 31, 2012 Oceana Fern {Assorted Insanity} rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction-romance, paranormal-romance-fiction, young-adult, four-stars, contains-boyfriend, owned, e-books, favorites, dat-title

4.5

Why must Stephenie be known for Twilight?

The Host was so much better. There's just something about it that I adore. ~~besides Ian~~

And Jake Abel is not what I imagined Ian at all. It was Ian Somerhalder. As usual. But still.

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May 25, 2008 Heather rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: late teens/ adult

Before I get into details, let me just say this: Stephenie Meyer is an excellent author and i would gladly recommend ANY of her novels. She posses the ability to pull the reader into the story and allow them to feel like they are actually there with the characters, experiencing what they experience and feeling what they feel. She paints a vivid picture of the characters and their lives in the mind of every reader who is fortunate enough to be touched by the worlds that she creates. Reading one o...more Before I get into details, let me just say this: Stephenie Meyer is an excellent author and i would gladly recommend ANY of her novels. She posses the ability to pull the reader into the story and allow them to feel like they are actually there with the characters, experiencing what they experience and feeling what they feel. She paints a vivid picture of the characters and their lives in the mind of every reader who is fortunate enough to be touched by the worlds that she creates. Reading one of her works is like being in 3-d theater but better, its actually more like being in a 6-D theater, touching all of the human senses and emotion at once. It is hard to find a flaw in the novel by itself, when not being compared to her other works. Now having said that, there are a few criticisms that i have for this novel in comparison to her other works.
The quality of the novel does stand up to the standards set by her preceding works. But, despite the creative story line and captivating emotions shown in The Host, there are some flaws to be found in the depth of the characters. I am a fan of the Twilight series, also by Stephenie Meyer, and could not stop myself from finding many links between this novel and the Twilight series in regards to the characters, their emotions and their interconnected relationships. For example, the character Jared (from The Host) is very similar to Jacob (From Twilight). Both have a tendency to let their emotions get the best of them, both are somewhat selfish creatures in regards to the one that they love, and both are extremely stubborn. The characters Ian (The host) and Edward (Twilight) are the same way, comparatively. Both are overly protective and somewhat irrational when it comes to the people that they love, both have the ability to love unconditionally despite the fact that both men love someone of a different species, and both men's brothers try to kill their partners. The greatest character similarity, however, exists between Wanderer/Melanie (The Host) and Bella (Twilight).
The complexity of the characters is amazing in both novels. In both there are two different personalities existing in one body, each personality belonging to a different man that the characters love. There are two parts to Bella (Twilight) one in love Jacob (Twilight) and one in love with Edward (Twilight), but one love is stronger than the other. She describes the strain between the two as "tearing her apart." The same its to be said for Wanderer/Melanie (The Host), but to a more extreme extent. In this case there are actually two separate entities existing in one body "tearing them apart". One personality , Wanda [Wanderer] (The Host), belonging to Ian (The Host); and the other personality, Melanie (The Host), belonging to Jared (The Host). Wanda (The Host) and Bella (Twilight) are both very self-sacrificing people who would go to the ends of the earth to prevent the ones that they love from hurting and would do anything in their power to make them happy. Both are very non-violent and even show compassion for enemies. Melanie (The Host) and Bella (Twilight) are both tough individuals possessing the ability to reason through stressful situations.
All of the characters do possess unique qualities as well, and display different depths of emotions. I may be just more attuned to the personalities presented in Twilight (due to my love of the series), and couldn't help but find similarities between it and The Host. But then again, If I am this attuned to the character's personalities after simply reading the series, imagine how predisposed to the personality traits Stephenie Meyer is. So I suppose that after spending so much time creating and writing about the characters, letting them become apart of you, that it would be impossible to completely separate them from your other works. For is each work not expression of the soul as well, and it is impossible, as an author, to exclude part of yourself from your writings.

Read The Host, I think that you will enjoy it. I know that I did.(less)

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About Stephenie Meyer

I was born in Connecticut in 1973, during a brief blip in my family's otherwise western U.S. existence. We were settled in Phoenix by the time I was four, and I think of myself as a native. The unusual spelling of my name was a gift from my father, Stephen (+ ie = me). Though I have had my name spelled wrong on pretty much everything my entire life long, I must admit that it makes it easier to goo...more I was born in Connecticut in 1973, during a brief blip in my family's otherwise western U.S. existence. We were settled in Phoenix by the time I was four, and I think of myself as a native. The unusual spelling of my name was a gift from my father, Stephen (+ ie = me). Though I have had my name spelled wrong on pretty much everything my entire life long, I must admit that it makes it easier to google myself now.
I filled the "Jan Brady" spot in my family-the second of three girls. Unlike the Brady's, none of my three brothers are steps, and all of them are younger than all the girls. I went to high school in Scottsdale, Arizona, the kind of place where every fall a few girls would come back to school with new noses and there were Porsches in the student lot (for the record, I have my original nose, and never had a car until after I was in my twenties). I was awarded a National Merit Scholarship, and I used it to pay my way to Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. I majored in English, but concentrated on literature rather than creative writing, mostly because I didn't consider reading books "work" (as long as I was going to be doing something anyway, I might as well get course credit for it, right?).
I met my husband, Pancho (his real name is Christiaan), when I was four, but we were never anywhere close to being childhood sweethearts. In fact, though we saw each other at least weekly through church activities, I can't recall a single instance when we so much as greeted each other with a friendly wave, let alone exchanged actual words. This may have been for the best, because when we did eventually get around to exchanging words, sixteen years after our first meeting, it only took nine months from the first "hello" to the wedding. Of course, we were able to skip over a lot of the getting to know you parts (many of our conversations would go something like this: "This one time, when I was ten, I broke my hand at a party when-" "Yeah, I know what happened. I was there, remember?") We've been married for ten and a half years now, and have three beautiful, brilliant, wonderful boys who often remind me chimpanzees on crack. I can't write without music, and my biggest muse is, ironically enough, the band Muse. My other favorite sources of inspiration are Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Coldplay, The All American Rejects, Travis, The Strokes, Brand New, U2, Kasabian, Jimmy Eat World, and Weezer, to mention a few.(less)

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