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The Host (The Host, #1)

Stephenie Meyer

Start date: July 12, 2014

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Nov 29, 2013 Matthew rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014, own, sci-fi, young-adult, kindle

Not a bad sci-fi story. A little like the Twilight series - some of the formula poured over into here. I feel like the creativity level was a lot higher as Meyer was working with an alien species of her own creation and not necessarily the myths and legends of the vampires and werewolves.

My only issue is that it seemed to drag on a bit at times. This was only compounded by its length. This is one of those books that I think could have benefited with a trimming.

I think this book was advertised as ...more

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Nov 09, 2013 Leahxx rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites, owned, rereads-of-2014, rereads-of-2015

I read this book every year and it never gets old. Ian O'Shea will forever be one of my absolute favorites. And I love the whole concept of this story and the depth. I have no idea how it was written by the same author as Twilight haha. No, but really it's one of my favorite books! ...more

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Dec 30, 2013 Abla Ghaleb rated it it was ok

Stopped at page 200.
I didn't like at all, I think it's pretty repetitive, and we don't feel like the story is actually going somewhere. Although, the characters' developments are well written, especially Wanderer and Melanie's relationship.
Maybe when I finish all the unread books in my bookshelf, I will think about finishing The Host. ...more

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