The Host (The Host, #1) in A NEW TWILIGHT GROUP!!!!!!!!!

Sep 25, 2008 Immortal Fiction rated it really liked it

Shelves: own-ebooks, own-audio, local-library

A good, interesting, enjoyable read but too much detail for me to wade through in the beginning before I could really connect with the main characters. It took a while to dig in and find something to identify with that would draw me in.

Although some reviewers see similarities to character types in Stephenie's Twilight series, The Host NEVER caused me to feel the way I did the entire time I read, re-read and still read Twilight! So don't pick this up hoping for more of the same. Maybe only peopl A good, interesting, enjoyable read but too much detail for me to wade through in the beginning before I could really connect with the main characters. It took a while to dig in and find something to identify with that would draw me in.

Although some reviewers see similarities to character types in Stephenie's Twilight series, The Host NEVER caused me to feel the way I did the entire time I read, re-read and still read Twilight! So don't pick this up hoping for more of the same. Maybe only people who didn't enjoy Twilight notice the similarities - I didn't until I read reviews.

Stephenie repeats some key adjectives to describe people or similar experiences in both but none of the people are alike to me, none wholly likeable as with Twilight, or at least not as easy to identify with. While I admire Wanderer for her selflessness, she never falters or messes up (smile) so I can't identify with her like I do with Bella in Twilight (who means well, is selfless, but insecure and falls short of her own expectations - is not perfect). Wanderer isn't human and she's had milleniums to evolve her inner being so it is fitting that she is strong and rarely falls short.

It took a while for me to hope she would love Ian instead of Jared and both are good guys inside so hang on for how that goes (and you have to adore Jamie) but no one provokes the full gammut of emotional response from the reader (me) that Edward, Bella and Jake from Twilight did and still do. Of course the situations and lifestyle The Host characters have to live in could make anyone less human and more difficult to love, trust, and connect with entirely.

While I did truly enjoy The Host I probably wouldn't read it again. But I might! There was just too much detail in the beginning for a non- "alien-book" lover especially since her past lives were so bizarrely different, nothing like people. I almost wanted to skip ahead and try to get to know her AND Melanie better first and then go back and learn more about her background, maybe through flashbacks. Flashbacks can be overused too but I wanted to know sooner if I would connect with her or her situation before continuing (i'm impatient!) ...more

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Jun 23, 2008 Yasmin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: aliens

From the world best selling vampire novelist, comes an amazing and emptional story of aliens trying to survive by taking 'hosts'.
They have invded earth and are taking over the bodies and minds of humans. Before anyone noticed what had happened, the majority of earths population is now one of these aliens. There are desperate survivors left in hiding. But when one of these aliens, 'Wanderer' as she is known, because she has been in more hosts and on more worlds than any other of her race, begins ...more

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Jun 09, 2008 Nicole rated it it was amazing

this is probobly stephani meyer's best book, with an interesting plot and cast of characters you cant help but fall in love with. it is the story of an alien race who invades the bodies of the humans. it is specifically about one "parasite", Wanderer, who is inserted into a body who's owner refuses to fade away. it is a story of love, loss, friendship, and trust. ...more

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Jun 20, 2008 Katie S rated it it was amazing

This was a most interesting book, never the same from page to page. Always i wondered, is this the end for Wanderer. But then all of a sudden something happens to keep her alive. There were certain parts of the book when i thought it was all over, then it wasn't. This novel was absolutly wonderful, Stephanine Meyer is one of the greatest authors ever in my opinion. ...more

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