The Host

[Bree, you can :)]

i did like ian a lot though. jamie is awesome!

[Andrez]

definitely1!

[Mackenzie]

Alright, well I've just met Jared.. and I'm not digging him at the moment . He's a bit of an ass... but I understand why.

[Bree, you can :)]

ya, like it was said earlier- you'll like him more at the end

[Mackenzie]

I hope so :) At the moment, I kind of like Ian more, I think...

[Catherine]

Nooo! He is lovely, but personally, I find him a little too whiny. You'll see it more towards the end...or you might fight it incredibly sweet! Depends what kind of guy you like!

[Mackenzie]

Yea, we'll see. I haven't seen enough of either Jared or Ian to decide who I like more.

[Bree, you can :)]

see, i agree with Catherine, ian's nice and all, but i do find him a little whiney. I like Jared more, though he does make ian shine like an angel a bit. lol

[Andrez]

hehe

[Catherine]

Haha, high five Bumblebree! And FYI, I find devils more interesting than angels...not that I'm saying Jared's the devil or anything! But I find his tough guy attitude a lot more appealing!

[Bree, you can :)]

lol :)

i was about to say something here, but deleted it cause it was a spolier for the end of the book. I just don't have the heart to give the end away

[Mackenzie]

I'm glad you don't have the heart to put a spoiler, cause I'd have been very pissed off. At both me AND you. :P Me for reading it, you for posting it :P

I'm not even nearly finished. I'm nearing the 400th page though :)

[Mackenzie]

I'm starting to really like Ian at the moment..

[Bree, you can :)]

haha are we gonna have a team jared vs. team ian fight? lol they both are awesome, i just think he has a tiny bit more awesome to him. after all, she is invading mel's body, so of course he's not got just warm up to her!

[Mackenzie]

haha, we'll see what my decision is at the end of the book.. sometimes it takes me a while to figure it out :P

[Bree, you can :)]

true- don't feel too pressured to choose a side:) lol

[Mackenzie]

Yea, they do.. and Melanie's memories of him portray him much different than he is (well, as I've found so far)..

[Mackenzie]

So, in Melanie's memories, I find him to be such a sweetheart and I really like him, but then it jumps back to reality and I see him as a major jerk..

[Bree, you can :)]

that's cause he doesn't trust wanda or like the fack that wanda's in his girlfriend's body.

[Catherine]

I really don't blame Jared for acting the way he does, I probably would be pretty mad too if I was in his position. But he does get nicer.

[Bree, you can :)]

oh geez. *slaps forehead* fact not fack

[Mackenzie]

Well, I'm done.

I actually really really liked Jared. Near the ending where it's just him and Wanda.. well, I was nearly bawling my eyes out lol. I love love love Jared :P.

I also love Ian though. I liked the way Meyer fixed up the love ...square? though.

The ending was a cliffhanger, which I really really hate. But I'm now excited for the next book to come out! :)

[Bree, you can :)]

me too!!

to all of that!!!!

[Laura]

I'm not sure that the ending was meant to be a cliffhanger. I mean, it would be wonderful if she wrote another one. I love the book. But I think it could really end there. I felt pretty satisfied with the ending though. It seemed to say that everything was going to be okay. They have the knowledge and materials they need to turn everything around. And they have souls on their side. I think that's the point.

[Andrez]

she will make it a series

[Bree, you can :)]

hopefully she won't kill it though-if you know what I mean

[Andrez]

yeah

[Andrez]

i hate it when it happens

[Catherine]

Yeah, like what she did with Breaking Dawn!

[Bree, you can :)]

exactly

[Andrez]

that was baad

[Mackenzie]

Laura Ashlee wrote: "I'm not sure that the ending was meant to be a cliffhanger. I mean, it would be wonderful if she wrote another one. I love the book. But I think it could really end there. I felt pretty satisfied w..."

Yea, I understand what you mean.. but at the same time, I felt like it wasn't over. I'm pretty sure Meyer's making it a trilogy though - that's what GoodReads says at least..

Catherine wrote: "Yeah, like what she did with Breaking Dawn!"
What'd she do with Breaking Dawn? :S

[Catherine]

I was saying I hope Meyer doesn't mess The Host up when she writes the sequels like she did with Breaking Dawn!

[Bree, you can :)]

a somewhat similar comparison would be how an author dies and someone else finishes the series.
it just that the writing and plot change, and that's what ruins a series

[Catherine]

I don't think I've ever had that happen to a series I was reading, but I do see how that would mess up the writing and plot.

[Bree, you can :)]

Because the style is different, the writing is, because the writing and the style are the plot changes, changing the book.

[Mackenzie]

Ahh, I understand now.

[Megan]

Okay, so I admit that i do not have the patience to read what everyone else has already said about the Host, so if anyone could just sum up what you've kinda talked about, that would be awesome!! This book is, no doubt, my favorite book EVER! It's not bad or cheesey or watever, like every other book i've read. that is so frustrating. but then again, this is like the first ADULT book i've read, since i'm only 15. but i luv it!!! yay!!

[Mackenzie]

Well, as much as I'd love to go through 5 pages of comments and sum it up for you, I'm way too lazy for that kind of thing. XD

Basically, we were just talking about which our favorite male character was. Whether we found the beginning of the novel slow to get into. Um, what else? Oh, the ending, and just other stuff that happened in the book. :)

[Megan]

thanks, that really helps a lot. i just didn't want to start talking about something completely random totally out of the blue. i really like Jamie. He's so sweet. And Jared. And Ian. I like Wanda, just not that name - Wanda. Wanderer is better. Even though they're like the same, Wanda just has and a 70/80's feel, and Wanderer seems more wise and...superior? Does anyone else feel the same?

[Mackenzie]

lol, it wouldn't really have mattered if you'd started talking about something completely random :) As long as it's about this book it's fine :P

I loved Jamie, he's such a sweetheart and cares so much for Wanda even though she's inhabited his sister's body.

I really liked Jared also, but at times I couldn't help but want to smack him, as he can be such an ass. I could see his point though, so I began to care more for him as the book went on.

I loved Ian, he was such an absolute sweetheart. Like, wow. :)

I like Wanda better than the name Wanderer. I felt Wanderer sounded too much like some alien life form (which, yes I know that's what she is, but still). :P And I always thought Wanderer sounded as if she was lost and lonely. I don't know, that's just me.

[Catherine]

I do like the name Wanderer but it is a bit of a mouthful so Wanda is easier even if I am only saying it in my head!

And it would be great if you started talking about something completely random about the book, I think after five pages of comments, we've pretty much said everything there is to say about Team Jared vs Team Ian or how the beginning is too slow! :P

[Mackenzie]

LOL, exactly. You said that way better than I could've, Catherine! :P

[Megan]

Well awesome then! I was wondering how many times you guys have read the book? I've only read it twice but I totally understood it better the second time. Especially Jared. I now fully get why he is so mean to Wanderer (soryy guys, i just can't get over the Wanda thing - it reminds me of hipies or someting). The whole book is just better the second time! And i REALLY hope there's gonna be a sequal!

[Mackenzie]

There is going to be. There's supposed to be three books in total.

[Catherine]

Has Meyer even started to write them yet?

[Mackenzie]

I think she's started writing the second one, I'm not completely sure though :S