Ellen Lee’s Reviews > The Host > Status Update

WE’RE MAKING PROGRESS PEOPLE! Developments have been made, but the classic Meyer trope of two men fighting over one (two?) girlie pop(s) has surfaced and it’s giving sci-fi twilight (or sci-filight as I like to call it.) I’m not hate-reading the book anymore, but I’m also wishing our main character had a little more grit to her character. Punch someone and mean it girlie!

I read ten chapters during my 3 hour shift at the library, and there was 0 development in the plot. At this point I’m hate-reading my way through the field of nothingness waiting for the smallest interesting thing to happen. I do kinda enjoy the “this one time when I was a bear” stories though.

Yeah okay the classic Stephanie Meyer moments are beginning to appear with the introduction of the male characters. ALSO, the way I audibly gasped when I found out that Jared is 9 YEARS OLDER than Melanie (Melanie’s body?). Am I going to finish the book? Yes. Am I going to watch the movie that I’ve heard is so much worse? Probably.

A very interesting read so far! The writing style is a departure from Meyer’s Twilight series which is turning out to be a pleasant surprise!