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| The Host: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book
List Price: $25.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  690 reviews
Sales Rank: 47
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 624
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 5.6 x 2.1
ISBN: 0316068047
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780316068048
ASIN: 0316068047
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Interspecies Stockholm Syndrome November 13, 2008
Although I've never written a review on ANYTHING before, I thought this novel deserved an honorable mention from yours truly!
Ms Meyers was able to put me right into the story and hold me there. I could almost feel Wanderer's thoughts from the alien perspective and sympathize with this parasitic species. You could understand that to Wanderer, it wasn't a war but a way of life. I could sympathize with everyone and their point of view... even Kyle.
I highly recommend 'The Host' but suggest you start on a Friday night... you won't want to put it down!
 Tedious and Unnecessarily Voluminous November 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I picked up the book because I'd read the "Twilight" series. The "Twilight" books were interesting enough to keep me hooked, but were unnecessarily voluminous and overwritten. I picked up "The Host" expecting the story would be interesting (I like the genre). I was wrong. This book is plagued by, what I guess is this author's style, which is just too much writing and not enough substance: the book would have been better read if it were edited down by 1/3. In addition, I had no sympathy for Wanderer (the protagonist), didn't know where the story was headed when I was 3/4 of the way through the book, and wasn't even mildly interested in the outcome. I don't recommend the book unless you enjoy unimaginative, tedious reads.
Another winner by Stephanie Meyer November 12, 2008
I was wowed by the Twilight Series- never thought she would be able to impress me again. But this book was fantastic! So much detail- she has quite an imagination. Another 600+ page book that didn't last long enough. I'm just sorry it didn't last for 4 books, too!
 SM is a good story tell BUT November 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to say the whole idea is not new ( Start Trek Deep Space Nine Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax)the story was ok, a little long and dran out and st times hard to push theu. I did not like the end with SM giving the Host a young Body to be with Ian but ( SM being a little twisted Like Jacbob and the Baby in Broken Dawn the Epic Fail) she likes to pair up young woman with older men no matter how creepy it is
 Very good November 9, 2008
I bought this book to go on a long trip to visit family and I must say I really did enjoy it. It kept me entertained on all of my flights and kept me from getting bored. I thought the concept was very unique and well thought out and something unlike I've ever heard before. The characters were well written and although it was a longer story, it went by fast. The ending I thought was also very well done. All around a very good novel. I'm curious to try the Twilight Series as well but I wonder if it's a bit too young for me, more for teens and people in their 20's? I would like to read other books by this author though!
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