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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:  766 reviews
Sales Rank: 25
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:
 Book targeting teenagers and young adults May 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Not a bad book, but not as good as Twilight series. The book was advertised as Stephenie Meyer first adult book (after "young adult" Twilight series). BUT, Host is clearly targeting teenagers and young adults. Can be entertaining for any age groups.
This is a sci-fi romance/aliens taking over the planet Earth. "Romance plot lines" here include the following: the male heroes initially try to kill an alien heroine, but then fall in love with her, hold hands, kiss passionately and talk a lot. She is attempting suicide because of her high moral standards (not willing to be a parasite again).
There is also a love triangle (similar to Edward-Bella-Jacob in Twilight).
The main character, an alien-parasite occupying a human woman's body is too good to be true, has incredibly high morals, has no sense of self-preservation, easy to take advantage of, etc. There are several inconsistencies in the book making a reader wonder: how come being so weak these alien-parasites conquered the Earth...
Overall, IMO, the book is engaging and entertaining (600 pages), but not as good as Twilight series.
 Excellent, Creative Story May 15, 2008
Loved it! An original story that was very compelling. The first few chapters were a little slow, I had read a few reviews and expected it to be gripping right from the start, but it just becomes a more and more engrossing story. Stephenie Meyer is great at developing characters.
I loved it. May 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love Stephenie's Twilight series so I was a little scared to be disappointed because I knew Bella and Edward would be nowhere to be found. I was so wrong to be doubtful. After reading The Host, I believe I am in love with Stephenie's writing and not Edward Cullen. Ms. Meyer writes characters so round that I can feel sympathy for all of them especially Wanderer who is a body snatcher. I really didn't know who to root for Mel or Wanderer, humans or souls. I loved this book and I will read it again.
Captivating! May 14, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Wanderer and her world captivated me, as well as Soul's view on humans made me step back and look at my own kind. I am not one who usually enjoys Science-fiction plots in an invasion sort of way, but I enjoyed this romantic take on it very much. The characters are enticing and I was very moved by the misery in the middle of the book where everything felt hopelessly set out in stone for a long while, I recall that Stephanie Meyer created that feeling before in New Moon, she has a nag for that feeling. The story dragged a bit at times in all the misery, although as a whole I definitely feel like I know all the main characters well because of the `dragging'. Everything had a purpose in the end when you `look' back on the experience and adventure you have just shared with Wanda.
I enjoyed the love triangle involving two people (3 minds), but even more so when another person got involves, making it a sort of a love square...with a person split in the middle between two and...- it is complicated, just read the book please.
The romantic relationships were very nicely written if you are into that sort of thing and since Stephanie's books revolve around love and not action as a plot, but has action because of love...- then you sort of have to read it because you like a good love story as a basis.
I like Meyer's writing much better in this purposely adult sci-fi than her twilight books, she just keeps improving. I don't know what makes it 'adult' though, except for maybe more violence than the twilight series. I for one was hoping for a bit more in the love department *blush*, but one can always hope. Not Katie McAlister's love scenes, but .. a cross between innocent and that kind. This was still very innocent for me, despite of Jared's `fire touch'.
I fell in love with Wanda and Melanie, and their growing friendship. I was at the edge of my seat at times. I will give this book a heartfelt thumps up. <3
Go read it now, I am sure you won't regret it.
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.~. LcB .~.
From Denmark
 Slow, Boring and Dissapointing May 14, 2008
20 out of 41 found this review helpful
I was so excited for more stephenie meyer, I guess maybe I was to excited, because normally if a book starts off good I can't put it down. I am bored and uninterested in the Host I can't even seem to read very much at a time I just don't like it, I'm so bummed. I'm going back to vampires. I'm sorry stephenie, nothing against you!
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