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Am I reading the same thing as everyone else? Was my copy of this book defective in any way? Nov 07, Miranda Reads rated it it was amazing Shelves: audiobook , absolute-favorites. New week, New BookTube Video - all about the best and worst literary apocalypses to live through! The Written Review Body and soul. Two different things Wanderer is a parasite. Her people are parasites.
For millions of years, they traveled to new planets, colonized the species and lived out lives in their hosts' bodies. It's about the experience and the journey. When Wanderer the soul arrives to Earth, she is placed in an adult female host. What she doesn't know, is that the host is still New week, New BookTube Video - all about the best and worst literary apocalypses to live through! What she doesn't know, is that the host is still very much there. Melanie the host is desperate.
She absolutely refuses to let a little thing like being trapped in her own body by an parasitic alien stop her from getting back to her brother. And soon, Wanderer does not want to go back. She's found a home and a human that she wants forever. What was it that made this human love so much more desirable to me than the love of my own kind?
Was it Because these humans hate with so much fury, was the other end of the spectrum that they could love with more heart and zeal and fire? I just adore this book.
I've read it once every years and enjoyed it every time. This was no exception. Normally, when character who is too good to be true looking at you, Wanderer , it annoys me. Not with this book. Wanderer might be nearly perfect, but her internal conflict and the external factors i.
Melanie, other humans provide enough tension to keep her from seeming like a Mary-Sue. This book is a slow build but it is so worth it to me. I love it. It's not the face, but the expressions on it. It's not the voice, but what you say. It's not how you look in that body, but the thing you do with it.
You are beautiful. Ahhh, my heart is just a melty puddle of goo. She was an excellent reader. This is the first time I listened to it and this was a whole new experience.
Really pleasant to listen to. View all 43 comments. Jun 21, Khurram rated it it was amazing. I really did enjoy this book. It is narrated in the same style at the Twilight book in the first person. The things that make this book really good are the internal dialogue between the main characters Melanie and Wanda.
I am told that this did not work too well in the movie, but as a book it makes great interesting reading. The story an alien invasion has happen we the humans have lost or have we? The Aliens call themselves Souls; they think it is the closest translation from our language. They I really did enjoy this book. They are inserted into through the back of the neck and attach themselves to our brains and control our bodies. They have done this on at least eight other different planets.
The society seem to have 3 classes Healers their Doctors, Seekers their police force, and the general populace they are never referred to as more then Souls. Their occupation seem more a seeking of knowledge and experiences that maliciously or ambitious.
The aliens so not seem to be well armed and do not like violence. The Invasion has been more of stealth slowly taking over people and their neighbours before any realised. Most of the technology seems to have been concentrated on healing and space travel. The reason I ask the question is did ne lose is because on all the other planets they have conquered they have never met a species that is a conflicted, emotional and diverse all at the same time.
The other species offered little or no resistance and the aliens were just accepted. The Aliens seem to have no personality of their own in their natural states. The personalities seem to be the sum of their experiences from previous and current hosts. The only real method of telling if some have been taken over is their eyes.
Melanie is one of the few humans left, till she is captured, she tries to kill herself rather then submit to being taken over, but the aliens heal her body. The Soul she is bonded with is called the Wanderer, because of all the worlds she has visited but never settled on for more than one hosts life time. Usually this is it the Soul takes over and replaces the Host with full access to their memories and carries on living their lives.
Melanie being the fighter she is refuses to go quietly he is presence and voice constantly with the Wanderer. As the story goes on we find this is happening more and more strong will Humans refuse to be giving the aliens' full control.
Using or being led by Melanie, Wanderer finds possible the last outpost of pure Humans. If she has any hope of surviving Wanderer must make peace with Melanie; then together they must try and convince the humans they mean no harm.
Both sided must put aside their preconception of the other and try to find common ground. This is a great story about the human spirit. The language is definitely at a higher level than Twilight probably because Meyer has realises her fans have grown older. Meyer's writing style has a good story telling flow to it. I enjoyed reading the whole book. The only think I would grip about is the lack of action in the book; there was more action in the football game and the bonus chapter "Alone" then in the rest of the book.
However she was writing more for emotional content then action. This is an intelligent different story, seen through the eyes of both Humans and aliens. View all 46 comments. Nov 04, Holly 2 Kids and Tired rated it liked it. It's no secret that I did not jump on the Twilight bandwagon. I put my name on the hold list at the library for The Host, however, because I wanted to see if Stephenie Meyer had improved in her storytelling.
I'm happy to say, "Yes, she did. To a point. Because there are some definite similarities here. I find it interesting that t It's no secret that I did not jump on the Twilight bandwagon.
I find it interesting that this novel is pegged for "adults" where the Twilight novels were pegged "young adult" as I don't see a great deal of difference, except for one main fact: Wanda and Melanie are likeable. Thank goodness. If one of them had shown up as whiny and annoying as Bella, I never would have finished the book. Well, I would have finished it, but only to say, "I told you so. Far more developed than I would have expected. It still takes her a long time to get to her main points, but I wasn't as bored with this one in the beginning as I was with Twilight.
I found the storyline fascinating: that aliens who invade other planets and take over the species, invade earth and take over the human bodies and then live as humans. Wanda is one of those aliens, a "soul" who takes over Melanie's body, only to find out that Melanie isn't quite ready to give it up. This is where Meyer's storytelling has improved. She crafted a story where the romance was secondary to the main plot, and I think that is why this book is so much better than her earlier attempts.
She explores the idea of a person's soul or spirit and how an individual is defined as much by that spirit as by their physical body. I thought her character development was well done. I liked these characters.
I cared about them. I don't need to tell you that I never cared about Bella. I enjoyed the complexities that the storyline created. Wanda was affected by Melanie's memories and feelings and couldn't help but love the man Melanie loved. Then, when she found herself caring for a different man, the conflict is believable. The humans have a difficult time accepting Wanda, but when they do, she truly becomes one of them. The novel ends neatly, with hope. Predictably there is room for a sequel, which I no doubt expect.
I'd actually re-read this book. I won't re-read the others. View all 33 comments. Apr 18, Ari rated it it was amazing Shelves: best-of , great-books , beloved , sweet-romance , favorites , sci-fi , standalone.
I really, really love it! At first sight it looks like it's a book about aliens, but in reality it's about the human kind and it's questioning how much humanity remains in us all. It's a book about survival, about love so many types of love: loving yourself, loving the planet you live on, loving your family, your friends , about finding yourself It starts kind of slow, but as you get through the story you can see how amazing it can be The main characters are Melanie and Wanda the body and the soul and they take you in a journey not only to find the people they love but to find themselves, to understand the reasons to lose everything for love, the reason to give your life for the people you can't live without.
There is enough action to keep you reading, but the story is deeper than that, it's not about what the characters do but why they do that, it's not about whom they love but why they can't resist the feeling, it's not about what they say but about what they think. This book is all about emotions, and reading about how the characters feel in every scene makes the story so real, so true If you are looking for adventure and lots of action and UFOs this is not a book for you, but if you are looking for an emotional, tear-dropping story this might be the one.
Note: You can read my latest review for this book here , but only if you've read the book, as it contains various spoilers. Happy midnight reading! View all 45 comments. Those are more accurate phrases, more fitting descriptions of my reaction at the end of this book. Unfortunately, those cannot be precisely translated into the English language. Holy Crap. I can't even process my thoughts to write a review for this.
This book was so stunning, so amazing, so crazy good that I can't even describe it. XD I'm extremely impressed of Stephenie Meyer. This beats Twilight GAH!!!!
This beats Twilight by a long shot; it's SO much better. She writes so much better in this book, and the complex, in-depth plot is nothing compared to Twilight's shallow one. The idea is so cool. The characters are awesome and lovable. Stephenie Meyer is incredibly skilled with emotion; that's her strongest suit.
She writes emotion in a way that makes you feel everything the character feels. When the character is in pain, the reader is in pain too. Meyer writes love in a way that makes you love everything and everyone the character loves with a strong passion. Even though he was just a character, I loved Jamie as strongly as if he was my own brother. And I was in love with Ian as strongly as if I was Wanda and he was actually real.
Stephenie Meyer is a queen of emotion; I don't think anyone can write it like she can. This was just so much better than Twilight, and that was so relieving. Even though I enjoyed Twilight, it's nice to see that the same author is capable of writing something that isn't shallow in the slightest, and writing something so much better than Twilight. This book just blew me away. I actually cried at the end. In fact, I cried several times throughout the book, it was so good. I cried because Meyer changed it from the perfect, bittersweet sad ending, to a happy-dovey ending.
I wish she made the ending the chapter before the last, the one before she skipped pages in the book. I'm trying not to spoil things here ;D. Apparently, Meyer is making a second book. I kind of wish she wasn't. While it would be nice to read the next one, I feel like The Host would be best as a stand-alone novel, and to make it into a series would just ruin it. This is a storyline that would best not be continued.
I don't know. The Host is a phenomenon and everyone who hasn't read it must go get it now. It is an essential read. View all 62 comments. May 20, Annalisa rated it it was ok Recommended to Annalisa by: Melinda. Shelves: sci-fi , romance , chick-lit , speculative.
I wanted to like this book more than I did--to see that Stephenie Meyer can pick a topic not meant for shallow teenage girls and write on a deeper level--but I think this book is more of the same, sans the vampire excitement. I liked the idea: an alien soul inhibiting the host body of a girl who doesn't want to relinquish her control and the conflicts that arise, particularly in romance. There are some interesting topics, like what defines humanity and are we living worthy enough for the planet I wanted to like this book more than I did--to see that Stephenie Meyer can pick a topic not meant for shallow teenage girls and write on a deeper level--but I think this book is more of the same, sans the vampire excitement.
There are some interesting topics, like what defines humanity and are we living worthy enough for the planet we are entrusted. The story isn't as page-turning as Twilight, but mulling nonetheless. My problem with Stephenie Meyer is her characters. They seem shallow, unbelievable, and small variants on her same cookie cutter. Her girls in particular are, well dumb, always jumping to the wrong conclusions, never wanting to believe they could be loved.
Your damsel in distress. I am often exasperated by the emotion and stupidity of her female characters. I tried to allow for the alien learning curve, but when solutions and realizations are painfully obvious to me chapters before they are explored by the characters it creates frustratingly slow plot progression.
The mold for guys is more frustrating because they exhibit none of the characters I am drawn to, and even ones I despise. They are always big, strong, forceful verging on the abusive side of controlling with a scary tendency to irrational jealousy and anger.
They are emotionally immature, intense, and display their passion with an abnormal display of affection and cheesiness to the women who make them crazy with love. I don't trust intensely passionate men. I did like Jeb's character but he wasn't a main romantic interest characters so he didn't need to be intense.
Because of this conversations were unrealistic. I could not imagine real people speaking this way so the story felt childish at times. The cheese is laid on so thickly in parts I could not swallow it. This is supposed to be a more adult-themed book, but in many ways I found it less adult enticing and more juvenile in tone. Her choice of juvenile-enticing characters is proof enough that her style is not intended for a truly adult audience.
Plus the middle dragged with insignificant humdrum and a lack of good character development. And there were holes in this parasite species theory that bothered me. I didn't care enough about the story to think about them too much, but they were there and made her tale less believable.
So creative idea, but the delivery and details didn't quite hit the mark. As for Wanda herself how she changed from first juxtaposing her ingrained annihilation justification with her extreme pacifist views to sympathy for humans and eventually protective love for the planet. I still don't think Stephenie Meyer is a good writer, but she's a decent storyteller. Had Twilight not brought her fame, I doubt this book would go far.
Creative plot idea, but it could have been so much more if she had explored the conflicts between Melanie and Wanda more thoroughly and left a morally obvious choice without a happy ending. Then it would have been a book for adults. The book was too shallow and slow enough that I probably wouldn't read it again.
View all 9 comments. Aug 10, Jessica Edwards rated it it was amazing Shelves: love-this-heroine , science-fiction , favourites. When it comes to reading books that has a film made about it, I tend to watch the film first and then read the book. The Host is probably one of my favorite films, I absolutely love Max Irons, I think he's gorgeous, and while I was watching the film, I also couldn't help but admire the actor who played Ian.
I'm a huge fan of Stephenie Meyer, she's one of the authors that made me want to start writing, but I couldn't possibly be as skilled of a writer than she is.
She's incredible! I loved the Twi When it comes to reading books that has a film made about it, I tend to watch the film first and then read the book. I loved the Twilight series but others hated it. Team Jacob all the way!
I don't really watch science fiction movies other than Alien, but I genuinely enjoyed this book. It took me awhile to get into it considering I know what happens, but I wanted to see the things that are in the book that might not have happened on screen, and to be honest I felt that it should have been the other way around. I should've read the book first and then watched the film, but that's just me. I always tend to jump on the bandwagon. When I read books, I love a heroine that's strong and a bad-ass.
I refuse to read a book that has a weak heroine who let's people walk all over her, it actually makes me really angry when that happens. People might like that though, but for me I love a heroine that can stick up for herself no matter what the situation is, and that's why I loved this book, and that's why I gave this book 5 stars!
View all 16 comments. Not to save five billion lives. I think it's got a bad rep because of Twilight, and that's a bummer. I'd pick The Host times over the Twilight series any day! Growing up I was a very shy kid and I didn't like reading out loud in class. I was slower at reading and didn't always know the right words. So in turn, I hated reading. I despised it really. Witch it crazy because reading is such a big part of my life now.
I was in my early 20's when I found my love for books and It's all because of this book right here!!! The Host was instrumental in finding that part of me.
The Host will always It will always be one of my all-time favorites! I have read this book 5 times if that's any indication. I was hooked from the very first page. I love the characters, the plot, the writing style, everything I love everything about it! All the relationships are strong, the love is electric, and you feel everything they feel. This book has all the feels and it was such an emotional read for me.
I cried a LOT, but I also smiled and laughed. The ending was done in such an incredible way. The host was so unique, I haven't read anything like it since. View all 25 comments. Jun 04, Railee rated it liked it.
Talk about an emotional roller coaster!!!! This book was very difficult to rate. If someone were to ask me, "Was it good? It was ok. Probably not. Was it exciting? On occasion. Was in interesting?
Very much so, in my opinion. Was it weird? Were the characters well-developed? After the first half of the Talk about an emotional roller coaster!!!! After the first half of the book, yes, I suppose. The Host is about a species of aliens who call themselves Souls. They are born without bodies and can not live very long without one, so they live like parasites inside the bodies of other creatures, completely taking them over. These "souls" come to earth and take over the bodies of mankind, living peacefully as they experience the new world around them.
The main character of this book, through whose eyes the events of the story are witnessed, is a soul named Wanderer who takes over the body of a young woman formerly known as Melanie. When Wanderer realizes that Melanie is still alive inside of her body, she tries desperately to fight her out, along with the painful and wonderful memories of the man Melanie is in love with. Eventually, Wanderer falls in love with this man, too, through Melanie's memories and the two of them set out to find him.
I don't usually read Science-fiction, and so maybe that's the reason I found this book so odd. I wouldn't have picked it up, knowing the storyline as I did, except that my sister had it in her room and I was bored. It was interesting to read the descriptions of human emotions through a character who's never felt them before. Happy, sad, angry, jealous, confused, hurt, obsessed, offended, frustrated, loved, hated, admired, rejected It ended the way I wanted it to, which made me happy, but There were just a few things I would have changed had I been the editor of this book.
There were two in this book that were completely pointless, like she just wanted to write them. There was one that was almost pointless, but I can see why she would think it necessary. I'm not against kissing in books or anything like that, but there is such a thing as overdoing it to the point of ridiculousness.
I wished there would have been more after "the problem" was fixed. Hopefully anyone who's read the book knows what I mean by that. To me, the book really got interesting near the middle, and it kind of dragged a little before that. But it wasn't really boring That's it! This book was uneventful for how long it is! But I wasn't ever bored, exactly. Stephanie Meyer is too good of a writer to allow that. There was always something I enjoyed about it, but there was just enough that was weird or not quite right about it that I can't say that I loved it.
In conclusion: I don't know exactly what I think of this book. It was enjoyable! I'm not sorry that I read it! But it was weird, and I would have liked it better with a few changes here and there. View all 15 comments. Nov 01, Shannon rated it really liked it Shelves: sci-fi , Aimed at the adult science fiction crowd, as opposed to the Young Adult Twilight fanbase, The Host isn't about science or where the human race is headed, but about what it means to be human, here and now.
Earth has been quietly, non-aggressively conquered by a kind, pacifist species unable to lie or deceive, who go by different names on different planets in different languages. Here they call themselves "souls", while the rebel humans who have slipped through the net call them "parasites".
They a Aimed at the adult science fiction crowd, as opposed to the Young Adult Twilight fanbase, The Host isn't about science or where the human race is headed, but about what it means to be human, here and now. They are silvery, ribbon-like sentient creatures small enough to hold in two hands, covered in feathery antennae. Inserted into the back of a host body's skull, they take over a host's mind and motor functions to the point that the host's mind is completely subsumed: in effect, killing them.
That is, until Earth, where the hosts fight back. Wanderer has lived full life cycles on nine other planets - a record among her kind - before taking a human host, a young woman called Melanie. Unfortunately, Melanie's not going away without a fight, and on top of the gamut of new and intense human emotions Wanderer must contend with, she also struggles to take complete control of her host and find the memories Melanie's keeping from her - memories of her brother Jamie and the man she loves, Jared.
They'd managed to elude the alien takeover, until Melanie was caught. As Wanderer gradually gets to know and understand Melanie, she dreams more and more of Jared and Jamie until she finds herself ruled by Melanie's desire to find them, a desire stronger than the need to keep them safe from the parasites.
While the story is very different from Twilight , the writing is much the same, and there are certain qualities in the characters that are becoming almost Meyer trademarks. I can already hear the same complaints and criticisms as I've read regarding the other series, but I'm not sure what these people are expecting - highbrow literature? The earth to move beneath their feet?
Some people are never happy, and will often read a book determined to hate it. With one book they complain that something was mentioned and then seemingly forgotten, in another that something was repeated too many times. Personally, I didn't have a problem with the repetition in Twilight and I don't have a problem with it here. I think the first readjustment to my assumptions was with the alien race and Wanderer in particular.
When I read about the book last year, I assumed the aliens are aggressive and cruel and the humans would be portrayed as humane and vulnerable. That's how it usually goes, after all, though I don't care for it. The opposite is true here however: the humans are portrayed as greedy, deceitful and violent - which we are, pretty much, especially when cornered - while the souls are kindly, generous, non-suspicious, terrified of humans and - apart from the Seekers - couldn't harm a fly.
Especially Wanderer. It's not easy having a pacifist as your main character and narrator, especially one who's easily scared. But Wanderer has her moments of strength too, and resourcefulness, as well as her moral dilemma which is what really carries the story. Regarding the other characters, I really didn't like Jared, and Wanderer's attraction to him is one of the weakest points of the story.
The point is made that she loves him because her body, Melanie's body, loves him and responds to him, and her mind too in a way. But it just didn't gel for me, probably because he doesn't come across well.
His own dilemma - that the woman he loves is trapped inside a body ruled by an alien - gives him some excuse, but really, what's this thing Meyer has about women loving men who treat them horribly? Edward was pretty mean to Bella in the beginning, remember? Anyway, I liked Ian early on and it was pretty frustrating, the way Wanderer treated him etc. The themes of the novel are pretty obvious, and definitely well-meaning, but still interesting.
Questions of whether humans deserve to live on when we are so cruel to each other, and waste resources etc. People also ask. What influenced Stephenie Meyer? Stephenie Meyer cites Mormonism as her biggest influence. One of her literature professors at BYU impacted her style too. His teachings shaped how she viewed writing in general. Music is also an influence. Stephenie Meyer - Unclearer unclearer. Stephanie Meyer and Marissa Mayer are not related. They literally don't have anything to do with each other.
Stephanie Meyer is the person responsible for bringing the world vampire romance series Twilight. Is Marissa Meyer related to Stephenie Meyer? Who is Stephenie Meyers agent? Stephenie Meyer's literary agent is Jodi Reamer with Writer's House, a full service agency handling just about every type of fiction and non-fiction, adult and children's book project imaginable.
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