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The Host

by Stephenie Meyer

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Great book. It's as closely tied to Breaking Dawn as Stephen King's Desperation was to The Regulators, though. She wrote them at about the same time, and was obviously working out a theme there. Attraction to someone not your spouse, maybe? But this book is like Stranger in a Strange Land spliced with Anne Rice - not that there are monsters, more for the emotional elements in Rice's work - Claudia, the Taltos. On the other hand, just because you can see literary influences doesn't mean Meyer is a copycat. I think that after five books she's finally hit her stride. Twilight, while a page-turner, seemed derivative, or at least that it took the cheap route to immediate gratification. This does not. It's thought-provoking and interesting, while still as compulsively readable as the vampire books. I think this book finally sets Stephenie Meyer up as a writer that will stick around. ( )
1 vote annie1378 | Nov 18, 2009 |
This is a very good book but it takes forever to get into. If you start reading this because you're a Twilight fan, I'm warning you it's nothing like Twilight. There are a lot of slow spots which isn't a good thing when the book is this long, it makes it a lot more difficult to read. But don't let all this discourage you from reading it.. it's a great story. ( )
1 vote kelsyb2010 | Nov 13, 2009 |
I LOVED this book. Th ethought of aliens comeing to earth, for what you ask?, to take over our bodies and make us more 'cizilizied'. The Host is a great book with an intresting plot line, main character, and setting. It has a love twist, betrayl, and the lesson of not always getting what you want, but what you need. This is not like the Twilight saga, this is WAY better! ( )
1 vote Krissa7 | Nov 12, 2009 |
This was a good book. It started off a little slow but picked up quickly and peaked about 3/4 of the way through. The story held my attention. I found myself thinking ahead and wondering which way stephenie was going to take the story. I found the ending a little predictable, but it falls in line with her writing style of happy endings. It's worth the time and it was enjoyable. ( )
1 vote ldelprete | Nov 12, 2009 |
A pretty entertaining book. ( )
2 vote | ccavaleri | Nov 12, 2009 |
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The worst, and paradoxically the best, that can be said about The Host is that there is nothing really terrible about it. It did not cause me to twitch and groan at twisted metaphors or bad imagery (someday we will sit down and discuss the delights of Jackie Collins, shall we?). At no point did I scream “Get an editor, you moron!” as I’ve been known to do while reading… well, let’s call them Stephen K. and Anne R. Lack of internal logic did not cause me to hurl the book against the wall in frustration and disappointment. But, adequately written as it was, I can’t see myself recommending it to any of my BFFs, at least not to those who’ve done me any favors.
 
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Body my house
my horse my hound
what will I do
when you are fallen

Where will I sleep
How will I ride
What will I hunt

Where can I go
without my mount
all eager and quick
How will I know
in thicket ahead
is danger or treasure
When Body my good
bright dog is dead

How will it be
to lie in the sky
without roof or door
and wind for an eye

with cloud for a shift
how will I hide?

-May Swenson
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To my mother, Candy, who taught me that love is the best part of any story.
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The Healer’s name was Fords Deep Waters.
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The Host (novel)

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Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away.

Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity has succumbed.

When Melanie, one of the few remaining "wild" humans, is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, was warned about the challenges of being human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Wanderer probes Melanie's thoughts, hoping to discover the whereabouts of the remaining human resistance. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer's mind with visions of the man Melanie loves--Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she has been tasked with exposing. When outsie forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.

Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0316068047, Hardcover)

Amazon Best of the Month, May 2008: Stephenie Meyer, creator of the phenomenal teen-vamp Twilight series, takes paranormal romance into alien territory in her first adult novel. Those wary of sci-fi or teen angst will be pleasantly surprised by this mature and imaginative thriller, propelled by equal parts action and emotion. A species of altruistic parasites has peacefully assumed control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but feisty Melanie Stryder won't surrender her mind to the alien soul called Wanderer. Overwhelmed by Melanie's memories of fellow resistor Jared, Wanderer yields to her body's longing and sets off into the desert to find him. Likely the first love triangle involving just two bodies, it's unabashedly romantic, and the characters (human and alien) genuinely endearing. Readers intrigued by this familiar-yet-alien world will gleefully note that the story's end leaves the door open for a sequel--or another series. --Mari Malcolm

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