I just finished reading The Host about two weeks ago. I don't want to give any of the book details away to those who have not read - but, I'm really interested to find out if others got the same feeling about the book as I did.First, I don't know that I have a final judgement of the book. Second, I didn't think the writting a spectacular. In fact, most of the time I had a hard time paying attention and found my mind wandering. Which surprises me because I really enjoyed the Twilight books by the same author. But, that doesn't change the fact that I still felt like the story dragged a bit.
However, the thing that kept me reading was the interaction of the characters. I couldn't help but think this book was trying to make a commentary on peer pressure, group dynamics and community prejudice. What did you think? I thought it had a feel like the Lois Lowry book, The Giver.
One last thought: About half way through the book, I realized that I really cared about Wanderer. I knew I would never want an alien to take over my body - nor could the book allow the end of the human race to aliens ... so, I started wondering how Stephenie Meyers was going to keep "Wanda" without compromising human desire for life. My thought was that she would put Wanda's body into a dog ... What do you think? Would that create more conflict because it is still alien invasion into a living being on earth? Or would that have solved the problem, too?
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I read this book last month. I liked it, however, it took me to the first 250 pages to get into it.
I did find myself skim reading the details to get to the plot and character detail (ie explanation of other planets).
It TOTALLY reminded me of the Giver. That is actually what I tell everyone who asks me about it.
I am okay with them taking over human bodies as long as they can do it after the human spirit has left. I don't think I would be interested at all if they were in anything but a human body (which is why I skipped over all the other planet explanations).
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