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?
