And dedications are combined with title pages. Most of all, I owe oodles of thanks to the awesomest editor in the universe: Asya Munchnick. It was an amazing thing to work with someone so intuitive and talented and just plain cool. Congratulations to our six trailer contest winners! The faces of a few lucky readers will be appearing in the upcoming The Host teaser trailer. All the rules and instructions for this contest can be found on The Host Movie Facebook page. Here is the official press release announcing the release date of The Host Movie!
Hey guys, great news! They just exist. In Animorphs, the book series by Katherine Applegate the idea pretty much mirrors I know it's not original but I grew up with it so bite me , the Yeerks evolved alongside the Gedds, and the Gedds were pretty crappy hosts anyway. The Yeerks were expanding to give their brethren better hosts so they could experience the world like everyone else: notably, Yeerks are blind, and they love being able to see through their hosts.
Souls are obliterating entire races just because they think they can do better. How the hell did souls evolve and how the fuck did they evolve so that they need to be surgically implanted? The Yeerks evolved a way of doing it themselves, with anaesthetic solutions to dull the pain of drilling into the brain. The souls literally makes no sense. To gain the abilities to take over the brain of another host you'd need very specific evolution, and when technology is introduced evolution stops.
This is why humans haven't evolved for a very long time, because they've been using tools and technology for ages - manipulating the world around you, adapting to change such as wearing clothing in colder climates leads to no need to evolve, for example, fur. So how do you get a soul from its pre-parasitic days to a parasitic state via evolution if they need to be surgically attached?
In Twilight, red-eyed vamps are the bad guys and golden-eyed vamps are the good guys I don't remember if anyone says what colour eyes the vamps who drink donated blood from a bag have. In The Host, the parasites give people a shine around their pupil. Meyer may be reading too deeply into the whole 'eyes and the window to the soul' thing. Ha ha, I just made a funny. And the book opened with a scene that was just contradictory. Don't say something is really fucking easy and then go and show exactly how not-easy it is.
Fucking fuck fuck can you tell I'm exasperated? And where is the conflict? No idea what information it is or why it's so important they get it. Suspect it's something to do with the location of the rebel base. Insert Star Wars joke reference here. I read pages and nothing has happened! At least in pages Bella had met Edward! Such as no prologues, for example. Sometimes inciting incidents are happening on the first page! The first chapter! It's totally awesome when that happens. But why should I bother reading the rest of the book when I've given it pages to give me anything and all it's done is wasted my time?
I mean, why should us newbies stick to the rules when veterans can break them and still rake in a payload? I know the answer to that. They're famous. And it boggles my mind WHY. I hope Meyer wrote this in her spare time for herself because I fucking love light sci-fi and I hate to think she sat down and decided the market needed this. This book should be ashamed to call itself sci-fi.
But it's just made me fucking mad. Mello and Cory, I should have listened to you. I'm so sorry. Forgive me. I can't write any more because the nap in the bath made me sleepy and when I get sleepy I get emotional and I refuse to cry because I hate a book so fucking much.
View all 47 comments. Feb 20, Lucie V. Body and soul. Two different things. What if you then found yourself surrounded by violent aliens who hated you and hurt you and tried to murder you, over and over again? He is definitely one of my all-time favorite characters. He is so kind, and thoughtful, and amazing.
I love him. The Host takes place in a post-apocalyptic reality. Parasitic aliens have taken over the Earth, they travel from planet to planet, and are implanted in host bodies to experience what it is to live as different species. They are virtuous and peaceful beings, trying to perfect our world and to create a utopic planet where human violence and greed do not exist anymore.
When a Soul is implanted in a body, the host's consciousness usually fades away, but not in the case of Melanie Stryder. When a Soul is put into her body, Melanie refuses to give up and disappear, and her mind battles with the Soul's mind Wanda as the story progresses. I love that the main character is Wanda, the alien, but since she is sharing a body with Melanie's consciousness, we get to know them both intimately, and we realize that the Souls might not all be as bad as they seem.
I am usually not a fan of alien stories, but this tale is more about what it truly means to be human, what differentiates us from the alien Souls, and why some humans keep resisting and fighting to remain free. A big part of this story turns around a moral dilemma: are we worthy caretakers of the Earth, or do we deserve to be conquered by the pacific Souls that know how to create a world where harmony and peace are dominant, and where the ugliness and flaws of human nature would not be a problem anymore?
The fact that the story's main character is Wanda, a Soul that is pure and kind, and does not want to hurt anyone, forces us to see and understand both sides of the dilemma. Perhaps it was meant to be so. Perhaps without the lows, the highs could not be reached.
She has learned to be ruthless in order to survive, hide, and protect her family in this world where free humans are hunted. Being forced to cohabit with Wanda creates a lot of internal conflicts and very interesting dialogues between the two characters, each one having her own distinct voice and personality. As the story progresses, Wanda and Melanie will become unlikely allies and will have to learn to trust each other and to rely on each other in order to survive and protect their family.
The universe will be a darker place without you," he whispered. I don't think I will ever tire of re-reading this book. It's not how you look in that body, but the things you do with it. View all 7 comments. May 06, Kris rated it did not like it. I am having so much trouble reading this book, and who am I to judge? I am just a lowly reader and spender, not a publisher. But there is just something about the writing in this book that is making the voices in my head scream.
I had the same experience when I read "Twilight. Meyers is over-the-top descriptive where there is no need to be. If I had to count how many times she wrote, "I winced. She has a I am having so much trouble reading this book, and who am I to judge?
I know it is driving me to madness, and I only worked for English Professors. It has gotten to the point to where I may have to set this book aside and move on to something else before I can come back and finish it. If I didn't have the policy of "no book left unread," I would toss it aside. But alas, it is not in my genetic makeup to leave a book unread.
I can't say that I like it much better than what I said above. I don't know why this was classified as an adult novel. It read way too much like her Twilight series without a lot of complication. Her relationships and inward character battles are exhausting and juvenile. I do have to say that maybe my expectations were a little too high for this book and that is why I am disappointed. However, I will end with this: who is the one getting books published?
Not me, so what do I know. I just know what I like to read. View all 35 comments. Jun 15, Kristalia rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites , age-young-adult , own-physical-copy , type-standalone-story , cut-my-heart-out , be-my-heroes-please , reviewed , made-me-smile-or-laugh. Even though it was long, i still loved every page of it. I never read Stephanie Meyer before, but i love this book.
She really is a good writer. The only downside that i had was that i watched the movie first - therefore i knew what was going to happen. But book was so much better, with more informations about Souls, and better characterization. And, one important thing: you will either love or hate this book. One thing also that i really loved was that it was not an insta love, no matter how it seemed.
The whole book happens in a long period of time - months actually, but nothing felt extremely rushed. And it can also be said that this is actually a love fourangle - 3 boddies and 4 souls. This story is actually centered on romance and less on science fiction if it can even be put as sci fi, because we only meet aliens Was it because it was exclusive and capricious?
The souls offered love and acceptance to all. Did I crave a greater challenge? Or was it simply better somehow? But, the world belongs to the aliens called Souls. They are conquers and they are "parasites". They need hosts to live - otherwise they die.
And when they discovered Earth which was slowly being destroyed, they thought it was perfect chance to save it. Therefore, they occupy it and start fixing the Earth. Souls are kind, caring, intelligent race, but can their good qualities compare to what they had done to human race? They destroy minds of humans and possess the bodies.
Only a handful of people are left on Earth, the unpossessed ones called rebels. And they want to take their world back, but they can't do anything against them.
To make things go as planned and to protect Souls, Souls placed Seekers to be something like a police for them. Seekers are the only one who are not honest, who lie and who hurt - and they are eager to find every human there is. This is a story about Wanderer, a Soul who was put into the body of Melanie Stryder, a rebel human. The thing that Wanderer didn't expect though was that Melanie is still alive and kicking in her mind. Melanie wants her body back, but she can't do anything about it and Wanda wants her gone, because the body belongs to her now.
Melanie then shows her memories of Jared, her boyfriend and Jamie, her brother, and Wanda begins to realize that she slowly falls in love with those humans. And when she goes to try to find them, things don't exactly go as planned. The only thing left is to keep moving forward. They made me feel so much, both of them are the characters i really love, and i loved how the book was told from Wanda's perspective. Wanda, the Soul, is one of the most kind of them all. She is called Wanderer for a reason: she never settled on any planet, and she was on a lot of them.
Earth is all knew to her, and human race is confusing to her as well But, even if Melanie spammed her mind with Jared and Jamie, she can't really know how she feels.
She begins to love Ian, but her body loves Jared Melanie is fun, she is sarcastic, strong and amazing. And she is a fighter. She doesn't give up easily and her love for Jared and Jamie is so strong that she starts showing memories to Wanda, so she could understand.
We both started at the name. Ian went on. Is there any way that could be arranged? You tell him I said no chance in hell! I do not like this man. My nose wrinkled up. I can respect her. Well, it was worth a try. Mel growled. I grimaced. It was so much more vicious than mine. Get used to it. They met when Mel was robbing someone, and they both thought the other one was Soul Except Jared noticed it first and he kissed her, which made Mel angry and she punched him he deserved it. Please, forgive that and tell me your name, anyway.
But, when he finds out that Melanie is gone and that Wanda took her place, he becomes cruel and unforgiving. He hurt Wanda many times and he said many many unkind things. And it shattered both Mel's and Wanda's heart seeing him like that. In some way, i can understand what he felt, it's not easy when the person you love is gone. And that someone else took her place. But he didn't have to be that much cruel no wonder why everyone is team Ian.
And even after all of that, i started liking the poor bastard, and in the end i loved him. Even though he wasn't exactly kind to Wanda in the beginning in that include him trying to strangle her , he grew to my heart.
He regret what he had done to Wanda and soon starts seeing her as herself, not just the body. He starts to like her and eventually, he starts loving her. He was forced to grow up earlier than he wanted to. He became like an adult, despite his young age. He wanted to believe that Melanie was still alive, he wouldn't accept it otherwise, and he is the one of the rare ones who thought that Wanda is wonderful person and that she should be given a chance When he was young he found out about a cave, which fortunately, saved their lives by becoming a perfect hiding place for humans who survived.
The motto he has is "My house, my rules" and everyone respects him. He believed in Wanda, he saw her as she is, he liked her from the beginning and he was kind to her. Kyle , Ian's brother, got on my nerves so many times, but in the end, i loved him too. Ian doesn't like him, and actually, no one really does, mostly because of his attitude and because he was irritating.
Wanda's Seeker is one of the characters i don't know how to feel about. We find out about her, but for me she was just confusing. But she isn't a quitter and she knows what she is doing. And that makes her scary opponent. There are so many characters i wish to talk about, but i would be tempted to spoil and we don't want that to happen, do we?
And i am sad that it ended. But, i will surely read it again and again, because i want to be with Mel, Wanda, Ian and Jared again I am also happy that there is going to be a sequel and i can't wait for it. This review can be found on my blog: infinity-of-time. View all 66 comments. This movie was freaking awesome and I just want to hug somebody right now. You were awesome in it.
I misjudged you. Now I will love you forever. Max Irons was later cast. Jake Abel was later cast. My reaction: Fucking awesomely excited now. And okay. If I haven't already died First things first. Dear Author, Do you want readers to have an optimistic opinion about you? Do you want to be normal and popular again after your dramatic fail, you know what I am talking about, of-course, The Twilight series?
Here are three steps to make your life better again. Tell all the publishers to stop printing The Host. The eye is just too creepy.
I ensure you, The host will sell more than you have ever expected or imagined. Yours truly, Saniya. I still don't like you, get over it. After reading this book for one whole week, I can finally say I liked it. You: Hahaha, you are kidding me, right? You are talking about Stephenie Meyer here? Author of The 'twilight' saga, remember? Me: Hahaha, Sadly, I am not. Stephenie Meyer's novels throb with an overwhelming emotional intensity.
The very first words said were my feeling, Unexpectedly moving and kindly notice the four dots, FOUR dots after that. Saves the day! I hate dystopian novels like anything, nowadays The book would definitely be confusing for readers who haven't read books based on the future or soul before, at first, but then it becomes easy to understand and follow afterwards. I think the only reason I finished this book so late was because the author wrote this book so slowly.
One chapter consisted of her laying down, one of her eating, one of her feeling awkward and so on. This book could have easily been for about pages if the author didn't use the pages unnecessarily on how the heroine was feeling and all. And after a few chapters, I also started noticing that the writing was somehow, forced. It clearly looked like she was writing this book for a movie. Anyway, surprise surprise And if, IF he is cast-ed as Ian, If will die with joy and have tears in my eyes of pure happiness.
Yeah, yeah. Give this book a chance, its really good, blah, blah, blah. Let it be a stand alone novel. View all 61 comments. Jul 25, Christy rated it really liked it Shelves: audio. I remember loving it when I read it when it first came out around years ago and when a friend was going to read it I figured it was time for a re-read.
The audio was a bit slow paced, as I listen at x2 speed normally, and I was able to listen to this one at x2. I loved it just as much this time around. It made me cry more than once and I forgot that it was an emotional one, at least for me.
I especially love Ian and Jamie. This made 4 stars I enjoyed re-reading The Host so much. This made me nostalgic to read some of my old favorites. View all 44 comments. Finally read this for the first time and it was so refreshing after I read Twilight, as I enjoyed this book so much more.
View 1 comment. Sep 05, James Trevino rated it really liked it. Full disclosure: I was not a big Twilight fan. I read all the books, I found them ok and compared to many YA titles coming out nowadays, they were actually decently written.
It is a freaking GOOD book! Good characters, great plot, nice world building ladaladalada. Either way, what I wanted to say is that even if you disliked Twilight, don't give up on The Host. It is worth it! View all 8 comments. Apr 10, Chloe rated it it was amazing. I have to say I was not expecting this book to be as good as it was!
Even though the first pages or so are slightly slow the rest of the book is fast paced and becomes a very interesting read. Would defiantly recommend this book to anyone who is even slightly interested in it! View all 6 comments. Feb 20, Karin rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites , reads. Wanderer has just arrived on Earth and been implanted into her new host.
She has lived on seven worlds before coming here. She is arriving toward the end of the alien invasion when very few humans remain. Very few humans remain on Earth. Once captured, they are prepared for i Wanderer has just arrived on Earth and been implanted into her new host.
The rebels seem to resist the implantation since they know what is happening. Melanie remains active and talks to Wanderer all the time.
Melanie bombards Wanderer with her memories of life so much so that Wanderer feels the same feelings that Melanie did when she had control over her own body. Melanie hides the memories that Wanderer needs though. A Seeker has been assigned to Wanderer in order to get information about the human rebels that worked with Melanie. Melanie is strong enough to block those memories from her. Eventually, in a weakened state, Melanie allows something to slip through the wall she has constructed to keep Wanderer away from the people she loves.
She shows her memories of Jared, the man Melanie desperately loves, and Jamie, her younger brother. These memories overwhelm Wanderer and she physically aches for Jared and Jamie herself.
Melanie knows where they might have gone into hiding since she was captured. She convinces Wanderer to go search for them and when the chance presents itself she slips away from the Seeker and sets off to find the people THEY love. When Wanderer finally stumbles upon the rebels she is both elated and terrified. She is so relieved to know that Jared and Jamie are both alive and well, but at the same time, is frightened for her own life. Wanderer endures weeks of isolation and deprivation once in custody while the rebels decide what to do with her.
Slowly some people warm up to her and begin to allow her some freedom around the hideout, but she is never alone. They are afraid she is there to get information to take back to the Seekers and then come back and capture them all. It takes a very long time for them to see that she has no intention of turning anyone in to the Seekers. The story is complex. Ian takes it upon himself to become a permanent fixture in Wanderers life. The story ends on a note of hope.
It is an emotional ride from beginning to end - all pages. Any science fiction fan will enjoy this story, but I think Stephenie Meyer may have done for science fiction what she did for fantasy when she wrote Twilight. I hope Stephenie Meyer writes another novel after she finishes with the Twilight Series. View all 20 comments. View 2 comments. Edited after seeing the movie: I went with my daughters to see the movie adaptation of The Host this evening, and was reminded of how much I loved this book.
That said, it's as it was with the Twilight books-to-movie adaptation and the movies didn't do the books justice, and neither did it for The Host, which is one of my favorite stories. My point is, please don't let the movie scare you off. If you go see it and find the story compelling but the acting not so much, please pick up the book and r Edited after seeing the movie: I went with my daughters to see the movie adaptation of The Host this evening, and was reminded of how much I loved this book.
If you go see it and find the story compelling but the acting not so much, please pick up the book and read it. It is so, so good, but there's too much story packed into the novel to fit it into a 2 hour movie and make it work. Who ever thought a love triangle could exist between 2 people?
I loved the descriptions, the characters, the conflicts and the resolutions. There's one thing that you can count on Stephenie Meyer to deliver, and that's a tale with intricately woven story lines, lots of plot twists and turns AND a happy ending. I'm hoping she'll be writing the next books in the series, soon! Apr 18, Sophia Triad rated it really liked it Shelves: 3sciencefiction-lovestories , space-aliens , worldend-endofworldasweknowit.
In the near future, the earth has been invaded by aliens. They take over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. Not all humans have been taken over. Melanie is a very strong young woman and she is also part of the resistance. When she us captured by the aliens and one of them is placed inside her body, she keeps her conscience and she fights it. But Melanie is still there fighting In the near future, the earth has been invaded by aliens. But Melanie is still there fighting for her presence and existence and arguing with the Wanderer nonstop.
Can you imagine two separate consciousness sharing the same body and fighting for its control? The amazing thing is that both have distinctive personalities and they are not confused in the book's descriptions. Surprisingly Melanie and Wanderer will become allies and they will try to find again the man that Melanie loves. Wander is a kind, gentle, wise being. I am not sure actually if these aliens have a gender or if they borrow the gender of their host.
Anyway, Wander will feel love and she will be enthralled with romantic feelings. Obviously this book can be characterised as post-apocalyptic science fiction. But it may lack the nonstop action that many readers seek in this kind of books. It is mainly an emotionally charged story about self discovery and acceptance. So much potential in this book. I don't understand why Stephenie Meyer isn't continuing the sequels and it's been 8 years since this was published.
I love Twilight Saga but this is better and I'm not kidding. I have watched the movie first without any idea of the story and I really enjoyed it but my reading experience was incredible. These souls lived for thousands of years and have taken over many living t So much potential in this book. These souls lived for thousands of years and have taken over many living things but humans are challenging because some of them are resistant to be inhabited. With a surgical procedure, these parasites were put in their hosts and they gain access on their memories.
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