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Tarfumes.com - The Host: A Novel
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List Price: $25.99
Our Price: $16.49
Your Save: $ 9.50 ( 37% )
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Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780316068048
ISBN: 0316068047
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 624
Publication Date: 2008-05-06
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Release Date: 2008-05-06
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
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Editorial Reviews:
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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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Summary: bring on the body-snatchers
Comment: Meyer set herself a tremendous challenge with THE HOST. First and foremost, she's tasked herself with the job of making an appealing protagonist from a body-snatching alien. We find out as the book opens that Melanie Stryder tried to kill herself rather than let the aliens possess her body - but she failed, and the alien called Wanderer is planted in her brain and narrates our story. To my great surprise, I sympathized with Wanderer immediately - I loved her distinctive, serene voice, her pragmatism and fearlessness.
THE HOST is a stretch in another sense as well. Lovers of the TWILIGHT series know that Stephanie Meyer has a talent for love triangles - but THE HOST doesn't contain a love triangle, it's more like a love pentagram. Or some other complex shape that may not exist in two dimensions. Melanie loves Jared. Then Wanderer loves Jared. Jared loves Melanie...could he also love Wanderer? But that's not complicated enough, so Meyer adds Ian to the mix. Ian loves Wanderer, not Melanie, and Wanderer loves Ian...but, since Wanderer shares a body and mind with Melanie, maybe Ian loves Melanie too? Again, to my surprise, Meyer pulls this off with flying colors. Each relationship is distinct, and the characters involved are richer and more real because of their unique dilemma. I felt that Jared reminded me a lot of Jacob, from the Twilight series, and Ian was a modified Edward...but I didn't mind seeing them reincarnated here, they're still very yummy.
The story itself is pretty interesting. The body-snatching aliens are peaceful altruists; there is no disease on their earth, no violence, no hatred. They justify their presence on earth by the improvements they make - and there are many. Stephanie Meyer isn't the first person to wonder if a "perfect" human is human at all - but she's opened up the question here in a pretty interesting way, and I hope there are sequels in store.
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Summary: Her BEST work yet!
Comment: The summary on the back of the book is not a very good incentive. I looked at the book three different times during the past month and didn't buy it until the fourth time. The novel is brilliant! By page five i was absolutely hooked! The characters are dynamic and diverse. The plot keeps you guessing and guessing. It is such a real perspective to who we are as humans, and it includes what we love from the Twilight series, romance.
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Summary: Fantastic!
Comment: Stephenie Meyer never disapoints. I thought The Host was a fantastic read. I was a little nervous at first, since The Twilight series is one of my all time favorites and how can one top that. I am well over the "Young Adult" reader and I was pleasantly suprised. It was a little confusing at first, but give it a chance. It was terrific. I do hope that Stephenie makes The Host into a series, you cannot help but fall in love with this book too!!
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Summary: BEST EVER!
Comment: OMG you must read this book! it was the best ever. I love stephenie's book, but this was the best yet.
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Summary: Never got the book
Comment: I still don't have the book. I order it on May 31 it is now July 3 and NO BOOk!!:( I sent an email to the seller and no responce yet! Not proffesional at all.
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