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T. asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 8 years ago

YA Reccommendations? The Host?

Should I read The Host by Stephenie Meyer? I heard that it's confusing at the beginning and I don't want to waste my money on a book I'll never finish. The size and thickness also scares me. Readers either extremely hate it or absolutely love it, at least that what I observed from reviews.I'm going to the book store this week and I want to have in mind what book I should get. Should I get The Host? Do you recommend anything else?

I'm also debating on whether or not I should get some other books on my wishlist.

Out of the ones on this list which ones should I read first?

Wishlist:

*Awaken - Katie Kacvinsky

*Unravel Me- Tahereh Mafi

*Strands of Bronze and Gold- Jane Nickerson

*I Am Number Four- Pittacus Lore

*The Host by Stephenie Meyer

*Beastly- Alex Flinn

*Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone- J.K. Rowling

*The Knife of Never Letting Go- Patrick Ness

*Wither-Lauren DeStefano

*Delirium - Lauren Oliver

*If I Stay-Gayle Foreman

*Everyday-David Levithan

*Code Name Verity

* Daughter of Smoke and Bones

*The Pledge-Kimberly Derting

* The Forsaken- Lisa M. Stasse :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

*The Selection- Kiera Cass

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  • 8 years ago
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    I'm one of those who absolutely love The Host, but I understand your problem and think I can help you. Below is a summary of the beginning of the book which should help clear up the confusion. The story becomes so riveting that you may wish the book were longer!

    I can also recommend Beastly and Harry Potter.

    The first chapters of The Host are confusing, but the book gets much, much better as it goes along. A race of aliens has peacefully taken over just about all human bodies in an effort to experience life as a human, while bringing peace and harmony to Earth. The aliens call themselves "Souls" and in their natural form are 3" long silver bodies shaped like ribbons with hundreds of hairlike limbs called "attachments" which they stretch out to attach themselves to the brain and nerve centers of the host they occupy. The eyes of an occupied human shine silver in the light.

    The story begins with a "Soul" called Wanderer being inserted into the body of Melanie, a human. The doctor who inserts her is named Fords Deep Waters (the aliens have long names referring to their lives on past planets). We share Wanderer's memories of past planets, like the See-Weeds, just to show how different they were from earth.

    Wanderer is trying to get rid of Mel's consciousness and voice inside her head, because she shouldn't have stayed in her body. (A change in font is used to indicate Melanie's memories and thoughts). Wanderer is reporting back to the "Seeker"--a type of detective whose job is to find and capture fugitive humans.

    Mel yearns to find her lost love and her little brother, who are still human, and keeps throwing memories of them at Wanderer to make her understand the importance of finding them and protecting them from being captured. Wanderer is overwhelmed by the human emotions of Mel's memories, and the conversations with Mel in her head are starting to change her. When The Seeker becomes more and more aggressive, Wanderer and Melanie form an alliance to escape from The Seeker and find Melanie's family.

  • worth
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    nicely, my place is infamous to host events the place i stay..somewhat plenty absolutely everyone in my city is invited lol yet i do no longer think of my place would be waiting to host a large social gathering for each and all of the Y!A peeps lol

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