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| The Host: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  683 reviews
Sales Rank: 47
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 624
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 5.6 x 2.1
ISBN: 0316068047
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780316068048
ASIN: 0316068047
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 from a different point of view September 18, 2008
I read this book because I liked the author. Its about parasitic beings who come to Earth and use humans as their hosts. What makes it interesting is that it is from the parasites view. It makes you think. My 11 year old son picked it up and read it too. I didn't think he would finish it. Boy was I wrong. He read it in a week!
 The Host is Interesting September 26, 2008
"The Host" is different in some respects to the twilight series but it still has that I want to know what happens next feel to it. The book is different and adventurous and in ways has helped me with my own spirituality by the underlying factors of the relationships of the main characters, Wanderer and Mel, and unique thoughts on human perspectives on what qualifies a soul worth saving and looking deeper into discrimination issues and learning to forgive and to love deeper.
Single a documentary film September 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Host....sounds spooky enough as a title.Human emotions and alien intervention highlight the complexity of relationships in todays crazy world.If you like this book you may enjoy "Single a documentary film"
[...] life isn't always what it seems.The DVD is entertaining and thought provoking and also available on Amazon.com
compelling story September 30, 2008
Having initially bought both the hardback and audio book, I started listening on the way to work and was hooked from the start. The story was so compelling that I found myself listening to it at home for hours. I found myself drawn into another world, seeing things through the eyes of others. It was excellent story telling, the type of fiction that is impossible to put down or set aside until finished reading. The characters felt like people I knew, and having finished the book, I already miss them. The drama was gripping. And the book offered some deep insights into the value of life and what it means to be human, themes that resonated in the mind after the story wrapped up and the last word was said. I really liked the book and hope Stephenie Meyer is inspired to continue the story.
Wonderful Saga September 30, 2008
Melanie, Wanda, Jarred, Jamie, Jeb, Ian, and Kyle are just a few of the people that I grew to know and love while consumed in Stephenie Meyer fictitious world in "The Host". Not since Stephen King's "The Stand" have I wanted so much to get back to a novel! It is a good sci-fi book, with no hard science but a lot of great speculative fiction. The parasitic aliens in this novel reminded me of a cross between Stargate's "Goa'uld" and Star Trek Deep Space Nine's "Trills." The "Souls" are a symbiont race capable of living multiple lives on multiple plants. Although the idea is not original, it does give us a more in-depth perception of the conflict between a host and a soul. I listened to the audio book (audible download) and it was a very enjoyable. The narrator, Kate Reading (how ironic :-), was awesome. I loved it!
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