sagedautumn
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
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Post by sagedautumn on May 7, 2008 7:32:59 GMT -5
Stephanie Meyer's The Host came out May 6th. Has anyone bought a copy yet? Furthermore, and more importantly, has anyone finished reading it?? ;D
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neh
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"I live in two worlds; one is a world of books"
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Post by neh on May 7, 2008 8:04:27 GMT -5
I saw in a bookstore the other day *which is utterly insane as i expected it to be at least a month before we could even order it in from overseas!!* but it was $33 and i don't have any free cash, so mabye it could be a b'day present, if i put in a request... i'll see. But i'm interested to see how it is, and just how 'adult' the tone is. (please don't confuse adult with *that* kinda thing, hehe) As it's currently a stand-alone novel, i'm curious as to whether it can successfully present a whole story that can be concluded properly.
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Post by bookaddict on May 8, 2008 4:42:40 GMT -5
My book store sent it to me early and I received it about a week ago. It looks really good.
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lindsay
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." - Franz Kafka
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Post by lindsay on May 8, 2008 15:43:17 GMT -5
I saw it at the bookstore and I did want to get it but it was $3o (canadian) which is a bit much so I'm gonna have to wait till it comes out in paperback. It does look good though. Also, I got what you meant by 'adult', sagedautumn!
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thenephilim
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by thenephilim on May 15, 2008 20:54:51 GMT -5
I was thinking about just buying it at Costco, but I put it on hold at the library. The only problem is that I am #8 on the waiting list...
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Post by Melissa G. on May 19, 2008 14:04:41 GMT -5
I want to read it too. I am going to finish Eclipse first though. I guess I should go ahead and get in line at the library, huh?
Is it as good as Twilight?
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Post by Dominique on Jun 29, 2008 8:09:09 GMT -5
Has anyone else finished this yet? I read it this week and I really enjoyed it. I found it completely addictive just like the Twilight books and ended up reading the whole 600 + pages over two days (I am sick and stuck in bed though ). Which is funny because prior to starting it and for the first bit of it I wasn't sure if it was something I was that interested in or would enjoy. The writing and the characters at times reminded me of her other books, but at the same time it was pretty different. I guess what I mean is Wanderer seemed to be a bit like Bella to me, a lot of the time very helpless but occassionally coming into her own. While Wanderer is obviously an alien aside from that reading from her perspective I kind of felt like she could be Bella. I guess that's the other similarity: it's told from the first person perspective of a female. All that aside it is a completely different book, quite unusual, and a lot of these similarities I felt a bit probably have to do with Meyer's writing style. Comments with spoilers: ..... ..... .... There were some parts I didn't really understand, the part where Melanie showed Wanderer where the boys were, it seemed really rushed and kind of out of character. I didn't feel like they had developed a big enough bond at that point for Melanie to do such a thing. The bits about the other worlds Wanderer has been to were interesting I thought. It was really different to hear a story from the Alien "parasites" view. Normally these kinds of parasitic creatures are shown as inherently bad in movies and so forth so I thought that was pretty different. Like how she said she was just implanted into Melanie from deep sleep hibernation and Jamie was sought of like, Oh, well it's not really your fault then... Hmmm I'll have a bit of a think and write more later. But yeah I recommend it!
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Michelle
First novel published
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Post by Michelle on Jun 29, 2008 9:44:02 GMT -5
I finished a little while ago but I apparently did not write anything here. I liked it. Not nearly as much as Twilight but I think that was expected. I really couldn't figure out why this book was adult and Twilight is young adult except the main character is a few years older.
********Spoilers*******
Response to your comments, Dom: I agree about them finding the boys being really sudden. I actually reread it to see if I missed something. Maybe we missed them bonding a little in the time between the insertion and when we catch up with them later? I was actually surprised that she found them so early in the novel. I couldn't figure out what would happen for the rest of the book but I guess it worked.
I also thought that the point of view made it interesting. Of course the idea of humans being taken over by parasites is not pleasant to us but I thought Meyer did a good job of making us sympathetic to Wanderer and the parasitic race as well. I think one of my favorite parts of the book is when she sees the human child with alien parents. It sort of allows us to reconcile those conflicting sympathies. And it gives the novel a hopeful turn after thinking that maybe the end of the human race is inevitable.
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Post by Dominique on Jun 30, 2008 4:23:04 GMT -5
I actually went back to see if I missed something there too. Really the only bonding they did was their mutual dislike of the Seeker that I can remember, that doesn't really seem enough for Melanie to show her though. I really liked that part about the human child as well, I thought that was a really interesting bit and the image of the family together definately stuck with me. Yeah the book wasn't particularly more adult except for the age of the characters. The only other things I could come up with is the violence Wanderer experienced, I guess she is after all in a girl's body, and the perpetrators of the violence are human. Also the confusing relationship with Ian and Jared I guess too was probably a bit more advanced than that in Twilight somehow. I guess in that Ian is in love with and making romantic advances on a body who's real owner isn't in control. But even those things I had to think about to draw out and they only make it ever so slightly more adult. The writing style was pretty much exactly the same.
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Michelle
First novel published
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Post by Michelle on Jun 30, 2008 9:32:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I think I thought the writing style would be different. But it was the same. And the Ian-Jared-Wanda thing was similar to the Edward-Jacob-Bella triangle. And still interspecies relationships.
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Post by Dominique on Jun 30, 2008 22:22:23 GMT -5
Lol yeah I remember thinking that too. I remember saying to myself gee Stephenie Meyer really likes love triangles
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