![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You really get drawn into the inner world of Wanderer (the parasite) and Melanie (the host) and her interactions with the other humans in the story. The Host is different though and I enjoyed the character development and the relationships that formed between the characters. I’ve not actually read a book about body-snatchers before but I’ve seen plenty of films and they are usually all action and suspense with completely wooden and flat characters. Earth is not the first planet the parasites have colonised and colonisation has never posed a problem before! Stephenie Meyer has created a wonderfully inventive and imaginative backdrop of life on other planets with senses, experiences and colours beyond our wildest imagination. The Host is more than just a typical body-snatching action horror story though. That sounds pretty cheesy (and it is), so moving along swiftly… The book is full of the wonder of humanity, the thrill of our senses and the blessings of the human experience. They never counted on Melanie Stryder though, a human host who refuses to give in. They have the misguided belief that humanity is wasted on humans and that they can do a better job of running Earth than we ever did. The premise isn’t entirely original: worm-like parasites attach themselves to the central nervous systems of human hosts making them nothing more than puppets. The Host by Stephenie Meyer is just the type of body-snatching, brink of the extinction of humankind type of science fiction tale I’ve always loved. ![]()
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