The Host "Sci-Fi for people who hate Plot"

[m_pendulum]

I wish I could start my adventure into the world of live journal with a positive post. Something about puppies and kittens or the beauty of Alan Rickman's voice. Unfortunately, the thing that drives me to write today is the poorly written book known as The Host, by none other than Stephenie "Sparkling Vampires" Meyer. 

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[angel_renoir]

Once tried reading The Host, but it was so boring I kept on putting off reading it that it was sitting there for... 2 months and I had to keep renewing the borrowing limit until I've reached my max and had to return it to the library. and I never got around trying again. It's so BORING!! Thank you for reading it and giving me the rundown of the story.

Those alien medicine... Sounds like healing spells in RPG games. What the heck. And here I was bashing myself over the head trying to make up a LANGUAGE for one of my stories... Meyer, you SUCK D:<

[iavalir]

District 9 is a wonderful movie. :)

I don't understand the reason behind promoting The Host as a book for people who don't like sci-fi. There are many sci-fi novels that can be good introductions to the genre of sci-fi to people who either aren't into the genre or never dabbled in it. The book sounds horrendous. I tried reading Twilight last winter; I was able to get through the entire book, but I think I would have enjoyed it more if it was meant to be a comedy and parody of teenage romance and vampires. Sadly it wasn't (though I still laughed at scenes I wasn't supposed to laugh at.) I couldn't finish New Moon. After some time I got so tired of the thing that I returned the book to my sister with an apology (sort-of) and went back to reading Tolkien.

What bothered me about Twilight in general, and from what I've read about The Host over here, is the anti-human attitude that is prominent. Yes, our race has done horrible things, but we've also done wonderful things. And granted Tolkien did have some anti-human views, but it was

[blackwind_drago]

I've been aware of your videos on youtube for a while, but only now discovered you have a LJ as well! Very awesome. I'm more of a fan written reviews, lol

[lady_fofa]

I found that Meyer's rigidity with Twilight's writing style really ruined this. Even when Meyer isn't writing Twilight she writes Twilight.