The Host ~ Stephenie Meyer
★★★★☆
(original rating: 5 stars)
This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds—the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions...the most malevolent desires, the darkest deeds. Perhaps it was meant to be so. Perhaps without the lows, the highs could not be reached.
This book holds a really special place in my heart. It's the first book I ever read that was over 600 pages, and it was one of the first books that really got me into reading. I used to keep it next to my pillow every night when I went to bed, and I'd flip to my favorite parts (still know them by heart) over and over again, just to experience them again. I love this book, and nothing can ever change that.
I did, however, decide to lower this from a 5 star rating to a 4 star. It just didn't affect me in the same way, the way it once had. Perhaps I've simply numbed myself to it, but it's been over 5 years since I last read it, and I just...didn't feel anything, not really, not the way I used to. I wasn't in love with the love interests, I wasn't absorbed in the drama and the losses. I felt like I was visiting an old friend but that we'd fallen apart for a reason. It was nostalgic and its themes were still very prevalent and well done. I love the concept of this world—and the worlds beyond it—and I love Wanda and Melanie. Jeb is an icon and always will be. It's entirely possible I just didn't like the audiobook reader I listened to, but I can't shake the feeling that something was just off for me. Perhaps another re-read in the future will change my mind, and I'll be enthralled again. Either way, I still love this, and still consider it a personal favorite. But I can't help but miss what once was.
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