DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS ON THIS POST UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED "THE HOST!!" BUT HURRY AND READ THE BOOK SO YOU CAN RESPOND. PLEASE!!
Ok. Let me start by making excuses for myself. Beau's hardest semester of his whole program ends today and we are going on a little weekend vacation to D.C. I'm so excited to spend time with him and I didn't want to be only part of the way through my book. So, I finished it last night! I stayed up till 1am. Kailee woke up at 6am and went back to bed, but I couldn't. I stayed awake just THINKING. I love Stephenie Meyer's books but she just makes me feel so dang involved that I obsess when I'm done. Am I the only one that reacts this way? I hope not! Please make me feel better! Anyone.... Help!! Beau is laughing at me right now as he just read this over my shoulder. (update: Beau read the book now too and is not laughing anymore cuz he got into it too!)
Ok, again, now don't read my comment unless you have finished the book, so I don't spoil it!
*P.S. sorry about so many comments (most of them are mine) I figured I'd just work through my frustration all on this post so that it wouldn't look like all of my blogs were about this book!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
I'm Pathetic!
Posted by Jacquie at 7:52 AM
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My rant. Here it goes. WHy does Stephenie do this to me! It's another Edward and Jacob!! (kind of). I mean how am I supposed to be happy with that ending when Wanda is still having feelings Jared? (I know there will be sequels but still..) I mean I LOVE Ian and I think he's better for her but why did she have to put in that last steamy scene with Wanda and Jared. I like Jared too much for Wanda to just be over him. I want her to have both. I know she can't though so how is this supposed to be a perfect ending? Yes, I need perfect endings. Stephenie beter fix this somehow in the next book/books! I was just as frustrated with Eclipse. I DEFINATELY want Bella with Edward but she needs to get completely over Jacob and Jacob needs to find someone he's even happier with than Bella. Ok, rant over.
Ok, so I'm skipping reading over your comment. I just got a 40% off coupon for all Stephanie Meyer's books but I thought it was only to pre-order the Host for August 1st. So how did you already get it? (Do you have secret high-up connections? or am I just a dunce!!??)
Ok, good book!! I was totally confused - thanks!
ok, AMEN--It was weird to see Jared in the end and not be attached to Wanda (and can I say that the name "wanda" was driving me nuts, though). I ended the book really torn. Ian/Jared and even a little sad that her new body didn't fit her personality as well as Mel's. So I'm sure we'll like the new body in her next book...she's good at that!
Hope you had a great Mother's Day!
Ok, so three days later and i'm still annoyed. pathetic I know
Just to clear one thing up that I realize I didnt post. I love melanie too and i want her to be with Jared too...i know, i can't make up my mind. i just dont think its a happy enough ending if everybody is having feelings for everybody else. So i thought as long as wanda (yes jess, i agree, its a silly name) totally gets over james and is in love with ian (same for james with melanie) then i will be happy. Then I found this excerpt from an interview Stephenie Meyer did for the twilight lexicon.
"Will there be a sequel(s) to the Host?
-She said she has thought about it, but she is not sure yet. She wants to take a year off after Breaking Dawn & write about anything that pleases her if it may be mermaids or whatever. She doesn’t know if everything she writes will be published, but she knows she will have more published works. "
There better be a sequel!! Now i'm really stressed. It can't end like that!
Ok Jacquie, I'm done! I have to agree with you...what a mess! I feel all torn up inside because I'm not sure if I like how it ended, infact I'm positive I don't like how it ended. I do hope she makes a sequal but by your last comment (which has the name "james" and not Jared", just so you know, you might want to fix that because it confused me at first) I feel like she might not be as into this story as she had been with the Twilight characters. With Twilight she WANTED to keep writing because the characters kept her up at night and stuff. Maybe she wasn't as commited to these characters or something. Hey, you never know, maybe she feels all torn up inside and isn't sure how the sequal would go. Anyway, read my post on my blog and see what you think. :)
Thanks celeste. i'm glad its not just me. I have to say though that i read it again (with Beau-i'm not so pathetic that i had to read it again for myself) anyways, it made me fall even more in love with Ian (almost like edward). I have come to the realization that i can be happy with the ending as long as i tell myself that all of the residual feelings are just that (memories from a past life) that will just go away. The only part htat still throws me is Jared's (not james) feelings. he has no reason to be so confused like the rest of them do. but i'll just forget about that one little part and be happy. I can even be ok with there being no sequel cuz it seems as if everyone is happy and things will just continue to get better.
See....I worked through this mess, and all by myself too (atleast no professional help)! Thanks for helping me out too!
I love reading all your comments! This is fun! So I think you all just worked out your own therapy session! haha!
I really started liking Ian by the end so I may have to read it again to completely shake Jared off. Then I kept thinking, "well, they BOTH smacked/beat her up pretty darn well..."
When I read Celeste's post about Stephanie not being as into the characters, I totally had to agree! That made a lot more sense to me when she put it that way...
Thanks for the fun convo tonight! Now I don't have to talk to myself...
Jess! Ian only tried to strangle her once when he first met her (before he knew her). Then he gets awesome pretty quick after that. It's ok though, I didn't realize how much I liked him till I read it the second time and realized how much of the book he is actually in. Maybe the following quote explains why she hasn't developed all of the characters well enough for us to get too attached though.
Just when I finally come to terms with the end of the book, I found this from an interview on a fansite.
"Q. Do you think you will write a second book to The Host?
A. Another very good question. This is the thing. I'm kinda tired. I want to be able to write, but I don't want to have to be under pressure of a deadline. So I'm gonna sorta let myself see what I want to write and go from there. I do have an outline for the next book and about 2 chapters of it already so if I were to go ahead with it, the trilogy would be The Host, The Seeker, and The Soul. But I don't know, I'm sure I will get around to it eventually. One of the things that is hard about writing the sequel to the Host is that I've grown fond of the characters, and in order for the sequels to be written, characters would need to die and I don't want them to."
That would have to mean Ian and Melanie don't you think? AAAHHHH....I don't want Ian to die! I should have just been happy with the ending the way it was. But that will probably mean more steamy scenes with Jared and Wanda.
Ok, so I may have to reread the book because I'm still not feeling any "peace" with the story. It's just not happening. So, that may be the road I have to follow. I'm glad that you've finally came to a good place with the emotions, I'm just not sure I'll be able to. We'll have to see :)
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