Forum: The Characters

My favorite character in the Host is Ian. His transformation, his compassion, his unconditional love...So lets start talking about him!

Caius mods, please feel free to delete this if you don't feel it deserves its own thread, but I'm dying to hear what everyone thinks of Pet. ...

Has anyone else noticed how even though the souls use the title designations of Healer, Comforter, Seeker, Motherhood, etc. that behind these titles...

As a whole-we as the human race has kinda messed up. We have our redeeming qualities, but it's pretty emabarassing the way we behave-being so prone...

So after re-wandering The Host a few times recently I suddenly realized something that might be significant - the Seeker does not have a name. This...

I am such an Edward fan....so it was easy to choose Edward over Jacob even when he left in NewMoon....But the distinction between IAN and Jared, wow...

Do you think that Kyle ever really ends up liking wanderer and not just tollerating her

In her Q&A at the end of the paperback edition of The Host, SM talked about how sometimes characters have a mind of their own and don't do what the...

I know Jamie is more of a minor character, I cried for him a few times. His conversations at the beginning with Wanderer broke my heart! Actually...

Ok first of all I have to confess that I haven't completely finished the book but I want to discuss Jeb. I know that he is Melanie's "Crazy Uncle"...

At the end when Wanda asks Jared to tell her that he doesnt want her to go, how much do you think he was lying? Was he lying at all? I know he wanted...

When I read the host a second time, the finding love theme stands out so much more than the first time reading and I was comparing some things to...

This can be the place were we discuss all this Jared-I will try to keep the drooling to a minimum 8)

I'm rereading the book and I just got to the part where Wanda explains how the souls reproduce. Since I know that her and Ian get together at the...

I'm having a hard time picturing her. From what I've gathered, she's tall, athletic, tan, dark hair... but I just don't see an image of her.

I'll be honest and say that while I read the book some stuff slipped past me in my haste to find out what was going to happen in the story. The...

This will be the place where we will discuss Wanderer- I didnt think I would be able to enjoy this character as much as I have... I actually...

I was just thinking about this today while I was rereading the book. I was noticing, again, how mean Kyle is to Wanda/Mel. I was wondering if she...

I finished rewandering last night and picked up on something that I missed the first time through. There were actually quite a few things that I...