The Host

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poinsettydawg · 18/12/2009 22:48

Is it suitable for children or not? An 11 year old?

I think I've heard that one of Meyer's books isn't suitable for children and dd2 has requested this one as she has read all the twilight ones.

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Nolda · 18/12/2009 22:55

I've read the Twilight books and also The Host and would say that The Host was intended for an adult audience. I also hated it, by the way.

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poinsettydawg · 18/12/2009 23:01

AH. SO is it inappropriate for youngsters? Sex scenes or what?

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Nolda · 18/12/2009 23:23

No sex scenes spring to mind. Is your daughter into Science Fiction? Because this is about aliens taking over the Earth and living parasitically in humans' brains and using their bodies. I found this book quite disturbing and don't think it would be suitable for an 11 year old but then I don't know what kind of books 11 year olds are reading these days. Oh yes, there was also a bit of gore as a group of resistance try to remove the aliens from human bodies.

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poinsettydawg · 18/12/2009 23:35

Thanks nolda. She's a bit of a wimp. She loves twilight and I think she thinks this is similar sort of stuff.

She does love LOTR. What you describe might be worse than orcs though.

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