Today’s topic: Stephanie Meyer, the woman who brought us Edward and Jacob (and that other girl too), apparently writes books that aren’t about vegetarian vampires. The Host was published in 2008, and is currently in pre-pre-pre-production for the big screen. The Host is Meyer’s first adult novel, meaning it’s probably the same as Twilight with some extra boring drama. Actually, I’ll bet it’s probably not very different from Twilight, as I find that the difference between YA novels and adult novels usually depends on the ages of the characters and not necessarily the storyline or level of literary expertise.
Here is the novel’s synopsis in Meyer’s words: “Invasion of the Body Snatchers, if the aliens had won.” Now, admittedly, I have never seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but I recall my mother/brother telling me it was the scariest movie they ever saw and resulted in many sleepless nights. Whether this was just a plug for people to go see her movie is a possibility because the actual synopsis sounds more like a supernatural romance. Sound familiar? Meyer hired Andrew Niccol to write the screenplay, who was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for The Truman Show. Meyer admired his work in what she says was one of her favorite sci-fi films. Calling The Truman Show a sci-fi film is a bit of a stretch, but that was a great movie (the product placement commercials were genius). As film adaptations go, the Twilight series seems to have hit the mark, proven not only by the box office records, but also the screaming fans in the movie theatre, one of which was sitting next to me and literally hyperventilated when Jacob took his shirt off. The point is, popularity is associative, hence my connections list, so if Meyer’s stamp is on The Host, there’s a good chance this is a film to watch out for.
Speaking of my connections list!!! I saw Julia Roberts driving today! A VERY big deal. April Fools. Sorry, had to.
Happy Passover!
Rachel Lily