watching The Host for the first time 🥴 (rereading the stephenie meyer book too) vlog + reaction 

hello! im having a little copyright battle atm so if there are weird cuts and things missing, that's why :') i wish the version i had intended could be posted but oh well. so if you feel like something i said or an idea i mentioned isn't fully formed or you dont understand what i mean - pls ask me to clarify in the comments! especially when talking about certain things that happen in this film, i dont want there to be misunderstandings :') thank you!

"would you still love me if I was a worm" aka the epitome of romance

“don’t know what day it is, don’t know what time it is” as someone with the worst concept of time ever.. this line really spoke to me

This film is definitely a guilty pleasure of mine. I know it's no masterpiece but it has a place in my heart so I could never hate it.

I’ve never read the book, but I loved the movie so much while growing up that I think I watched it over 15 times, it was one of my favorite... now I can’t even think about it lol

I'm convinced that Stephenie Meyer has some repressed polyamorous desires that she pours into her writing. I'm convinced she can't write book 2 because she backed herself into an ending where Jared, Ian, Wanda and Melanie are definitely about to form a harem.

NO THIS BROUGHT ME BACK TO A PHASE I WANTED TO FORGET

This accidentally became a guilty comfort book of mine that I’ve been rereading every once in a while since middle school/early high school, and now I’m in college. Yes it’s trash, but I consume it anyway lol

I remember this was my first ever big book and I was SO proud when I got to the end! I even did a presentation about a book/movie comparison for my English class in secondary school. This brought back nice memories!

Omg I remember reading and actually loving this book so much when I was like 12/13, but seeing it after so long… well, I need to rethink whatever was my opinion, especially after your comment about colonialism

The book has kind of a special place in my heart because it introduced me to scifi when I was a kid. I think it has some really interesting concepts and relationship dynamics. Though like lot of scifi books and movies it just brushed over the question of colonialism. I do think it addressed it briefly (with the algae planet), but not not in depth enough. I hate how okay the group is with sending Souls to other planets as their solution. A sequel where Wanda and her friends try to help free other planets as well, would have been nice. My favorite parts of the book were when Wanda talked about the other planets, so it would be cool to actually go there.

The worst adaptations I have seen were the Percy Jackson movies, they literally could have changed the names and made it its own thing but instead, they decided to ruin my childhood. It astounds me that the second one was much worse than the first.

I love this movie! It’s such a comfort film. It’s the equivalent of trashy romance novels but in movie form.

book + movie vlog we are really winning today!!!!

this book had such a chokehold on me growing up and i went to the midnight premiere of the movie and was so upset about how bad it was LOL it remains saoirse's only bad movie

how have I never realised this is the "would you still love me if I was a worm" question come life 😂the accuracy wow

kyle 100% auditioned for jared and ian and was cast as a side character instead

I literally gasped at your cream sweater. It's gorgeous, you have the best knit collection haha, it inspires me to create them for myself!

I actually low-key like the host. In that guilty pleasure not great but i read it at a young age way. I think mostly it was just meant to be a set up for the rest of the trilogy that she never wrote because its easier for her to milk twilight for all its worth

This has nothing to do with this awesome video, but I just wanna say- I FINALLY READ AN ENCHANTMENT OF RAVENS!!! 😫 I finished it in less than 2 days (and this is coming from a full-time uni student). It was so magical, and amazing, I am so glad I FINALLY listened to all of your recs over the past few months and read it...it's become one of my favorites! The plot was beautiful and the romance was...mwuah chef's kiss!! ❤ Thank you for recommending it, Cari!! I'll forever be grateful to you for introducing me to this breathtaking novel!! 😍🤍

WHAT TO SAY dear god what to say. i read this right away after twilight like literally maybe two years tops after it came out (and obvs every sketchy thing just flew over my head i think i was like 12?) the thing about stephanie is that she just comes out with CONCEPTS that have this odd sort of allure (like i still think the twilight vampires are fascinating) but the execution is like. ma'am :| now im just sitting here thinking this could've been an amazing book in better hands and with other perspectives (like the whole host thing i think you come out thinking that what they're doing is wrong ofc-although somewhat wrong /because/ they're doing it to humans-but not that the souls are necessarily. wrong themselves? like the mass suicide thing has horrendous implications and wanda just. breezes past it. like, my worm??? a little moment of silence???) i really loved it for the relationship between melanie and wanda tbh i think that's rlly the whole core of the book the film was disappointing in that regard (particularly considering saoirse can Deliver) i was waiting for your reaction to the final wanda jdsjjfskjd IN THE CASTING DEPARTMENT'S DEFENSE this was A Cast most of the leads were like actors tipping on the edge of real fame which i think only saoirse really attained but like atm jake abel had done the lightning thief and max irons was like Thee pretty boy of that year on tumblr and well everyone knows emily browning, who i think was stephanie's first pick for bella lol (i was personally IN LOVE bc this was one of the first films where i like Knew everyone in the cast but the reception was mixed)

Omg this was definitely not expected. U were right lol. I read The Host like 6 years ago. It was definitely something 😬

I found it funny when she gets smacked around twice in two scenes so close together and THEN gets strangled right after. He was able to smack her and then kiss her SO easily. 😆

I read the Host and i really loved it!!! Now, several years later i am thinking oficial re reading it... However i AM afraid that ruins the good memoried i have

The scene with the car (15:38 in the video) always gets me bc she just hits the brakes and the whole car does like a triple flip and after that the car looks like it's been crushed in the biggest car wreck, but there was nothing on the street to trigger a car crash to begin with!! 😄

This is the content I come here for. THIS 👌🏻

Nostalgia. This vid brought me back girl hahah

you have such a homey vibe! wishing you all the best!

I loved this book as a child, then I reread it a couple years ago and realized I definitely forgot a lot about it - including the age gap. But I still love the book as long as I wipe key moments away from my brain lol. I didn’t remember anything about the previous worlds except Wanda once being a sea plant once I think.

We can love or hate the movie But The soundtrack is really Beautiful no One can deny that

I read it once, but didn't finished, then a year or more later I borrowed it again from the library and read through the whole novel, and surprisingly I really enjoyed it, mainly the second half till the epilogue, aka start from the part when Uncle Jeb finds "them" till "it's a strange world..." Later on, I managed to watch the movie as well and really enjoyed it too Idk, I feel like the host is definitely much lesser known than Twilight, so for me it felt underated...cause I enjoyed it, and some of the topics and themes it explores are rather unusual/interesting Love Wanda/Mel, sisters forever

I have already binged your main channel now it's time for cari can read💜 loved everything latest so far!!

I had a very different view of the colonization that occurred in the book. Colonization is a completely natural things organisms do in order to increase their species odds of survival. Conceptually the more spread out that you are, the less chance there is for you all to die out. Humans, unlike other animals, have the empathy necessary to know that colonization is wrong (which obviously doesn't always stop them from doing it). From what I understand in the book, while Wanda was in control of these other species, she was still incapable of feeling empathy. It was not until humans that she had the range of emotions we have that allowed her to realize her species was literally murdering hundreds of millions of other species. The way I think about it is imagine being a dog, then a spider, then a shark, etc. As those animals, you would not have a problem killing off other species in order to colonize. However if all of a sudden you were put into a human, you would gain the understanding that what you are doing is kind of messed up

omg Cari, this was top tier comedy! I couldn't stop laughing, you were on fire :D

Omg I have watched this movie soo many times! I forgot it existed for a while. Need to watch again hehe 😭

Lol ‘At least I’m hydrated now’ - so bad that there’s only hydration to be grateful for lol, love you Cari!!💖💖💖

oh my god i was obsessed with the book when i was in middle school, aka eight years ago

personally I prefer to watch the movie and then read the book with things like this, because anything they cut out for timing in the film is like a bonus scene later when I'm reading

I loved The Host so much. Book and movie lol that I named my dog after the two guys in the film Jake and Max. I combined it to, Jax. So...yeah.. still love it😅❤

HELLO this is a video for ME i can't believe ppl are talking about this book now i cant watch the video right away bc im at the archive rn but i WILL comment later on bc this was MY scifi shit when i was a preteen i always loved the concept

the funniest part is that emily browning in stephanie's head was like the perfect casting choice for bella swan (ig she kinned her or smth). she got to her in the end

Worst Book to film adaptation was probably Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Tim Burton just ruined the story for that movie, just took the book and just made it completely different to the movie. If you watched the movie solely you would probably think someone tried to rip off the book or tell the story from poor memory or something. I am still mad about it all these years later 😄

The Fallen adaption was so bad that my friend screamed at the movies “oh my god, this movie is so boring”

I read it when I was in high school and 1 had a huge crush on Ian, maybe because he was my 2nd book boyfriend after Harry Potter. 😂😂😂😂 I hate in the middle when the lead wondering in a desert. I hated that part and about to stop reading at that point..

Loved your reaction to the book and movie. Was not a pointless video at all. Enjoyed it alot!

the best thing this movie gave to me was this video: in which you reminded me to hydrate

Stephenie Meyer actually has another book called the chemist….. I don’t remember anything from it other then the dog’s name is sparky. And I think it was super boring.

#PlusMe ! Why, oh why, do publishers think slaping the movie poster on the book cover might attract more readers. It's such a cheap, short-lived trick! And mundane and tasteless. What we want is gorgeous special editions, celebratory master pieces!

Honestly, I'd love to watch movies with you, your reactions are so entertaining lmao

The book is more visceral, intense, graphic... Wanderer remembers, through flashbacks, what it was like on different worlds. The planet or system of origin is not mentioned in the book ( or film for that matter) Wanderer is hunted down in the book by both humans and its own kind.. In the book, The seeker doesn't stop pursuing Wanderer ( In the film, it's captured and overcome ( sent back to its own planet) The end of the film is completely different from the end of the book. Wanderer is still being pursued at the end of the book, It tries to escape into the desert, but its new human host is dying from the heat...

i remember liking if not loving this book when i was 13. uff didnt remember all of this 🥴🥴🥴. and the film i did remember that it was a nono. still have that book and wanted to reread it but now i wont hahahah thanks cari♡♡♡

It’s been a long time since I laughter this bad at reaction’s! I really didn’t remember that much of this story, but damm I’m so happy now… thank you for that!

That’s so funny to me cause it’s actually one of me favorite books

I totally forgot if I liked this book too. I think I don’t like it the more I am reminded about it. I do want to binge watch twilight now. Lol

Beautiful creatures is the WORST book to film adaptation ever... I am still so freakin mad about it. When I had watched that film I was almost screaming because I was so mad about it. 😅 The books are really good but the film is worthless.

I loved the book and I used to read it all the time back in the early days of high school... I didn't quite get the colonisation message back then and I just loved the *boring* scenes of Mel/Wanda cooking and cleaning and providing and telling stories, especially cause one of the stories was when she was some sort of bug? and like the best bugs would give birth to millions but it killed the mother and apparently everyone was like slay you would be a great mum but Wanda never did it and that's why 'I finally found a reason to die for' was suppose to hit hard? Also I remember at one point Wanda is looking at a park and sees two Hosted parents and a normal human kid and was like awwww,,,, they love the child even tho its not there's... and now looking back on it its a MAJOR side eye moment

I was actually obsessed with this movie and jake😅

oh man I forgot about my host phase

I'm sorry but I loved this movie and this book back in the day. The movie was not amazing by any means but i loved it anyways. Im so sad you hated it so much. I was obsessed. And Saoirse Ronan and Max Irons (Jeremy Irons son!!!!) *screams internally*. Ugh. Im sad now.

When I was younger I watched this movie so many times and now I can even think about it. It's just sooo bad 🤣🤣 but this was such a funny video

I loveeee your channel. Even though the movie is bad -really really bad- and you didn't like the book, this video was great. Can't wait to see more videos from you

I think Insurgent and Allegiant from the Divergent series were my least favorite book to movie adaptations. They did not do those books justice.

Hi! I recently re-read a series I read when I was young, The Relentless series by Karen Lynch. I thought you would really like it. It has lines that made me laugh out loud and the banter is also amazing. It's action packed and really fast paced (also,the romance is really sweet❤️❤️❤️). I think it's a YA paranormal fantasy. It's full of twists. I loved it.Hope you try it (It's a completed trilogy). Happy Reading!!!😄😃

I liked the movie...granted I am in ninth grade so that pretty much explains it lol. Love your channel! Happy reading! 📚❤️

Giiiirl today is my birthday and let me tell you I’m reaching the third floor if you get what I mean and having a brand new video from you makes perfect for a cozy afternoon here in MC! Lol hope you well and can’t wait for the Saturday video 😉

It's funny because I LOVED this movie when I watched it for the first time as a teenager but now watching as an adult it's like wow this was SO bad! Still love Saoirse though lol

I’ve only seen this movie once the year it was released and I’ve never read the book. I mostly watched the movie because I really liked the soundtrack. Plus the host came out before twilight but it was supposed to be a series but that obviously never happened.

That was one fun video Girl ….. more of this plz 🤗😜😊

I didn’t even knew it was based on a book . I watched the movie almost 5-7 times . I am so dumb. God

This was my favourite book when I was 14/15. I probably read it like 5 times but hearing you talk about it and reminding me of the things like the age difference and the colonization makes me feel very weird a bout liking it lol

Unpopular opinion Stephanie Myers books are too long

Tbh IMO Stephanie Meyer is SUCH a problematic writer 😂 I was OBSESSED with her work when I was really young, and when I grew up and re-read her stuff I was so upset lol. Her obsession with ‘virtue’, strange age differences, love triangles, her take on race etc… just not very healthy imo

I read the host when I was 14 and I loved but I remembered that the first 100 pages are so boring I really want re-read to remember the storie

That intro🤣🤣🤣I'm rolling

Was the guy with cancer in the movie?

I read the book in high school and was a little confused the whole time and when I saw the movie I was like… “oh..”. But it was good? Anyways I loved seeing your reaction to it too 😂❤️

How can you not love Jake Abel? Lol

“Volvos don’t do that” 😂😂😭

Did they write Radioactive for this movie? What a cultural impact if so lol. I remember really liking this book when I read it in high school, but yea, the movie was completely forgettable. Also forgot it was Saoirse! Way to bounce back, girl.

I loved this book as a teenager, just as much as Twilight. Your making me want to do a reread so see if my opinions have changed. I really enjoyed the movie but I do think they could have done better with showing the audience the connection and love that grew between Wanda and Melanie, like you mentioned and there were a few other things they missed out from the book which I didn't like but overall loved the movie and still do. I now find the twilight movies cheesy as an adult compared to when I was a teenager but still love them haha. Also I'm thankful for this movie as it introduced me to one of my favourite bands, Imagine Dragons 😍 love their song radioactive.

Honestly my favourite part of the movie was the credits. I liked what they did with the galaxies and all. Otherwise horrible movie. A movie that always makes my heart bleed is the adaptation of ink heart by Cornelia Funke. The books were great, the movie was just a train wreak that had only vague similarities with the original first book. Thankfully they stopped after one movie.

Truly the worst adaptation is Vampire Academy. Do I still watch it as a guilty pleasure? Yes I do.

freezing nothern europe bug here wondering where your cozy cozy looking jacket is from 💙

Why do people adapts Stephanie Meyer's books?

I'm so bummed that Saoirse Ronan was even in here she hardly had any duds in her filmography. She absolutely nailed Little women 🙂

I didn't think the movie was necessarily bad but it wasn't the greatest either. I can't remember what happens in the book either but I really wished she had released a second in this series instead of Midnight Sun. The Twilight movies will always be better.

I really disagree. I actually really liked this movie and the concept. I liked the acting as well. I think the screenplay maybe is more digestible to me than the book because I do prefer the movie and its pace. I do wish we saw much more of the relationship with wanda and melanie (and jared cuz he's my favorite) more but everything else I like better. I think the movie however is supposed to be metaphors of free- will, control, and actual celestial colonization than it is about this world's history of colonization.

I remember waiting forever for the sequel to this book after reading it like junior high. Back then I quite liked the book but at the age of 27 I feel like now I'd feel very differently. I don't know why but I was so into Ian when reading the book for the first time cause then I didn't see the romance coming and when it happened I was just amazed. But yeah, the book has so many yucky things going on, with the weird fixation to the ages and colonialism that's super yikes. I like the idea of parasites and hosts but somehow the way it was done just wasn't it.

I used to absolutely love the movie (I mean I also never read the book) but I will not rewatch it to save my memory. And at the time I also did not realise anything about colonialism (yes, I was also a middle schooler).

I loved the book, though it's been a while since I actually read it, but The Host movie is just bad. Baaaaaaddddd. Like you said, they left out probably 85% of the character and relationship development, so everybody's just going through the motions pretending their actions make sense, which they might, if, you know, the script had actually included the motivations for what they were doing!! Plus the acting is just bad...it really annoys me that they made it into a movie, lol. Shoulda just let it be a wacky book. Thank you for this opportunity to rant, lol.

The film is more of a Sci Fi romance The book is more of a thriller, Sci Fi, Action thing..

Max Irons is the hottest human 😍😍

Ahh the kissing book/ movie. Also I think you pulled out the concept of colonization from the book, which is understandable. However, the author is Mormon. I see alot of influence from that in the book if you know anything about Mormon beliefs: I used to live in Utah: lotta Mormon friends.

I would actually watch this movie over Twilight any day and that saying something

My Twilight phase was me refusing to touch anything related to Twilight which meant no Stephenie Meyers books lol However the most recent worst movie adaptation I've seen has to The Sun is Also a Star. The book was wonderful and incorporated so much of the character's surroundings and that's what made the book great (imo) and the movie just didn't do that so it fell very flat.

Twilight came out in 05. The host came out in 08. She had started the host as another series to write along side twilight. But. But people suck. Two things happened, one twilight took off so much so that she was pressured into finishing that series and to drop the host series. Two that the last book in the twilight series was licked. She didn’t even want to publish it the book. And released the what if book instead. And has no intention of ever finishing host series. I think it would have been better than twilight. Which I hated twilight. It was so bad. Right up there with divergent series as horrible.

I like the concept of the invasive aliens and the fact that the story happens post-colonization when humanity is defeated very badly... I like how the aliens aren't depicted as absolute evil, I actually want to see that world evolve through sequels and prequels. Colonization is a natural part of life, humanity lost the war and so it was only fair that it lost its dominion over the Earth. In nature the weaker, least intelligent or least adapted loses its place, that is just how things are. What I don't like is the romance parts (I never like them, romance just makes me cringe and puts me out of my immersion in the story) , but at least it is a better love story than Twilight. I never read the novel.

this is so bad i cant believe you made it entertaining

Jared… that’s sa… Of a minor.

I watched that movie years ago. Hated it. But the cast was promising: Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons (son of Jeremy Irons) played Jared, Diane Kruger played the lady villain, William Hurt was too. I was disappointed because I love Andrew Niccol's previous film: In Time with Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried but oh well...I blame the book source material 😁 Radioactive by Imagine Dragons on the end titles might be the only plus 😁. I hated the movie adaptation of the book The Aftermath. It's a historical fiction post WWII set in Germany where a British general occupies the manor of a former Nazi party member. The British dude moves in with his wife and the Nazi and his daughter are put to live in the attic. The general is absent a lot so the wife starts a friendship with the Nazi that develops into a romantic affair. I read the book before watching the movie, I was super excited because Keira Knightley playing the general's wife and Alexander Skarsgard the Nazi. But OMG they had zero chemist and the script removed all the sad parts of the book about living in a post war Germany. Highly disappointing 🙄