TBR: The Host, Edgar Sawtelle
Because of the vagaries of school schedules, it happened that my kids both had school today, and I had the day off from work. Since it was my birthday as well, when T. headed out to take N to preschool, I got back in bed and finished reading Stephenie Meyer’s The Host.
I got The Host out of the library after reading Flea’s review. The only thing that I feel compelled to add is that I didn’t think the premise was all that original, having read Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis series. But it was well done, and kept me turning the pages.
The other novel I’ve read recently is The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski. This has been getting all sorts of rave reviews, but I have to admit that I was underwhelmed by it. I could tell from the beginning that it was loosely based on Hamlet (characters named Trudy and Claude sort of give it away), but when the ghost of Edgar’s father appeared, much of my willing suspension of disbelief went away. Oh yeah, and the Ophelia character is a dog.
