Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I just finished The Host and I'm glad that I did. I have to admit it was really a chore, reading this book. The flow of it was, at best, sluggish. I agree with the critical reviews, the first third of the book was BORING, at times it became exciting but after a few pages, became tedious and irritating again and again. Her syntax remained the same whether it was Jeb (over 60) or Ian (about 25). They all basically spoke the same....like a 17 year old. It irritated me that whenever any of the characters in this book were surprised, they would "lift an eyebrow", whenever they were angry they would "growl" and when they were annoyed they would speak in a "flat voice". I think the Thesaurus (book of synonyms) would've been helpful to Ms. Meyer...since it appeared that she had no imagination whatsoever in distinguishing between the characters. There were many times while reading the dialogue between characters that I had no idea what they were trying to communicate to each other. Meyer's style of writing is so choppy and not descriptive, I found myself literally lost in the dialogue. At other times, she would write what a character was thinking AT LEAST 20 times. She would harp on "it"as if her readership were too dumb to figure it out for theirselves. How many times do we have to hear from Wanda's thoughts that, no matter what, she was going to die? And does she in the end? So what was the point on harping on this subject?? I am done with Stephenie Meyer's books. Sadly I realized that she really doesn't have any writing talent. Her characters/themes are exciting but Diana Gabaldon or even Audrey Niffenegger would've written a much better book!