Wish I could give negative stars.
344496
I just went out to check on my mother bunny and babies. The front part had fallen in from the inferior material used. I have lost the mother and all babies. Never again will I buy this crappy product when my living animals are at stake. Learn to build your own with better material. Not worth 150 worth more like 10 bucks.
4341265
AWFUL, would give it zero stars if I could. Was unable to finish it.
1900033
This is my first review ever after being a loyal Amazon customer for many years.  I impulsively bought this series based on a recommendation and all of the stellar reviews.  They are so full of negativity and bad language.  I am shocked that my daughter's school encourages these books.  She is at a below average reading level, and there is no way this series of books can advance her comprehension in any way.  I feel dumber as I follow along reading them with her, and all of the sarcasm is dizzying.  I understand that by the end there is a lesson to be learned and it gets more positive, but I cannot make it that far, nor do I want her to continue reading this bullying, negative format.  If I could return this set I would.  It is in my donate pile.
1193071
Like many other reviewers, I am a big Orson Scott Card fan.  I have followed him through many books, and even though some are perennial favorites of mine and some have melted from my memory, I have always enjoyed the journeys.  Not so here.  Empire was grossly political in a way that I despise when the author echoes my views as much as when he doesn't.  It's one thing to have reasoned debate in a real forum, but any political debate in a novel risks the author's biases coming out unchecked because he gets to write the "bad" side into being as evil, stupid, and thoughtless as he wants.  Card fell into that trap, and not only did it make me hate the journey of his novel, it mad me like Card a lot less as well.

This book read as though a high schooler wrote it.  The plot was thin, the writing was terrible.  I rarely buy hardcover books, but Orson Scott Card's name was enough to compel me to this time.  What a mistake!  Don't buy it, even if you normally like what he's written.  I wish I could undo the hours I spent trying to plow through this one before I eventually quit in disgust.
217528
I will be honest with you, if I could have given this a negative star...I would have. I would like to state that I am an avid reader and I do go through at least a book a week, sometimes two. This is the first book in about ten years that I could literally not finish. Everything about it is awful. The only thing I am grateful for; that I have waited to get the book from the library and did not have to pay for it. Do yourself a favor and save your money and time!
2439949
There should be no stars for books this bad.  I went in with such high hopes after reading an article recommending this book.  I think any of the positive reviews may have been based on the first 2 chapters.  No one that read past that could have possibly rated it any higher.  Just terrible.
1420374
I don't even know where to start. This book got so many five-star reviews. I feel completely misled. I felt like the main character was an entitled person with her head in the clouds that I most certainly cannot relate to. I was really excited too learned about Quaker culture but this ended up being nothing but a white people against black people fantasy land piece of poo. No one was realistic. I feel like I just lost hours of my life that I will never get back and  this book almost caused me to cancel my Kindle unlimited membership is so bad. Anyone who likes this book needs to re-examine their understanding of race relations in the United States. White people reading this : you don't get to buy your way out of bad things. That is essentially what this book tells you you can do. This book is a recipe for disaster. Horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible. I really dislike this author. This book was boring and she talked about the mundane minutia of life for pages and pages and couldn't get to a point to save her soul. When she did finally get to a point it was a horrible one. I am so annoyed that I read this book. Spoiler alert : there is no shocking twist. What you think is going to happen absolutely happens. If you don't think that was going to happen I don't know what to tell you. Read more books because this was so predictable and so so so horrible.
249131
This book was absolutely, absolutely horrible. Only the rare nugget of interesting or useful information stopped me from flinging it against a wall. Repeatedly.

Basically, it contained page after page of meaningless, empty religious-speak.  It's presumption that [X] -- whatever [X] happened to be at the time, say an adventuresome spirit, or interest in life or whatever -- was impossible without god or faith was annoying in the extreme.

I found myself at the end reacting towards the author the same way that his sons did in one chapter at dinner -- rolling my eyes and snickering at his spouting religious nonsense yet again.

If I could give negative stars, the author would owe me a universe.
4554306
This could be the worst adaptation ever.  If i could have given it 0 stars I would have.  I lasted about 1/2 hour with this monstrosity.  They writers have written a story that is loosely based on the epic novel, but unfortunately they used the cliffs notes version.  I have been reading Dragonlance novels since 1985 and this production must have been about money, because it is not about the aesthetic value of the book.  Apparently Goldmoon and Riverwind were already at the Inn of the Last Home, because Sturm didn't escort them in.  Monks?  They are Clerics guys, the draconion voices sound more human than Raistlin, no reptilian hisses, no weapons at their sides, just beating the heroes with their fists.  No hiding along the roadside, no scream from Goldmoon, all the companions were standing there waiting for the draconians.  No white stag.  The companions were all awake when the pegasi set them down on the ground.  Apparently the retard writer decided to have the Black Dragon destroy the barbarian village.  No well, no melting of Riverwind.  Bupu leads them (all of them) to the Black dragon lair, where she is sleeping while the companions loot for the disks.  Goldmoon confronts the dragon on her own.  Raistlin asks Bupu to find the spellbook of Fistandantilus, which by the way now has a brown binding, not night blue.  At this point my stomach was turning over with disgust.  Instead of wasting money on the cast, they (Wizards of the Coast) should have bought a copy of the novel and required everyone to read it.
1222699
The author has no sense of story, and no ability to connect the people written about in a reader's mind. I wish I had read the reviews here more carefully before spending my $10 on it. Really deserves zero stars, in my opinion.
96471
I hate this thing. I wish I could get my money back!!!! No stars!!!!!
3186978
Literally the worst piece of garbage I have ever read. Painful from
Start to finish. Meyers has no idea how real people think. I really can't say enough bad things about this book. Meyers, you're already raking in the cash from Twilight....you're not a writer. Please stop publishing.
To give an idea of how bad it was, I'm a healthy, active 23 year old male. The morning after finishing this book, which took way too long to end, by the way, I woke up with strep throat and had somehow, in my sleep, thrown my back out. I'm not sure how it happened, but I blame the book.

Complete trash...Just don't read it. I read the entire twilight series from cover to cover and it wasn't completey stupid.... As long as you can suspend belief of the male characters acting or reasoning in a realistic or believable fashion. The Host goes further than
That. It's just completely unbelievable. This coming from a huge sic fi fan, lol.

P.s did anyone else want to smack the crap out of her brother and tell him to cowboy the hell up?
3231168
Wish I could give this crap zero stars. No useful info here. Poorly written to say the least.
541317
I wish I could give this printer a zero. I've had it for about two years and, I implore you, buy anything but this wretched piece of garbage. It is worthless and infuriating and is only good for testing your patience. So unless you're in the market for a large-ish piece of black plastic to sit on your desk, you might as well go take your $44 and spend it on fireworks. You'll get much more bang for your buck. Literally.
As I type this, I am just yanking my eighth or ninth piece of "jammed" paper out of this piece of junk. I'm trying to print one sheet of paper. One sheet! This should take me seconds. Instead, EVERY TIME I use this thing I end up spending fifteen minutes figuring out how exactly to hold my mouth right to get the thing to work. I wish I was the type of person who cussed because I could cuss this sucker a loooong blue streak.
Seriously, save your money.
3047573
If I could pay money to get back the time I wasted on this book, I would do it. I don't think I've read a worse book. There is zero depth to the characters, the plot line is nonexistent, and there is absolutely no chemistry between the main characters. The whole setting and backstory for the characters is cliched and definitely played out. The author tried to create drama with an ex and overprotective mothers, but significantly falls short of creating anything but a choppy and weird story. Not only that, the ending stops in such an unnatural and weird place, even for a series book. I feel like this was the author's first attempt at writing an actual romance novel instead of a YA romance and she failed miserably. Sorry Alison, while I appreciate the hard work it takes to write a book, this was awful. To anyone reading the reviews - if you actually enjoy characters that have depth and a plot that actually pulls you into the story, I would strongly recommend that you don't waste your time on this book.
3984574
What? I WISH I'd read all the one-star reviews before shelling out hard-earned buck for this mess. I was so offended by Jade's stupidity and Talon's over-the-top disrespect that I deleted the thing from my Kindle about a third of the way in. I couldn't make myself finish this book, it was that bad. What a waste of time and money. Stay. Away.
449444
Can I give negative stars to this book? Seriously. It was so, so bad. I actually enjoyed Book 1, but this was just too much. Won't be finishing any more of this series (especially if they continue on in this vein). No plot, except sex, weird religions and junk fiction. I thought it was just plain stupid. Not recommended.