The Chemist

Fascinating (includes spoilers!)

The Chemist was definitely a departure from Stephenie Meyers’s past books which have all been fantasy: The Twilight Saga and its extra books such as Midnight Sun, Life and Death, and The Short second Life of Bree Tanner; and The Host. This book was written in a more professional hand, showing that Stephenie Meyer had been working not just on the stories themselves but on her actual writing technique which I find admirable since she’s already sold millions of copies of her books and become a household name with the way she wrote before. Unlike many, I actually enjoyed the first part of the book as we get to know the main character and her way of doing things. Some things were obvious. For instance it was obvious that Daniel Beach was going to be shot straight through where his heart would be since he had already told Alex that he and his brother were Mirror Twins and his organs were on the wrong side. That was a big tip off, but it didn’t make the book any less exciting or interesting since there’s no indication of how or when this was going to occur. It was a fun book to read and while some have been offended by the idea that the American Government is being portrayed as breaking the law this way, this is fiction and not the only fiction in which similar scenarios occur; look at the movie “RED,” starring Bruce Willis and a whole bunch of other major stars, that’s based, according to the credits, on a comic book. Stephanie Meyers’s story is, of course, very different and I do enjoy the different methods Alex has for killing people. It’s rather fun and inventive. Overall the book was a lot of fun and I liked the main characters, they were good characters and very well fleshed out. As to the lack of descriptive sex scenes and swearing that some have objected to and flat out made fun of Stephenie Meyer for sticking to the morals and values she believes in as a Mormon, I think don’t think that makes her faint of heart. I think it shows a lot of strength to stick to he...