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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I saw the movie first. The cinematography and filming of the movie was stunningly fantastic! However, there was no solid story... the main character was never really developed enough to be a full-fledged protagonist. You were never sure who the antagonist was. And the story simply ended at a point where nothing had been solved or answered.
I usually don't read books after seeing a movie, but the movie was so disappointing (especially since the theme and the cinematography were promising) that I wanted to find out where the mistake was--in the screenwriters or the author?
So, I read this book and I was satisfied. The movie changed so much, where the book is complete and beautiful.
Great story... a world that is dying and unable to reproduce, then the promise of hope. I would highly commend this book to anyone!
I usually don't read books after seeing a movie, but the movie was so disappointing (especially since the theme and the cinematography were promising) that I wanted to find out where the mistake was--in the screenwriters or the author?
So, I read this book and I was satisfied. The movie changed so much, where the book is complete and beautiful.
Great story... a world that is dying and unable to reproduce, then the promise of hope. I would highly commend this book to anyone!
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Too many reviewers, especially on this site, give this book a poor reputation, especially compared with the very popular film. I went into it without watching the movie adaptation, and can say that was a very pleasantly surprised. Yes, it's fair to say that this novel has scarcely any plot for about 2/3 of it, and only at about page 200 do events actually pick up, but I can truly say I was never once bored. It is clear that James was fully able to keep a reader intrigued throughout the book, most likely due to her previous work within the mystery genre, and the way it explores a different kind of dystopia, one caused not so much by a corrupt regime but by nature itself, is in itself remarkably creative and interesting. Funnily enough, my one criticism is that the novel actually drops in quality as events pick up, and I found myself less interested by Theo on the run than I was by Theo moping around the streets of Oxford. But that shouldn't worry a potential reader, as I'm sure everyone else disagrees with me.
I really didn't like the audiobook reader very much. Didn't find this particularly engaging, honestly.
I picked this book, The Children of Men, because I loved the movie so much. Clive Owen and Michael Caine were brilliant in a dystopian science fiction masterpiece full of dark mood and atmosphere. I expected the book to be like the movie but it's not and that's not completely disappointing. What I found from PD James story was a thorough investigation of a man struggling to find identity in a world that no longer needs him.
Theodore Feron is an historian in a world where no woman can become pregnant and no woman has become pregnant in 27 years. What need is there for history - what need is there for society - what need is there for Theodore Feron in a world that no longer cares and is just waiting to die? It's a question of character that is a central theme of a novel investigating the psyche of a man who's wondering if he has a will to live in a world that has lost its will. That's what I love about this book - it answers the question in such detail in a way that the movie couldn't approach.
To compare the book and the movie is rather unfair because while they take the same setting their exploring entirely different aspects of the world. The movie is dark, moody, and action-packed. The book is cerebral and appeals to the side of the reader who wants to know why.
When Julian searches Theodore out to enlist his help in meeting the Warden of England it ranks him back into a world that he thought he'd left. More importantly, that world thought that they had that rid of him and it's that central conflict more than the question of what is a world without children like that shapes the story.
I do recommend this book, but not if you're expecting a repeat of the movie.
Theodore Feron is an historian in a world where no woman can become pregnant and no woman has become pregnant in 27 years. What need is there for history - what need is there for society - what need is there for Theodore Feron in a world that no longer cares and is just waiting to die? It's a question of character that is a central theme of a novel investigating the psyche of a man who's wondering if he has a will to live in a world that has lost its will. That's what I love about this book - it answers the question in such detail in a way that the movie couldn't approach.
To compare the book and the movie is rather unfair because while they take the same setting their exploring entirely different aspects of the world. The movie is dark, moody, and action-packed. The book is cerebral and appeals to the side of the reader who wants to know why.
When Julian searches Theodore out to enlist his help in meeting the Warden of England it ranks him back into a world that he thought he'd left. More importantly, that world thought that they had that rid of him and it's that central conflict more than the question of what is a world without children like that shapes the story.
I do recommend this book, but not if you're expecting a repeat of the movie.
Read for a film program. I think this may be one of the few cases where the movie is superior to the book. Still interesting enough. Although through the very extensive world building that opens the book I think I've gotten a better understanding of a world I've been familiar with for quite a while now.
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
An interesting take on a post-apocalyptic world in which children stopped being born. The world James has created is an interesting world in which the world has lost hope and the UK has turned into a dictatorship. The book's main focus is the world without hope's political nature and position in a world.
This is well-written tale but despite being short, the pacing is slow and the more interesting part of the book is the last 1/4 of the book when a glimmer of hope is found.
I have always been interested in this simply because I have heard the movie is quite good. However, I do know the movie and book differ greatly in focus, and from what I can tell, the movie, for once, may actually be the better choice. I have not seen it yet, but the best, most interesting portion of this book is where the movie spends its entire focus.
This is not bad, but its also not great.
This is well-written tale but despite being short, the pacing is slow and the more interesting part of the book is the last 1/4 of the book when a glimmer of hope is found.
I have always been interested in this simply because I have heard the movie is quite good. However, I do know the movie and book differ greatly in focus, and from what I can tell, the movie, for once, may actually be the better choice. I have not seen it yet, but the best, most interesting portion of this book is where the movie spends its entire focus.
This is not bad, but its also not great.