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A review by dknippling
The Children of Men by P.D. James
3.0
All the men on earth become infertile. Twenty years later, a baby is born.
I disliked this. It lacks logic in general, but it's particularly trying right now to read a vehement dystopia about how mankind became so liberal that God took away all the babies.
Gays are dictators who will destroy everything. There are euthanasia squads. The last children to be born are entitled terrorists, nay, soulless murderers. There are too many porn shops. Immigrants are welcomed, then forcibly banished at age sixty, so the social safety net doesn't need to care for them. There is no such thing as a jury, and the state runs everything.
The main character is a scumbag among scumbags, until he has proof of the miracle. Then, suddenly, he is redeemed. Everything is carefully arranged to "prove" that God exists. But, surprise, it's only the author in the end.
I get that there's a long and interesting tradition of Christian fiction. I have read and enjoyed much of it. But this is a screed about how God will punish everyone that the author doesn't like, not an honest self-interrogation in the best traditions of Lewis or Chesterton.
I like PD James's mysteries. But this wasn't up to the same standard. Skimmed.
Do not recommend.
I disliked this. It lacks logic in general, but it's particularly trying right now to read a vehement dystopia about how mankind became so liberal that God took away all the babies.
Gays are dictators who will destroy everything. There are euthanasia squads. The last children to be born are entitled terrorists, nay, soulless murderers. There are too many porn shops. Immigrants are welcomed, then forcibly banished at age sixty, so the social safety net doesn't need to care for them. There is no such thing as a jury, and the state runs everything.
The main character is a scumbag among scumbags, until he has proof of the miracle. Then, suddenly, he is redeemed. Everything is carefully arranged to "prove" that God exists. But, surprise, it's only the author in the end.
I get that there's a long and interesting tradition of Christian fiction. I have read and enjoyed much of it. But this is a screed about how God will punish everyone that the author doesn't like, not an honest self-interrogation in the best traditions of Lewis or Chesterton.
I like PD James's mysteries. But this wasn't up to the same standard. Skimmed.
Do not recommend.