Marci's review
The Children of Men by P.D. James
Um... not really sure what to say about this book. A few things come to mind. 1. This book isn't anything like the movie. Don't read it expecting anything to be the same, because it isn't other than the concept that there is world wide infertility and a woman finds herself pregnant for the first time in 20+ years. 2. The author does a good job exploring the complete hopelessness that a world with out new life and children would have. She shows how this has effects globally, nationally and personally. It was interesting to reflect upon the joy and purpose that the simple aspect of children bring to the world. With out them we have no purpose or reason for continuation, learning and growing as a society. 3. I thought she could have developed a better, more meaningful plot. I felt unfulfilled and still questioning so much at the end. I was frustrated by the majority of the characters, especially Jillian and her sudo faith in God. She wasn't a convincing Christian, and I doubt the a...more
