From the Bookshelf of Apocalypse Whenever…

The Children of Men

P.D. James

Start date: January 15, 2016

Finish date: February 1, 2016

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Aug 18, 2009 Christy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction-and-fantasy, dystopian

I must begin by saying that I saw the movie before I read the book and so my reading of the book was shaped by that fact. I loved the movie, in fact, found it haunting and compelling. The book does not have the same effect. There are always differences between a book and its movie adaptation, but in this case, the differences are substantial.

The pace is very different; where the movie moves forward constantly, the book inches along, spending chapters and chapters on Theo's internal life and chi ...more

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Dec 31, 2007 Jen rated it it was amazing

After seeing the movie, which I thought had an interesting premise (that humans had become sterile and could not have any more children), I decided to read the novel to see if it detailed the backstory of how humanity had become infertile. I was surprised to find that the focus of the novel is more about the world's infertility and the resulting psychological and social effects, rather than the main characters presented in the movie (whose story was drastically changed). Society looses hope and ...more

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Jan 08, 2008 Megan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: science-fiction, books-into-movies, owned

I love love loved this book soooo much. It's disappointing to me that I can't gush about this like someone who got a NetGalley ARC of some new YA Romantasy book, because it's like a 30+ year old book and I'm an adult (and I'm generally pretty harsh in my reviews so I don't think anyone is going to give me an ARC for anything, lol).

But seriously, I read this in early 2000s, well before the movie came out - which is also excellent, but I'm annoyed that's the cover chosen here - and i thought it w ...more

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Mar 30, 2010 Amanda rated it really liked it

It took me a very long time to finish this book. It got to the point where I was depressed just thinking about reading it. I loved the movie and the book was so different that I was able to enjoy them both. The baby doll thing is haunting me for some reason.

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