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| Original Title: | The Children of Men |
| ISBN: | 0307279901 (ISBN13: 9780307279903) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Theo Faron |
| Setting: | England |
P.D. James
Paperback | Pages: 241 pages Rating: 3.68 | 37884 Users | 2971 Reviews
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Told with P. D. James's trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future. The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race.
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| Title | : | The Children of Men |
| Author | : | P.D. James |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 241 pages |
| Published | : | December 5th 2006 by Vintage (first published 1992) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Mystery. Thriller. Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.68 From 37884 Users | 2971 ReviewsEvaluation Epithetical Books The Children of Men
"Early this morning, 1 January 2021, three minutes after midnight, the last human being to be born on earth was killed in a pub brawl in a suburb of Buenos Aires, aged twenty-five years, two months and twelve days." Despite a riveting premise, I did not enjoy this novel at all.Children of Men struggled to engage me due to an opening act that lasted for the entirety of book 1 ("The Omega"), an unlikeable protagonist and confused thematic messaging. THE PLOT "We are outraged and demoralized lessThis was another novel on the list of movie adaptations that I really enjoyed and wanted to see how the original source material compared.Admittedly its been so long since Ive seen the 2006 film but remember it enough to know that the premise are the same but each has a completely different feel.The main crux is the human population can no longer reproduce, with the last child born 25 years previous and how it impacts on society.With the story set during 2021 it couldnt have been more timely, I
Re-read for post-apocalyptic book club.I liked this book better, the second time around. I read this the first time quite a while ago, and I think perhaps my age has something to do with the difference in perceptions. It's certainly a piece geared toward older readers. Although it contains violence and tension, it's slow-moving, with a quiet, elegiac feel.Our narrator, Theo, a lonely academic, is the cousin of the Warden of England. The upheaval of the world's current situation has allowed the
Posted at Shelf InflictedI went to the library to spice up my life and came across a display inviting me to go on a blind date with a book. Each one was covered in brown wrapping paper with a big red heart. Underneath the heart was a very brief description. The one I picked up said Receptive and chilling. It was fun driving home with a book I knew absolutely nothing about. I couldnt wait to get it home, pour myself a glass of wine, strip off its cover, and learn its secrets. To my
I was disappointed by the film, finding myself unable to muster sympathy for the characters, but I was intrigued by the basic plot and so ventured out to explore the novel. PD James' original creation follows a plot significantly different compared to that of the movie, but I found it to be no less disappointing. The main character, Theo, was perhaps even less likable, due mostly to his lack of conviction about anything during the first half of the book. I was never able to develop an intense
Good read. Easy, compelling writing. The characters of Xan and Theo are very complicated.Hope to find time (not now) to see the movie, and read Aldiss' book, Greybeard, which Aldiss appears to believe James ripped off, for her story.-------------------------------------------------------------------------Interesting connection to Greybeardby Brian W. Aldiss, noted in a goodreads user's review for this book:Greybeard by Brian W. Aldiss 416390Paul Bryant's review Jul 10, 2016* * * it was ok
This novel seriously freaked me out when I read it. I actually sat in stunned and depressed contemplation at my own lack of children and the decisions I believed I held dear at the time. I didn't care to bring children into this world, and at the time, I hated the world pretty much entirely, so I got struck against the back of my head after reading this and I haven't really been the same, since.The novel took me on a very disturbing ride with the ultimate death of humanity by way of sterility.
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