The Children of Men by P.D. James (1992): A Review
Title : The Children of Men Author : P.D. James Publication Year : 1992 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐ Pages : 241 Source : book Genre : Science fiction, Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic I am going to keep this short and fast, unlike the book, which was extremely slow despite the blurb on the cover boldly claiming it was “fast-paced”. Dear blurb writer, you lied. Not elegantly. Not subtly. You lied with confidence. I liked the premise: the end of humanity through sudden global infertility. That is a brilliant, not-so-terrifying idea. Unfortunately, that is also where most of my enthusiasm ended. What follows is the angry review of a book I somehow did not DNF, and yes, I would like recognition for my endurance. This is science fiction, but there is barely any scientific explanation for why infertility suddenly happens — unless the explanation was hidden somewhere inside the glacial pacing and I simply missed it while losing the will to continue. Then there are the random groups of people who appear...
