I LOVE Alfonso Cuarón’s sci-fi action movie Children of Men. I’ve watched maybe six times and every time, the ending always almost brings me to tears. So when I learned it was adapted from P.D. James’ book of the same name, it was a no-brainer deciding what my next book would be.
After finishing the book, it wasn’t difficult to reach to the conclusion that I enjoyed the movie better.
While James’ book gives a more in-depth look at how human infertility and humanity’s slow death march towards extinction affects the sexual dynamic between men and women and almost demented ways humans try to cope with a world without children or a race of dead men walking, I feel the book dedicates WAY too much time describing the failing of human civilization and the Regrets and guilt of Theo Faron. It’s not even until after 2/3 through the book where it feels like the plot and story are properly paced and stuff of consequence actually begin to happen.
The film’s adaptation by, comparison, feels consistent in its pacing and the world building and woe-is-mes of Theo feel more compact a take up less of the audience’s time.
What books do you feel were worse than its film adaptation and why?
The girl on the train. The movie was bad but man the book was x10 slower
I was going to get this through the library might have to reevaluate that one
It's just kinda boring, honestly. Probably the worst sin a book can commit.
I had heard badly of it before. Makes me doubt picking it up
I don't think it's bad, there is something mildly interesting, the writing is fine, but as I mentione... Just boring.
I can see it being decent book if you really haven't read any mysteries or haven't seen those kind of movies, but it's miles below Gone Girl in quality. Not even in the same realm.