reading (The Children of Men)
Nov. 6th, 2011 12:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eorI finished "The Children of Men" last weekend. P. D. James certainly has a gift for words, but I spent most of this book waiting for something. At first it was waiting for something to happen. Then it was waiting for a character that didn't feel like cardboard. Then it was waiting for some reason for the actions other than it had to be that way for the plot.
It's quite possible I didn't get it. Oh, I got the overarching theme, but maybe I missed something deep. The sentence structure is great. The world is interesting, though the central premise feels contrived since no explanation is ever offered. But the book overall feels like it's saying, "Look how very deep and artful I'm being." Or maybe I'm just pissy because I feel like this story was gendered to death.
43. P.D. James "The Children of Men"
It's quite possible I didn't get it. Oh, I got the overarching theme, but maybe I missed something deep. The sentence structure is great. The world is interesting, though the central premise feels contrived since no explanation is ever offered. But the book overall feels like it's saying, "Look how very deep and artful I'm being." Or maybe I'm just pissy because I feel like this story was gendered to death.
43. P.D. James "The Children of Men"
