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?
Killing Eve the TV show is way better than Codename Villanelle, the book it’s based on.
Like 1000× better. The author just can’t write.
I agree! I really struggled to get through that book.
The Vampire Diaries TV show is also a lot better than the series it’s based on. The TV show isn’t amazing or anything, but the books are truly terrible.
To be fair, the writers for series 2 onwards couldn’t write either!
Didn’t even finish watching the last season.
Thank you! We had the show recommended and watched I think the first and most of the second season and we bailed. That show clearly and completely lost the thread at some point. Shame too because it had a lot of potential and a great cast.
That’s a relief. I actually liked his writing, but the book did NOT draw me in the way the series did.