" I initially started reading this book because I'm a big fan of the movie. However, the two are so drastically different, they shouldn't even be compared to each other. The narration is written as journal entries of the main character (Theo) for about a third, and then third person for the other two thirds. I can understand why P.D. James would be drawn to the journal style of first person narration (Theo is relatively self-obsessed at the start) but the events that continue are so tense and plot drive that it would be unreasonable (and unbelievable) for Theo to keep up the entries. (I think James new this as well and completely abandons the journal entries towards the end.) Despite this flaw, I think it was a good book. I appreciated the descriptions of nature encroaching on a dwindling human population and the writing contained numerous compelling, wholly unique lines. It was also nice to see a dis-topian society in the future where things were actually on the technological and sociological arc I could imagine (cars are efficient but don't hover, TVs are actually high-definition, government is ever present but not all knowing, etc.). It's a compelling story that is paced like a mystery, so it reads quick but will keep you thinking well after you've put it down. "
— Andy, 1/31/2014