My daughter saw the movie and then read the book. She told me I HAD to read it and see the movie. I wasn't really interested but she had the book so I did read it and it was Excellent! Then I saw the movie a few weeks ago on PPV. I agree with Karen. They did an excellent job of portraying the book in the movie. A lot of the scenes were what I had pictured in my head. However, the characters were all different than what I had imagined. I have the second book here to read now. I highly recommend it even if you do not think it is the type of thing you would be interested in.