I went to see this with a friend who had not read the books, so they were unable to follow along that well. If I hadn't given an overview of the book they said they would have thought the movie to jump around too much. I have read the book and found the movie did jump around and didn't flow as well as I had liked. I hope that the second one will be put together a little bit better. However it was nice to see the movie and gain visuals to coincide with the books. Robert did a great job with Edwards character as well. Nonetheless, Go see it if you enjoyed the books.