It's been a while since I've read through all the books, but I do remember loving the 6th and 7th book - all the backstory and character development! This movie followed the book well. Some of the action scenes were too bumpy to actually watch. It actually made up for a lot of info that was missing from the 6th movie, which I appreciated, but it did make things a little disconjointed. Overall, they didn't screw this up. They did (the first half of) the book justice. Go see it.