I didn't read the book, but have many friends who loved it. With that said, I think the producers could have gone with a no name and still pulled in the box office numbers. Also I wish that they had taken a chance with the sound track and used songs to really make the mood of that scene. This movie had a lot of chance to grab tears but fell short of that ah ha moment every time. I thought I would leave feeling inspired but in reality, she didn't have it so bad or didn't express her loss of inspiration enough to pull me in. In all I felt no connection (and I am divorced and lost/gave every this) with the character and rate this as a rainy Sunday netflix rental at best.