Loved the entire book series, felt that the violence was balanced out with the humanity and relationships. The author wanted to make a point about how desensitised we are to violence today and how reality TV are our new stars. There was so much content to include, I understand somethings had to be omitted, although I don't agree with some of the omissions and combining of other parts, some importantant relationships were not fully developed in the film. Overall it was good. If someone didn't read the book, I wonder if they would be a bit lost. Some fun unexpected features were added in too.