The book was not better, I know you probably thought you'd hear the opposite. Here's the reasoning, the movie accomplished its goal to entertain and take you from point A to point B while keeping you in your seat. No over the top drama, no pounding music to tell you how to feel. It established the story, the characters and their relationships albeit a little slowly and unclearly at times. Unlike the book you can not as a viewer understand what is going on within the characters as well because of the lack of internal dialogue which can leave you feeling a little left out. Touching, moving, and above all entertaining. Worth seeing.