Ok, I haven't read the books but my GF has. She was GLUED to them for a month straight as she fell in love with the series. That is all you hear walking to and from the movie, " You have to read the book to understand." Other than that the movie was pretty good. Im alittle over the 'high school girl cant find happiness thing", I think our society gets enough of the "Its ok to make dumb decisions as long as no one is telling you what to do".