Never read any of the books, but hope there better than the movie. Acting by Olivia was terrible & was she ever a nut case. Big Mac attacked & I was waiting for the part where he would impregnate his own daughter. Good thing there weren't any animals except a horse on property. Mac would have buried his squash anywhere. What a bunch of adult troglodytes Jeezus. No wonder all the kids got the hell out of Dodge. Liked the black servants, only ones who were sane. Olivia & Mac deserved each other. You could never know what washer cycle they were on or who was crueler. Don't know why they showed the box of rat poison at the end, especially after Olivia had just finished chopping the rat with an axe like it was Sushi. One of the worst endings ever in a movie.