I've read the book at least 4 times because the story itself was so amazing! I told others many times that this would make a good movie, and for the most part it is. And eventhough it was changed in some parts for the sake of time, I understood that. What I didn't like was how they took a Christian movie and secularized it by showing scenes of them having sex. I felt it was uncalled for. It didn't add anything to the movie but caused me & others, especially parents of attending children to cringe. I left feeling violated although the book never made me feel that way. So for that reason, I could only give it a 4 Star.