I didn’t read the book and I can appreciate those who have and say this is a far cry from it. Some people like it, but I, a person who loves a good witch story found this hard to get into. I like the lead actress (can’t think of her name), but this is too slow and too, how can I say, amateurish. Maybe it gets better, but I can’t move on. I’m a witch/horror buff and this just doesn’t do it for me.