Eventually, through this connection, Susie and her family gain a better understanding of the love, life, and unfortunate circumstances that often tie people together in the world. this is a great story, both book and movie brought tears to my eyes because it was so beautifully written.
The differences, comparison of movie and the book:
-Susie is murdered AND raped
-characters removed from the movie: Hal Heckler (Lindsay's boyfriend's brother), Ruana Singh (Ray's mom), Mr and Mrs DeWitt (track coach and English teacher)
-characters that play a larger role in the book: Holiday (their dog), Len, Samuel (Lindsay's boyfriend), Ruth, Ray, Lindsay, Buckley
-Len and Abigail have an affair before Abagail leaves
-Susie's body is dumped in the sinkhole at the BEGINNING of the book
-The book doesn't have as much with the "in between"--the only time it is really mentioned is in the beginning and it is more like a normal town, such as the high school is there because Susie wanted to go there and never got the chance, there aren't giant ships in bottles or anything like that
-Jack has a heart attack which is how he ends up in the hospital and why Abagail comes back
-Mr. Harvey leaves town sooner (or at least it seems like it because the book covers more years)
The movie and book have many differences, these are only a few, and if you like the movie I would recommend reading the book. And if you didn't like the movie I would recommend reading the book. The book in my opinion is 10x better than the movie. =D
-characters removed from the movie: Hal Heckler (Lindsay's boyfriend's brother), Ruana Singh (Ray's mom), Mr and Mrs DeWitt (track coach and English teacher)
-characters that play a larger role in the book: Holiday (their dog), Len, Samuel (Lindsay's boyfriend), Ruth, Ray, Lindsay, Buckley
-Len and Abigail have an affair before Abagail leaves
-Susie's body is dumped in the sinkhole at the BEGINNING of the book
-The book doesn't have as much with the "in between"--the only time it is really mentioned is in the beginning and it is more like a normal town, such as the high school is there because Susie wanted to go there and never got the chance, there aren't giant ships in bottles or anything like that
-Jack has a heart attack which is how he ends up in the hospital and why Abagail comes back
-Mr. Harvey leaves town sooner (or at least it seems like it because the book covers more years)
The movie and book have many differences, these are only a few, and if you like the movie I would recommend reading the book. And if you didn't like the movie I would recommend reading the book. The book in my opinion is 10x better than the movie. =D
I was hoping someone might do a comparison of this book and the film version! I agree that the book is probably better (but they usually are, aren't they?) but even so I found the movie quite creepy and compelling. It was better than I expected it to be. I thought the actress who played Susie did a good job in that role. The voice over was lovely too - probably because it was based on the book which is, as you point out, quite beautifully written.
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