Loved the book

Rating: 6/10 (20 October 2014)

As a huge fan of the book I was worried the movie wouldn't live up to it. Fortunately, they did a pretty good job capturing the general tone of the book and how absolutely crazy Amy is. The movie was much kinder in its portrayal of Nick than the book. It ended with me feeling kind of bad for him vs when I finished the book I thought of him as a spoiled narcissistic "Man-child" who by staying with Amy would thankfully not mess up the life of an unassuming nice girl. The idea of NPH playing Desi was great casting but the movie didn't really show how psychotic he was. In the movie, it was nice to actually Amy play out her escape plan from him as well as her initial disappearance vs in the book when they were referenced as things done in the past. To those who haven't read the book, I hope they enjoyed the surprises as they were revealed! I was in shock as I read! All-in-all, it was nice to visually experience and enjoy that wild story.