Totally forgot how good this was

Rating: 10/10 (23 September 2017)

Absolutely fantastic. Way back when the book first came out, I picked it up, and liked it. I watched the movie when that came out, and I liked it less, I felt like there was a lot of the magic that wasn't captured in the film. I haven't read the book since watching its adaptation, and maybe that's a good thing. Rewatching it five years later, it was ridiculously good, and I think I enjoyed it more when I wasn't tethered to how the book was, and I was just free to judge the movie on it's own merits. While I haven't read the book since 2010 or so, it's its own beast, and I feel they should be judged separately, in a vacuum. The book is much more about Pat and his development, especially in the first half, and how Tiffany eventually helps him with his development. The movie is more about Tiffany and Pat together, and how their relationship develops. While I feel I might have liked the movie more if they strictly adapted the book, especially with its motif of snow, I understand they had time constraints, and the movie is good on its own without a doubt.