This story is told beautifully. The paragraphs ramble somewhat and it jumps between points of view and back and forth over tiny increments of time -- and I really like that. I love the way the story is told. But I don't love the way the story unfolds. The main problem is I love the film desperately and the parts I love best are absent from the novel. Instead there are boyfriends for everybody. Which is simply not what I was hoping for when I decided to read it. While I am glad to have read the book, it is not nearly as magical to me.