I cannot imagine how anyone could read this book and think that it would make a good movie. I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know if I would like it or not, but I really just could not get into the book. It took me over a week to read, when I normally finish a book of this size in three or four days at the most. I didn't know what the book was about when I started it- I saw it on the shelf at the library and I've always been a bit amused by the title. I can't point to one thing that I disliked about this book; I just found it horribly boring.