Let me start out with I watched the movie before reading the book. The movie came out when I was a teen. I loved both Kat Dennings and Michael Cera, so it only made sense to watch it. I thought the movie was AMAZING and I watched it a LOT. 
 Fast forward- It's been 9 years since the movie came out, 8 years since my obsession with it had dissipated. I happen to be at a bookstore and they had a SIGNED COPY of this book. I purchased it without second thought, went home and devoured it. Let me tell you, I was shocked. As a reader, you always know going into reading a book/watching a movie based off a book, that there is going to be some things that are different. But I was astounded at how much was changed book to movie with such a small book. 
 Alas, I must say, reading the book as an adult made me taken aback. It was...interesting. The writing style seemed like it was trying to hard to seem cool and poetic, when in reality is was just painfully annoying. The characters felt blown out of proportion. And honestly, while Tris was a truly terrible person in the book and movie, MOVIE Tris made more sense beause she didn't have a redemption hook like the book. She was just a plain old skank, which in my lifetime, happens more than whatever the heck she was in the book. 
 Overall the book felt like a big pile of nails and needles that I had been forced to roll in. Although I do admit that after finishing the book I watched the movie again, and I found it just as appalling as the book- either from age or because I know knew where the story came from. (Of course I still appreciate Michael Cera, the precious cinnamon roll actor, and Kat Dennings is absolutely beautiful.) But yikes.... The overall story was kind of crap. 
 Once you cut all the extra cloudy stuff that surrounded the story, and chopped out a few pieces here and there, it's okay. But as a whole it's busy, harsh, and very unpleasant. I plan on getting rid of my DVD copy as it's no longer my speed. The only reason I am holding onto the book is because it is signed, but I might eventually pass it on for someone else to appreciate it fully.