Books vs Movies

Ever since I was young my dad always taught me the book was so much better than the movie. It's completely true. Sure watching the movie is a lot less time consuming, but with a book you get the whole setting.

Now that eight out of ten movies are made from books nothing is original. Sure if you read the book all the surprise is gone. Think about if you really liked a book wouldn't you want it to be in movies and literally come to life? If the movie does well then you enjoy the book even more!

Now the problem with movies that the authors are not the directors or writers they do not have the rights to the movies so they can definitely change what is going on.

One major case is ruining the whole ending which ruins the whole meaning of the book and why the author wrote it.

Take for example My Sisters Keeper. The ending was not at all the same as the original. In the book a shocking death happens that really made you understand why the author wrote this book and it was truly one of the saddest lessons you could take from a book.

The movie on the other had made a totally different, more predictable character die at the end. Which ruined the whole point of the book which just left me disgusted on how the director/writer could get rid of such a meaningful ending.

All I am saying is that books are better because you see that whole thing. Not just bits and pieces of what the director liked the most. A book might be more time consuming but it definitely worth it.

Burned

Summary

Burned is about a girl named Pattyn who lives in a Mormon household. She is the eldest of seven which mean her whole world revolves around cooking in cleaning the house. By her junior year she questions everything she believes in. Her identity, religion and who she really is. When Pattyn ends up in a heat of trouble her father sends her to her aunt’s house. Pattyn begins to realize that this isn't punishment, this is freedom. In that summer Pattyn realizes whats important in life and what truly matters.

Opinion 

This is truly a depressing book. Pattyn father is truly disturbing; he doesn't let her date at all let alone be friends with guys. Her mother is just as terrible she never defends Pattyn at all just lets him rule her life. After I finished this book I appreciated my parents a lot more. The character development in Burned was truly fantastic. The relationship between Ethan and Pattyn was too cute. In the end Ethan literally became a hero for Pattyn trying to save her from the hell at home. Pattyn aunt was just a brilliant. It just shocking that Pattyn felt more love with her aunt in a hour, than her ever feeling that way with her own father. The book is great with Pattyn finding herself and also falling in love with Ethan it’s just the ending in one of the top five saddest endings I've ever read. The book left me in tears. If you are a fan of Ellen Hopkin I would definitely recommend this book. I personally liked it more than Crank because it’s a character that has done no wrong like drugs, all she was asking for was to be a normal teenager, but that was too much to ask for from her parents.