really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 478,939 ratings

"Movie book club. // If it can be imagined, the movie was worse than the already bad book."

4.13 avg rating — 22,683 ratings

3.98 avg rating — 77,277 ratings

"Movie book club. // Surprisingly good movie, though reading the book helped tremendously in understanding the movie."

4.28 avg rating — 444,219 ratings

"Movie book club. // As beautiful as Ghibli films are, the book was better."

4.47 avg rating — 7,560 ratings

"Movie book club. // The movie was basically an audiobook with extra visuals in. Word for word, identical."

4.08 avg rating — 24,999 ratings

"Movie book club. // Reading the book really helped me understand what was happening with the older movie. The newer movie stands alone."

4.01 avg rating — 140,563 ratings

"Movie book club. // The movie took a lot of liberties with its source material."

3.81 avg rating — 262,243 ratings

"Movie book club. // I enjoyed both the movie and the book, which is rare for me."

4.23 avg rating — 1,292,917 ratings

"Movie book club. // The movie was more "inspired by" the book than about the book. Both were good, just different."

4.11 avg rating — 1,695,856 ratings

"Movie book club. // FANTASTIC movie. Really liked it. Is it possible that the movie was better than the book?"

3.97 avg rating — 1,279,536 ratings

"Movie book club. // Saw both movies and neither was good. They were each bad in their own way. The book was better than both."

3.99 avg rating — 119,035 ratings

"Movie book club. // The book and the movie were each interesting and of their time. I do recommend a watch of the movie if you've read the book. They take some liberties with the source material to make the movie, but both stories work."