I read this book for book club and I'm really glad that I had others to discuss the book with. It was sad and funny (and at some points a little grotesque and disturbing) and it wasn't like other ficition books that are written based on true life events. However, there were some confusing parts to it. The timing of when everything was happening was a little tough for me to handle, but it wasn't challenging enough to hamper the goodness of the book.I haven't seen the movie, but I'm curious to see how they did with it. There are so many details in the book that I feel like they would have to leave a lot out in order to not have the movie be super long.Also, I recommend the actual book if you wish to read this. A few members of our book club have e-readers and when it got to some of the "photo" pages and when things were circled they had a hard time viewing them; and without those I think it leaves a little out of the book.