A definite case of the movie being better than the book.
First, the film scores over the novel in the important way of showing the four girls' earlier lives together. The book opens with the girls all going away from each other for the summer and we never got any prequels or flashbacks within the first book to cement to us what truly lifelong friends these four teenagers are. We're just supposed to accept that, just because they were all born at the same time to mothers who had been taking the same fitness class, they remained friends upto and including this book series.
The Lena plot in the movie is a lot better. I like the idea of Lena and Kostos meeting when he saves her life and subsequently falling in love despite their feuding families a lot better than anything that involves someone being thought of as a rapist.
Lena's character has a lot more warmth, or should I say warmth period, in the film, too. Her character in the book is such you wonder why anyone would want to be friends with her at all.
I liked how the Tibby plot of the movie tied the pants and Bailey together, at least a lot more than the book if memory serves. It also makes Tibby more outwardly snappy whereas in the book this is mostly contributed on the part of the narrator. Bailey also has more dignity in the movie.
Though I disapprove of Eric and Bridget sleeping together, the way that strand of the story ended in the film is a lot more satisfying. I can't honestly recollect how it ended in the novel.
The same goes for the way the Carmen plot, coinciding with the end of the picture, resolved as well. In the book I don't think that one really got wrapped up at all.
I might also add that in the film, Carmen's mom is not an airhead.
There was also a lot more frankness and exposition of past events, particularly in Bridget's life, than there was in the book as well.
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