The book was terrible, tried re-reading it as an adult and couldn’t make it 5 pages. Loved it as a kid however, but even as a kid I hated the movie.
It’s a shame because he got steadily better, parts of book 2 and all of book 3 were excellent, although again this is from memory. He clearly struggled to write a decent ending, book 4 was good until the end.
The movie at least tried something.
Whereas the book was just… 544 pages long.
The book was terrible, tried re-reading it as an adult and couldn’t make it 5 pages. Loved it as a kid however, but even as a kid I hated the movie.
It’s a shame because he got steadily better, parts of book 2 and all of book 3 were excellent, although again this is from memory. He clearly struggled to write a decent ending, book 4 was good until the end.