Some of the differences in the book and in the movie are when Lily went to the dinner she didn't steal anything but in the book she stole snuff for Rosaleen. Also when T-Ray came to get Lily he grabbed her by the hair before they got a chance to talk and in the movie they talked first.

I think the book was better. It gave a better understanding of everything that was happening but the movie also literally showed what was happening. Besides reading is better for you than watching a movie. And in the book she didn't write her name with the spit jar. And it was kinda graphic how they beat her up.

All in all I think they did a good job on making the movie like the book except for a few parts but you can't have everything that the book had. I liked the music in the movie. It was very good with the violins and the partial piano playing. The ending was even sadder in the movie because of how T-Ray felt about his wife leaving him.