Way better than the movie
341954
The detail the author gives you can envision everything. I love this book, such a great story
2428622
A much better tale than the movie. I saw the movie after the book and I hated the movie. The book however wasn't. I never realy was for the movies. But the books were suprisingly good. Not good but great. A romantic-action-filled future classic. This book will not dissapoint.
3193636
This book is amazing way better than the films. The 3rd installment takes a different direction than the movie but is equally as impressive
2917654
Having read the book first, I was very weary that this could actually be pulled off as a movie.  I was wrong.  The book itself is actually written in a very cinematic way.  It moves at a lightning fast pace, has a lot of  great dialogues, moves around a lot, and it has a lot of big,  theatrical-like events.  To say that the book is better than the movie is  not necessarily true.  They are both excellent in their own rights,  although the book comes off slightly more enjoyable in my opinion.  Either  way, my suggestion is to read the book AND see the movie, both several  times.
4297924
It is very different from the Movie, a must read
1565564
The novel is SOOOO much better than the movie. The vocabulary can be challenging for younger children. My third graders loved the book.  It is a family friendly book which has clean humor and presents good family values.
3954608
Brings out the plot much clearer than does the movie.
2354300
I found this book to be very interesting. I liked the book far better than the movie
153664
Definitely better than the movie. Keep your tissues close!
3842811
For anyone who watched the movie and thought they learned the story, you're wrong. The book is way better; Hollywood messed up or left out some of the best parts. The story's suspense will having you grip the legs of your chair in anxiety and stunned at how excellent of an author Pittacus Lore is. A great concept of nine aliens that escaped their own planet and came to Earth to elude a hostile force of aliens that wiped out their planet and are now after then until they are ready to fight. After the first three are gone, "John Smith" is next. The characters of the story are creative and great and the twists and  turns of the plot line are amazing. This is probably one of the best books ever written.
2978427
Wonderful book!  I couldn't put it down! Soo much better than the movie!
2140171
I really enjoyed this book, and found the story compelling. The book, as usual, was much better and had so much more depth than the movie. This is a suitable book for kids from about the age of 8 years and up
2673564
This is a book that I recommend for any one. It is so amazing and is so much better than the movie.
1583987
I read this book after watching the movie "Masterminds" and this book is MUCH better than the movie. I don't know why they changed so much for the movie when the actual story is just as crazy or crazier. The only thing the movie got right is that a Loomis truck got robbed. Other than that, there is no resemblance. Read the book and forget the movie ever existed.
572992
I read the book before seeing the movie, and I'm glad I did, because if I had seen the movie first I would have been really dissapointed by the book, which is much sadder. The movie was really well written and acted and I actually really like the changes that were made. The book was so, so good, and that made me concerned I wouldn't like the movie because I knew they had made some really pretty pronounced changes. But honestly, it's made so well and there's so much heart in what they did I'm glad I got to see what I'll call the "revised" version. Four stars for not sticking more to the source material just on principle, but I really did like it very much.
4800616
The book is much better than the movie.  I could follow the book better than the movie that could not keep an even flow to the story
4316531
I actually saw the movie before reading this, but, from oodles of experience, most books are far better than the movie. This one does not disappoint. I read this book in an afternoon, only so I could re a d the sequel to find out "where she went".