To all the books I’ve loved before

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Jimena Hallal

In many instances when a movie is made based off a book the audience has said that the book is always better than the movie because the book and the movie do not have many similarities.

The book “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” by Jenny Han is no different than these books.

The book follows the same plot as the movie and there are some slight differences but there are still some scenes which help shape the book and take it into better details.

The book and movie follow a girl named Lara Jean, who is shy and a hopeless romantic, and five love letters.

The love letters are written by Lara Jean to her previous crushes and one day they were sent out.

The letters were sent to: her sister’s ex-boyfriend, the most popular boy in school, a boy from camp, her homecoming date, and a member of mock model UN.

In the book the letters get sent out but you do not find out who sent them until the end, however, in the movie that important detail is seen as soon as the letters are sent out.

The dating in the movie begins relatively soon and in the book it takes time due to the introduction of characters.

There is also a prop in the movie that was never mentioned in the book that was extremely important to the movie and that prop was what made the movie better.

Little details that directors and screenwriters change in movies are what can either make or break the movie.

The book versus the movie will always be a debate of time, but which one is better will always be up to the audience.