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Jan 28, 2013miaone rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I also am biased by having first read the book, and I agree with GuyN that it would be hard to show the concierge's character in film when she lives in her head all the time. But reading the book, I didn't expect the tragedy at the end of the book, so was unprepared. Watching the movie, I may have been influenced by knowing what was coming, but I didn't think the film had any power at the end; it just fizzled. Also, in the book, the family of the young girl was truly dysfunctional; in the film they were merely annoying. A point I would pick with both book and film: neither convinces me that Paloma would have made the decision to kill herself. To run away, maybe. But to choose death, no.