# The Rules Of Attraction the movie vs. the book (UNBOXED SPOLIERS AHOY) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-of-attraction-the-movie-vs-the-book-unboxed-spoliers-ahoy/289811 "2005-02-13T00:07:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-of-attraction-the-movie-vs-the-book-unboxed-spoliers-ahoy/289811/1 "2005-02-13T00:07:07Z")
So I’m about 3/4 the way through the book. And I am so confused. I saw the movie first, and several things are so completely different. \*Lauren the virgin in the movie, vs. Lauren who sleeps around in the book \*Paul can’t get Sean in the movie, vs. Paul (At first I thought it was just in his mind) who is sleeping with Sean \*Sean never gets Lauren in the movie, vs. Sean has a relationship with Lauren \*Lauren is pregnant in the book. Sure there are lots of things alike, but a lot of things that seemed crucial to the plot in the movie just don’t happen in the book. I personally liked the movie. Although it took me until the end of the movie to piece together that the girl who committed suicide was the one who was putting notes in his box. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-of-attraction-the-movie-vs-the-book-unboxed-spoliers-ahoy/289811/2 "2005-02-13T01:25:17Z")
You forgot the most important difference of all: The book isn’t a steaming pile of hideous crap. The movie is. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-of-attraction-the-movie-vs-the-book-unboxed-spoliers-ahoy/289811/3 "2005-02-13T01:35:19Z")
ahahahahahha, hey I liked it for what it was. Should I read American Psycho? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-of-attraction-the-movie-vs-the-book-unboxed-spoliers-ahoy/289811/4 "2005-02-13T15:28:04Z")
Yes. But be prepared to be very disturbed. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-of-attraction-the-movie-vs-the-book-unboxed-spoliers-ahoy/289811/5 "2005-03-06T07:14:48Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Yes. But be prepared to be very disturbed. _American Psycho_ was the only book that I was so horrified with I almost stopped reading it. I finished it today after finally managing to get it out of the library. I’ve never seen the movie, so I was very shocked. I bet if they took out all the times he’s talked about what other people are wearing, the book would only be half as long. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rules-of-attraction-the-movie-vs-the-book-unboxed-spoliers-ahoy/289811/6 "2005-03-06T10:26:42Z")
It’s not like you weren’t warned :P.