Given that the first movie and truth be told the following two movies in the series stayed truer to the books it was a bit of a disappointment that they chose to not stay truer to the book than they did. Seeing as how this was a contributing factor into Carrie's decisions it cheapened that aspect of the story in my opinion. Another important aspect is the hazing of Carrie at school in the book the hazing started immediately and never stopped because the movie jumped 10 years this was not really covered as well. These are just two of the more crucial to the series events that were either not covered or skipped. The movie adaptation only showed her going to New York for a few months she never achieved Prima Ballerina status. In the book series Cathy wanted to be a Prima Ballerina and she achieved this, despite the hardships she faced. The movie jumps 10 years then crams much of the events of the book (at least the parts it covered) in to a 2 - 3 year time frame giving it a rushed cramed feeling. The book picked up right where Flowers in the Attic ended then covered 10 - 15 years of their lives. The differences between the book and movie are as follows first and foremost the time frame from beginning to end of book was 10 to 15 or more years. That said one needs to know this movie is very different from the book honestly if you were to take the book or movie and rename the characters one would swear they are not the same at all. If your watching the Flowers in the Attic series it's the second installment so to understand the rest of the series watching is is necessary. It's a good movie & acting was very good as well.

Thorns in the attic series