Books are fantastic treasures. What begins as stationary words on paper can play out in our imagination like scenes in a movie. They provide us with the liberty to be as creative as we want, and they have been proven to be a much needed escape from daily life.

Popular novels, such as Divergent by Veronica Roth, The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, are following in the footsteps of successful franchises such as Harry Potter and Twilight. Having cultivated a considerable following, fans of these novels are able to experience the joy of seeing their favorite books translated onto the silver screen. But the question is: Can Hollywood be trusted with the fate of such revered pieces?

Apparently not. Nine out of ten students interviewed expressed negative views on these onscreen interpretations.

“I usually read the book before I go to see the movie in theaters, and they’re usually better than the movies,” freshman Katt Adami said, referring to last summer’s popular Young Adult (or YA) novel, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.

Some students feel extremely dispassionate towards these book-to-movie adaptations. “They are terrible because they don’t follow some storylines of the book,” sophomore Chinar Ghandi said. “The Hunger Games never even mentions one of the really important characters in the book.”

Other students are little more forgiving. “I think most of the movies are disappointing, but seeing as it’s an ‘adaptation,’ I cut them a little slack,” junior Hannah Greer said.

“Movie adaptations can be fun, but the book holds more details not present in the movie,” senior Mercedes Rean said. “When my friends and I were watching Beautiful Creatures, I constantly had to explain what was happening to them.”