3.94 avg rating — 277,680 ratings

"This book is more than a memoir of some crazy times, as the movie would like us to believe. Rather, it digs deeper into what it means to be mentally ill, asking questions like: if she could be committed to an asylum, what about me?"

4.20 avg rating — 5,444,131 ratings

"The loneliness and fear are so much better expressed in Winston's internal dialog than any dry film has yet portrayed."

4.35 avg rating — 833,775 ratings

"During the time it takes to read this rather lengthy book, you really feel the mourning and loss of not only friends and family but society as we know it. I have yet to see a film version which captures it."

3.91 avg rating — 47,973 ratings

"This romance movie bears almost no resemblance to the book, except that it features a Danish woman running a plantation in Kenya."