Unsuccessful film adaptations
Many books have been transferred to the screen, but not all of them have been successful for a variety of reasons. Divergent Series One of the worst rated book adaptation comes from the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth. She released her series of 3 books between 2011 and 2013, but the first was not taken to the screen until 2014. The first book and film was called Divergent and it scored a 41% rating from reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes. Whilst this already sounds low, it is the highest rated film of the three. However, the book itself received an average rating of 4.17 stars on good read which converts to 83%. This is double the rating the film received, proving that it was not the story which was poor, it was the way it was conveyed onscreen. The second book is called Insurgent and it received a lower rating of 23% on rotten tomatoes. One top critic, Chris Stuckmann commented ' There are some thrilling scenes here and there, but mostly, Insurgent is an aggressively fa...