I'm not going to nitpick and be like "The book took place in Edinburgh Glasgow not London 
," but it's hard to judge the movie without comparing it to the source. While I don't think the novel's theme were very profound or new the film paint-by-numbers and the story very rushed. This is despite a 2¼ hour running time that felt flabby in the middle. And despite the film being about Bella's growth as a person it omits the book's epilogue. This is the only part from Bella's perspective and it changes how you view the entire story 
This is also probably the least funny Yorgos Lanthimos film I've seen. I did get one good laugh and involved a character calling someone r-slurred. 
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Comparing a movie to it's book in current year is a dog whistle chud.
For Wheel of Time, Amazon cucked one of the authors into saying the series was like an alternative telling that was still canon, a different turning of the wheel. (And frick you if you wanted a TV show about the actual books).
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