Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: the movie was better, and different

so I saw the movie when it came out, and really liked it. I always meant to read the book and finally found a copy. I made several attempts to get started and found it confusing and impenetrable. finally, I decided to plow through to the end believing it must be good since the movie was, and the book was a best-seller.I must say that there isn't much to the book. nothing happens; no real plot develops. it just ends, with a little end-note about Kip the sapper after the war which was both jarring and unnecessary.the most unsatisfying loose-end is the fate of the patient Almasy. the book ended with him in bed just like it started, and never having been forthcoming with Hana, Carvaggio, or Kip.also, once in the book it says the Bedouins treated Almasy with tannic acid which turned his skin dark. that is truly bizarre. this is how you tan animal hides to make leather. it kills the cells and makes them non-porous. is there a dermatologist in the house to comment?