Film vs book (essay) It is better to read a book than see a film version of the book. Nowadays, people prefer watching a film version of the book instead of reading it and they would probably find a lot of reasons for not spending time to read. One reason may be that they do not have time to spend on it, for this, watching a movie is faster than read a book of 500 pages or more. Another reason may be that they are always tired when they might have found time to read. Coming home after a 10 hours of working, you may not be disposed to lay down on a sofa and concentrate, so people prefer relaxing while they watch Tv or films. Despite this fact, there are still lots of people who are addicted to books, and they absolutely want to read the book before the film comes out. Furthermore there are a good number that read the book after having seen the film. In my opinion, reading a book has something more than watching a film version. You can imagine your own characters and invent the location, it is something personal, and perhaps our version is completely different from director’s point of view. And then of course you can also watch the film version.