I think the witches were given more depth and purpose in the film and were much more evil than in the book. One thing that I liked more about the film than the book was the climax of the story. The characters were portrayed so well to how they were written and the magic of faerie was even more mysterious and enchanting than in the novel. The film even had additional scenes that, unlike other adaptations, didn’t change the story but added new depths to it. Almost every single scene in the book was included in the film. What struck me with this book was just how closely the movie and book were. Every page of this book was filled with magic and lore and there’s nothing I love more than that. Witches looking for youth and immortality, “noble" Lords fighting for power, an enslaved servant waiting for freedom, and a lovestruck young man the glue of it all, stumbling into a destiny he could have never imagined. The different storylines that eventually converge bring levels of depth to the plot that keeps you hooked until the last page. Stuck up men with bland lives all about marrying because they have to and working until they die and women whose only purpose is to marry for security and social position living alongside a wall separating them from a world so very different from their own, full of opportunity and adventure.
The idea of an English village living in relative harmony alongside a magical land, especially during Victorian times, was intriguing and hilarious.
Reminiscent of tales from the Grimm Brother’s but with a more mature audience in mind. This story is always going to be entertaining in whatever form in whatever decade.
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