The book was stunning. Definitely in my top 3 favourite books of all time. The movie was stunning too, but not as good as the book, obviously. The movie made me cry, it was so beautiful.

It had two advantages the book did not: Music and the dancing. You can't picture the dancing too well in the book, but that one scene with Sayuri dancing alone in the movie... beautiful. And the soundtrack was done by John Williams, so it was amazing.

Also, the ending almost kind of dissapointed me in the book, but it fit so well at the end of the movie.