一段人与鬼之间的奇幻故事，将惊悚、鬼怪和爱情元素融为一炉。男孩杰米·马克斯（诺亚·西尔弗NoahSilver饰）只在死后才得到人们的关注。他在学校属于孤僻而不引人注意的类型，经常受到霸凌。杰米有个叫亚当（卡梅隆·莫纳汉CameronMonaghan饰）的同学，体育很出色，但生长在单亲家庭，哥哥态度恶劣，因此与杰米同病相怜。亚当的母亲在某一天不幸遭遇了车祸，就在同一天杰米也离奇死亡，尸体就被抛弃在树林后面。剧透慎入老实说，原著的调调看起来就是有点中二病，开初是说主角Adam 才过15岁生日的那个秋天，同一学校的Jamie失踪了。在发现他的尸体同一天，他母亲也因车祸而致下身瘫痪。因为电影限制原著中一些设定没有写入剧本里，因此看电影时常会觉得角色对白奇怪得很。再者两者有很多不同，所以只作列出一些特别的点︰1.\tAdam的祖父母和父亲都没有出现在电影里。Adam的祖父母已经过世，但祖母对Adam的影响很大；她教了Adam一首歌，也是书名One for Sorrow的出处，基本上就是看身边有多少只乌鸦而对应歌词。One for sorrow,Two for joy,Three for girls,Four for boys,Five for silver,Six for gold,Seven for a secretTo never be told.比如说文中有段Adam和Gracie的愉快性体验(没有来真的)，在回家路上他就见到了三只乌鸦。有次见到Jamie只有一只，最后他问Jamie到底是谁杀了他，有七只。2.\t因为没有前文，电影里母亲Linda第一句台词很突兀。Adam的父母经常吵架，每次吵完Linda就会对Adam说，”Don't ever put your happiness in someone else's hands. They'll drop it. They'll drop it every time.” 也因为Linda和Adam父亲吵架，她开车去Abel家打算寻醉，结果被在Abel家喝醉的Lucy在路上迎头相撞，Linda下身瘫痪。3.\t原著中哥哥全名叫Andrew，花名Andy。电影里叫Aaron4.\tAdam和Jamie算不上是同班同学，他们只是电脑课的同桌。Adam喜欢玩一个游戏叫Nevermorrow，第一晚Jamie到他房间时，他们两玩了一整晚。 5.\t鬼魂透过Dead space到不同地方。Adam在书里抱怨为什么Jamie把他衣橱的衣服都翻出来又不放好，Jamie就带Adam经由衣橱穿过Dead space，去到了Gracie的房间。6.\tFuck you Francis 的故事没有很多人知道，但Adam在她谷仓待了一晚后发现原来她父亲侵犯她，母亲又视而不见，有一天她受够了才把他们杀死，以后自插腹部死去。Adam亲眼见到事情的发生后问Jamie为什么她要这样做，Jamie就回答，”This is her thing.”。导演大概是想表示鬼魂会一直重复自己的死法(因为Fuck you Francis每天都重演杀父母的一幕)，所以电影里有三段Adam在桥边找到Jamie衣服，但事实上在原著里根本就没有这场景。7.\t鬼魂在人间停留过多时间就会变成Man with no skin，他们需要Words来"生存"。所以电影里Jamie才会叫Adam给他一些字。8.\t鬼魂可以透过烧掉回忆来暂时”生存”。一般情况下他们都维持死后的样子。Jamie的形象就是眼镜有裂痕，颈有勒痕，太阳穴有很大的伤口和膝盖因拖拉而括破流血。有一晚Jamie在Adam床上烧掉了一些回忆，Adam说Jamie的脸色变得红润，伤口全都不见了，但这只能维持一段时间。回忆烧掉了就再也找不回。9.\t鬼魂不能流眼泪。10.\t电影里出现的心形石头在原著里代表着Gracie的心。Adam先是偷了，后Gracie让他留着。在Adam出走过程中，Gracie背叛了他，向警察供出了他在树林躲藏的荒弃木屋地点，那个石头也断了两半。11.\t鬼魂的最终去处是和荒弃木屋在同一座树林。Adam偷偷跟着Jamie带Fuck you Francis走过那充满浓雾的桥，從而得知知鬼魂的归属。12.\tGracie背叛Adam后在原著里没有再出现过，最尾Adam生活回到正轨时才再出现。13.\tJamie一开始是先烧掉回忆，在很后期才问Adam给他一些字。给字的第一次，他们两个亲上了。事实上给字并不一定要吻着才能，我想Jamie应该是有点私心的。I said, “Thank you,” because those were the words I felt, that I wanted him to have more than any others. “In my mouth,” he said. “Say them in my mouth.”I put my mouth over his and kissed him. I whispered. “Thank you,” into that hot cavern, and he lapped my words up, licked my tongue clean of them, and they were his then. His for the keeping.14.\tJamie离开时只有Adam在他身边。15.\tJamie在决定是不是要离开时表明是被谋杀的，不是电影里的自杀。“You have to go,” I said. “To the bridge. You have to cross it. Like she did. You can’t stay, Jamie. Not like this.”He pressed his face back into my chest and made a sobbing sound. I held on to him, like I held him in the grave, like I held him in my arms when he came to me. He grabbed my arms and shoulders, pinching. He shook his head. “I don’t want to,” he said. “You don’t understand.”“I can’t keep you here any longer.” I said. “I can’t give you what you need.”“But what about him?” he said. He spoke into the hollow of my throat, still clutching. “Who?”“The one who did it!”“Who is he?”“It isn’t fair. He isn’t dead! Why did he do it? Why did he take it from me?”“Who is he?”Jamie pulled back, wiping at his tearless eyes with the backs of his hands. “I can’t remember. It’s a haze now.”“You have to remember.”But he only shook his head and looked down at the running shoes I’d given him. “It’s too late,” he said. “I burned that memory. It was the first one to go.”所以说，Jamie在原著里是被人谋杀的，那人也逃之夭夭。若果没有看过原著，看完电影也不知所云……所以还是先看原著比较好 (虽然也没有好到那里去就是了)