Readers have had to watch as many of their beloved books make the transition to the big screen. In some instances, this transition was almost painless, and the rest of the world got to witness amazing stories like the “Harry Potter” series.

In other instances, readers watched in horror as their favorite story was murdered by Hollywood and shown to the masses like “Mortal Instruments.”

It was an amazing feeling seeing words on a page come to life, but now the magic is gone — and this practice needs to stop.

Hollywood has begun to create a formula for making these books appealing to the general public. Love triangles, action and hints at complex issues are the standard fare one can expect going into any movie theatre filled with young teenage girls.

Hollywood is now slowly realizing that not all young adult books are created equally, and this is reflecting in the box office. “Divergent,” the latest series to get a movie makeover, made over $50 million during its opening weekend.

While this amount is nothing to sneeze at, this is abysmal when compared to “The Hunger Games,” which, according to Box Office Mojo, made over $150 million during its opening weekend.

Is this the beginning of the end? Hopefully. There may be fans who love being able to see their favorite characters come to life, but at what cost?

In “The Hunger Games,” Gale was one of the most irrelevant characters. He may have been in about two scenes in the entire book. Movie producers thought that creating a Team Peeta vs. Team Gale campaign was more important than staying true to the book.

In “City of Bones,” audiences stared as Cassandra Claire’s characters were portrayed beautifully (Robert Sheehan was perfect as Simon!). Though after about 30 minutes, fans of the book will realize that these characters seem to be playing the plot of someone else’s story.

As an avid reader of young adult fiction, it is continuously nauseating when a movie release date is announced. Some people hold onto hope that the next movie will be as amazing as “Harry Potter,” but those days are gone.

There are many books that hold amazing stories and should be shared with as many people as possible.

Instead of cutting out the complexity of a book in an effort to force it into the movie medium, it’s time to hand out library cards and gift cards to Barnes and Noble or Amazon.

Not every book needs a movie. Once we can accept this, the injustice can end.

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