Bad. I unknowing ordered the “updated” version where they have cell phones &the war a character is returning from is Iraq instead of Vietnam. But nothing was fixed with the rest of the book (can’t call&warn bc a phone isn’t installed, communal dorm phones, outdated slang) 

But even without that -family drama & relationships dominate the story 

The 4 MCs have the same essence as the film, but the movie made them (deservedly) suffer so much more.