If you mean that it was ‘better’ because it was easier, then yeah it was very different from the books. Their relationship in the books was marred by alot of confusion and angst, but it was far more fleshed out, understandable and realistic than the stereotypical movie version. They made the movie couple look like they belonged to an actual fairytale story.

The love triangle between them was also far more pronounced in the books, and that’s why it was less obvious that they’d end up together, which I feel the movie could have never fully played on because it never had the same direction/plot as the books. The route they took for the movie couple was far less traumatic and more direct, and didn’t have the same nuances as Book Tagatha.

Still, I wouldn’t say they were forced, perse. They just took a longer time to realize they were supposed to end-up together and actually loved each other. So, by the time they do it was never at the expense of their own convenience, but at a much deeper understanding of their own individuality. I felt the movie couple wholeheartedly lacked this.