Behind the scenes- what do authors really feel about film adaptations?

Is it just a commercial decision or is more a stake when a writer signs on the dotted line to have their book 'adapted' for the big screen? Some authors have been known to turn down huge offers in order to preserve the integrity of their characters, others have had to stand by helplessly as their book emerges in an unrecognisable form in the cinema:

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