| The Shack movie | Both | The Shack book |
| The movie was less detailed than the book | They both had the flashback of traumas in Mack’s childhood. | The book is more heretical because it includes more dissident scripture. |
| Mack tricked Willie just to use his truck to go back to the shack. | They both had the murder scene exactly the same. | The book vividly explains how Papa was trying to help Mack. |
| The book pretty much was exactly the same as the movie. It was right on cue. |
