None captures the real sense of the word, and as a result we miss the point of the book.

That would be too normal, and would entirely miss the point.

You will miss the point if you look for some mystical or ecstatic experience.

But those who understandably direct their bile at her and her family miss the point.

This results in boring, bland, sentimental, self-conscious, often gratuitously camp productions, which entirely miss the point.