Yes it is.
I think what the book was trying to convey was the hopelessness of ever feeling normal again. The overall sense of dread of returning to a normal life after seeing what they've seen and functioning at the basic human level seemed an insurmountable endeavor for the characters in the book, all while experiencing that very thing that will forever change that.
I'm being super nit picky. It's just that it feels like the movie needed a title reminiscent of ww1, so the picked All Quiet on the Western Front. The similarities basically stopped there.
To give some context to what I'm getting at, here are movies that, off the top of me head, do the book justice in its adaptation:
American Psycho
Angela's Ashes
Jurassic Park
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