error handlling in C

Is it generally a good idea to use perror() function to handle all the
error situations ?

For eg in one of my modules I have used it extensively.

int reader()
{
FILE *zeus_file;
....................
.....................

zeus_file = fopen("sphere.zeus", "r");
if(zeus_file == NULL)
{
perror("File open error");
return -1;
}

..............................................

}
.

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