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Summary: My Favorite Book of All Time
Review: I'm not a person who re-reads books or watches movies twice. But I think I've read this book about 3-5 times. I first discovered it when I was a about 14, and it was about 10 years later that I found out there was even a movie about it.I literally threw the book down in moments of uncontrollable, convulsive laughter. This book has made me laugh so many times - I couldn't get enough of it. The movie disappointed me (except for Mandy Patankin and maybe Carey Elwes) and I laugh at those who think the movie is representative of the book. The book is so much better! Thank you, Mr. Goldman, for providing your wit and humor to the world.
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Summary: Goldman is a Genius!
Review: I really have to hand it to Goldman for writing a book this fresh and inventive. It seems unfair that someone so creative was also blessed with a delicious sense of humor. I've read it aloud to a few special people in my life, and recommended it to everyone else. How can anyone call it a classic, when "The Princess Bride" is in a league of it's own.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I read this book and loved it, but i was really disappointed when i saw that there was know chapter four. And when I tried looking for a copy that wasn't abriged all i could find was the same one i have. But other then that small problem it was a great book.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: "The Princess Bride" by S. Morgenstern is one of the most compelling and adventurous books I have ever read. The character developments and story lines are simply outstanding and have always captured my imagination, no matter how many times I have read the book. Simply, this book is amazing. The story revolves around WEsley and Buttercup, two lover, who are separated when Wesley sails to America to find work so he can marry his love. But fate takes a hand when his Ship is attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts, and he is killed. Buttercup had married another in five years upon Wesley's return to her. But it was really untrue and they live happily ever after, even with the help of a giant, a spaniard, and a cast of fairy tale horrors.
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Summary: One of the best books I've read..
Review: I personally don't see how anyone can possibly dislike this book. It's charming and funny, and a lot more. I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes fairy tales and adventures. (Though a lot of events in this book are completely ..impossible, but that's where a lot of the humor comes from.)
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Summary: read it befrore you see the film
Review: i do have a preference for the film, but there is one charming part of the book which the film unfortunatly cuts out.
as the story of the princess bride unfolds, the narrator occasionally refers to the book's ficticious author: S. Morgenstern. He will cut out many of the longer parts of the book that will probably bore his young listener, hile summing them up and sometimes listing how many pages they took up in the original. just as an adult reading to a child sometimes switches the story around to please the youngster, so does the narrator. in this sense, the book is truly about both its story and its genre. it can appeal to older and younger readers alike. read this beautful book, only then see the film it inspired.
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Summary: Good, not perfect
Review: The Princess Bride is a true fantasy classic. William Goldman describes it as a "good parts version" of "S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure." Morgenstern's original was filled with details of Florinese history, court etiquette, and Mrs. Morgenstern's mostly complimentary views of the text. Mr. Goldman's father described it to him as a story that has everything: "Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles." Now, Mr. Goldman is publishing an abridged version, interspersed with comments on the parts he cut out.
This is one of those books that is a mixture of good and bad parts. I would recommend it to any HP fan.
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Summary: A delightful fairytale
Review: This is my favorite young adult book. It's a grand adventure and it's full of sarcasm and wit. I admit the female lead isn't quite as strong as I'd like her to be, but still, this is a fun, light hearted, book. It's a good book to read when you want to relax and unwind after finishing a political or religious book. The Princess Bride is worth reading over and over once every summer.
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Summary: a must-read classic
Review: I recommend this book to every young woman I know with the advice that it's about the perfect man. My boyfriend (now husband) heard me say that and read it too. But it's not a "romance" novel. Instead, it's a comic adventure novel / fairy tale. I'm going to read the "good parts" to my 7-year old son. The movie's good, the book's better. I love the "story within a story within a story" structure, the wit, and the oh-so-quotable dialog.
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Summary: Deprived Scots!!!
Review: I am a Canadian living in Scotland right now and I was absolutly shocked when I came over here to discover that no one had ever heard of the Princess Bride! HELLO, its only the best story on the planet, and we even made it into a film for you so you wouldn't have to go to all the bother of reading anything. No one in my class had ever heard of Inigo Montoya, "you killed my father, prepare to die", or Fezzik, the giant who liked rhyming things, or Vizzini the evil Scillian, or Buttercup or Westly or Prince Humperdink or Count Rugan or...anybody!!! No wonder they just go out drinking all the time (sorry about that).
So I'm writing this to say - if you haven't read this book, you haven't lived. Don't talk to me about the best book ever until you've read this one, don't talk about favorite fairy tales or love stories or anything like that until you've cracked the cover of the Princess Bride. Then watch the movie, if you must, but read the book first.
My dad owns an old ancient copy of the book, with yellowed pages and no cover. I devoured it at only nine years old, after having watched the film a million times. (The film is great, but once you've read the book, you see that the written word is much, much greater.) I've devoured the novel again at least twice a year since. This summer I invested in a new copy, becasue many of the old pages had fallen out and it was starting to crumble. At fifteen and a half, I still love this book. Its the kind of story you can't help but. You never never grow tired of it, never grow out of it.
It's one of my secrect ambitions to read the unabridged version some time. Just to say I have. But I have a feeling that it won't replace the real story. Just like tofu can never replace chicken, no other book can ever take this one's place.
So once again, I say it: READ THIS BOOK. Whether you already have, or have never even heard of it, order a copy now and you'll never look back. All other books take second place to this classic.
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