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Summary: A Perfect 10
Review: Believe it or not, the book is even better than the film. It's a comical satire of love, adventure, death, magic, murder, royalty and anything else you can imagine blended into one. Read it. You won't regret it.
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Summary: Expanded journeys
Review: If you are as huge a fan as I am of the film princess bride, you will most defintalely enjoy this. The book is more of an expanded version of the film. It has more of an involved romance between Wesley and Buttercup while on the farm. She is more bratty. Also there are large back-stories for the characters. (I enjoyed Both fessik's and inigo's. It seems Fessiks parents profited off of his size. And inigo's dad was infatuated with making the perfect sword.) This falls into the great and expansive category of fantasy. But, what a hot one. It takes a lot to make me laugh out loud while reading a story...this one does the trick!
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Summary: I wish I could give this book 10 stars!!
Review: While I must admit, Morgenstern's version is more comprehensive... William Goldman does a great job of weaving the "neccessary" parts into a great adaptation of the original story. While I do miss the all-encompassing diatribes about the flora and fauna of Florin (makes me want to visit!), I agree, the story breathes life without them. I have yet to NOT be entertained by any of Mr. Goldman's stories ("Year of the Comet" included!), this is by far my very favorite. I hope you thank your father every night for telling you this incredible tale, Mr. Goldman, I know *I* do! (and if you believe everything I've just said - have I got a bridge to sell ya!)
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Summary: One of my favorites
Review: I loved the movie, but I love the book even more. I couldn't put it down, but didn't want it to end. I really enjoyed the style as the author flits back and forth between the story and his life. It was like reading two stories at once!
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Summary: Far too short for the topic
Review: This abridgement was acceptable, though he did leave out some of the best bits. At least he quoted the original from time to time. Though I'm not sure I like his characterization of the original text.
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Summary: High Adventure and True Love Triumph!
Review: Goldman's The Princess Bride is an excellent novel that displays his original style, his wit, and his beautiful story telling that is sometimes unappreciated. This tale of "true love and high adventure" takes the reader from the very top of the Cliffs of Insanity to the pits of Guilder's fire swamp. The story takes place in the land of Florin where love blossoms between farm boy Westly and his sweet, Buttercup. All is good until Westly must leave and his ship is overtaken by the Dread Pirate Roberts, who leaves no survivors. Buttercup, distraught by the loss of her love, is asked to be queen of Florin by the evil Prince Humperdink, and with no hope of true love again she accepts. Vizzini the genius and his two cohorts, Inigo the sword master and Fezzik the giant, soon kidnap her in order to start a war between Florin and their rival Guilder. The kidnappers are followed by a man in black who is also trying to get Buttercup. Could it be a long lost love? Goldman's story telling style is unique and quite entertaining. The outer plot line of taking his own point of view and incorporating past memories of his father reading him the book as a kid is a clever device for holding the reader's attention. The constant interruptions of the story by Goldman and his personal insights become a tale of their own. The allusion used in these interactions between father and son is an entertaining and effective external method of guiding the reader through the book. His theme of true love conquering all adversaries is the main premise. All the over the top romance is balanced quite nicely with a brilliant adventure story. His writing is sophisticated yet still an easy read and one book to be enjoyed by those of all ages.
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Summary: A book I can read again and again
Review: This has got to be one of my all-time favorite books. I think that Goldman wrote the screen-play for the movie first, but you'd never know it. The dialogue and background text is snappy and smart. The action flows smoothly and the descriptions are vivid. My only complaint is that it ends - will there actually be a sequel sometime? I certainly hope so.
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Summary: Fairy Tales Abound
Review: I love this book...I had been a fan of the movie for many years. The book held magic for me, as did the movie...This is a book you can have fun with. I recently read it to my boyfriend when he had the flu. With fencing, fighting, revenge, true love, and miracles, who can go wrong? Plus it holds alot of background information about Inigo and Fezzick that wasn't in the movie. YAY!!! I would recommend this book to those who just want to escape from reality (because it isn't realistic at all)
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Summary: my favorite book of all time
Review: this book never ceases to make my heart flutter with excitement every time i pick it up. it's well written, and i didn't figure out until my 5th read through of the book the truth of the book. ... i've read this book at least 20 times and plan never to stop. i think anyone should read it who wants a great story and creative brilliance. :-)
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Summary: Not as good as the movie
Review: This book is interesting, and is recommended if one has not seen the movie, but unlike most books, it is not better than the movie. Much of the movie comes straight from the book, and no imagination can come up with a better giant than Andre the Giant. The parts of the book that deal with the same events as in the movie, but differ in details, are inferior to the portrayal of the events in the movie.The book certainly is humorous, but the constant interuptions of Goldman discussing the fictional Morgenstern get old quickly. Maybe some people find this great, but in my opinion, it just takes away from the story. Still, the book contains a lot to holds one's interest. It deals with pirates, dueling, torture, love, and many other things. It is full of action.
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