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Summary: Conceivable!
Review: William Goldman has said that he told these stories to his daughters, and was then inclined to collect them in one longer prose work. Only he couldn't get turned on by the parts in between the exciting action. The 'boring' parts, as it were. So what does he do? He eliminates the 'boring' parts altogether, by assembling a fictional 'best parts' version of someone else's tale! What a great idea. Sometimes I reveled in the fact that I didn't have to slog through seventy pages of Morgenstern's views on the socio-political history of Guilder and Florin, or how best to plan a royal wedding. It actually made the 'best' parts that much better.I love Goldman's authorial voice. His pieces for Premiere magazine on the state of the movie industry have always struck me as very wise, common sensical, and conversational. That same voice is utilized to great effect here. The characters you loved in the move have been fleshed out even more, and even though it sometimes proved a distraction when a scene differed from its twin in the movie, sometimes the change (I know, the book was written first) was for the better. A caution, though (**spoilers**): my two favourite moments from the movie (Man in black suggests Fezzick "dream of large women" and Westley offering the Dread Pirate Roberts persona to Inigo) aren't here. I guess you can't have all your best ideas at once. Still, a truly engaging work, and a near perfect piece of storytelling.
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Summary: I may be only 14.......
Review: I may be only 14, but I read about a book a day. I found this book to be quite interesting. It was one of the few books I enjoyed "front to back, cover to cover". I've probably read it a million times. If you don't know if you want to buy this book, go check it out of the library, I'm sure after reading it you'll be convinced.(I'm looking for the unabrided copy, which is nowhere to be found, if anyone knows where to find it, please email me @ katnc24@hotmail.com. Thanks!)
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Summary: This one Rules
Review: I liked this one a lot. I usually don't read these kind of books but this one was good. First of All I think I liked it because it was funny. Much more funny than the movie. I read it in three days. (hey. I'm not that fast of a reader.) any-way I liked it a lot. And I think the romance is cute. So go out, and get it. Well G.2.G see ya around.
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Summary: The BEST book in the WORLD!
Review: I loved this book to death. I owned the movie and decided to read the book. I read it in one weekend and that's unusual for me when I put off homework, TV, computer, everything! I just wanted to read the book. Ask my family, they hated me the whole weekend beacause of my dazed state. Even when I was forced to do anything besides read it, I only half did it, because I was too into the book to stop thinking about it. This book has everything you need to stimulate the brain: adventure, love, excitement, humor, you name it! I myself fell in love with Westley after the first few pages. You feel what they feel...and it's wonderful.
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Summary: can it get any better?
Review: I first read this book a few years ago, and it's been my favorite ever since. Its the only book I've ever read that gets better every time I read it (which I've done quite a few times!). I could go on and on about why I love it, but mostly it just makes me smile- and sometimes laugh out loud!
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Summary: One of my favorites
Review: I saw the movie version of this at a young enough age so that when I came upon the book, I did not remember most of the plot. I am quite glad of this, because it didn't limit my perceptions as much by forcing them into the reality of the movie. (I am not saying that the movie is bad.. FAR FROM IT! Just that I'd suggest reading the book first, THEN seeing the movie..) The little interludes between sections were my favorite parts of the story, and I simply loved the extra background on Fezzik and Inigo. All in all, I would count this book as one of the great works of our time. Perhaps it won't be counted up there by academia, who unfortunately decides which books get taught in most english classes (Dickens? Blech! ) but it is a book that I think will always take up a little corner of our mind... And every so often we will encounter something in life that makes us think: Oh! that's sorta like that bit from The Princess Bride... I love this book =)
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Summary: Buckle my swash...
Review: I'm not sure how to take this book... For a start, I saw the film before I read the book and it seems very strange reading the words but having them appear in your mind's ear coming from Cary Elwes' or Mandy Patinkin's lips - normally the book and the film have very different lines... Then I was unprepared for the introduction, which seemed to take an inordinately long time to lead into the main story, mainly due to the butterfly mind of our 'abridger' - lots of side-tracks and self-depracating humour (not side-splitting or laugh-out-load, but wry, twisty-mouth, snigger humour). The story itself is almost exactly like the film, apart from a few extra scenes. If you've seen the film, then you may not want, or need, to read it (although I found it to be a useful addition). If you haven't seen it, then buy the book; it has the works, amost every old-time swash-buckling fantasy adventure element is in there - real Erol Flynn stuff this - and it never stops (if you ignore the Goldman/Morgenstern between-brackets interjections). Funny, camp, exciting and predictable (yes you can have both at once!) this tale just carries you off on a ride.
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Summary: superb
Review: i read this book in one of my classes. It was an excelent book. most of my fellow students also liked this book. superb.
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Summary: Buttercups Baby
Review: This was a tight book but I would like to know where I can buy Buttercups Baby please tell me.
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Summary: Never dull
Review: Action packed and mind tickling. Always something you want to read out loud to a friend so they will understand why you're laughing out loud in a room by yourself!
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