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Summary: Perfectly crafted
Review: This 25th anniversary edition is excellent. Nicely bound and -- finally -- a hardback edition. Goldman provides a new introduction plus a chapter from the book's sequel. This book is a perfect gift for any occasion.Have you seen the movie? Well, as with most movies that are book adaptations, the book is far superior. You will find that the movie dialogue is often line for line what is in the book, but the book includes important commentary and character back-story that makes the story even that much more enjoyable.
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Summary: All Time Classic
Review: Only fools, ogres, and heartless guttersnipes would find this tale to be anything less than brilliant. I suspect that those children who pull kitten's tails have never had this story read to them. Save your children from a life of misery and start reading to them tonight!
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Summary: My Fav Ever
Review: I can say in all truth that this is the only book that has ever made me laugh out loud at least once in each chapter and made me cry right after. As said before by other readers, The Princess Bride truly has everything you could ask for. True, it doesn't have some deep, philisophical meaning to it, but that's what makes it great! In the book the writer first says that it was written after France, but before Europe, but after America. He is so obviously trying to make it known that his story isn't one of deep meaning or truth, but a lighthearted comedy with the most melodramatic and steryotypical characters he could think up! Anyone could argue that Westly and Buttercup's love isn't real, that they don't even know each other and fall in love after only kissing once. Well, no one ever said Snow White had heavy conversations and love making with her lil boyfriend, did they? The best part of the book is probably the author's commentary on the parts he edited out. "If you ever suffer from insomnia, read this part of the book." or something like that, because it was so boring. So, if you're looking for a good-time, heart lifting, steryotypical fairy tale with a dash of sarcasm, The Princess Bride is for you!
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Summary: Not as good as the Movie
Review: I believe that the movie was much better. The book wasn't as funny, smart, cool, or romantic as the movie. It is a good book (I especially like the "commentary"), but if you want "A Hot Fairy-Tale" as the jacket advertizes, rent the movie.
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Summary: An Awesome Romance and Adventure Book!
Review: The Princess Bride combines romance and adventure in such a natural way it's amazing. I enjoyed this book because it has so many different things: pirates, fencing, villians, giants, pain, revenge, kings, and torture. However, the root of the story, and the part I like most, is the love between a poor farm boy, Wesley, and Buttercup, the most beautiful girl in the history of the world. S. Morgenstern does an awesome job writing this classic tale about the lengths to which Wesley is willing to go to get his true love back. I got wrapped up in many of the characters because the author tells you all about their histories. I wasn't able to out The Princess Bride down because I wanted to find out whether Buttercup would escape from her murderous kidnappers or if the fencing Spaniard, Inigo, would finally be able to avenge his father's death. This humorous tale will keep your avid attention from the first chapter, where Wesley's ship is captured by the Dread Pirate Robersts, to the very last page, which concludes the classic tale of true love and high adventure.
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Summary: Who are all these morons?
Review: Who are all these morons who think Morgenstern is real? And the people who claim that the original is better? How would they know? They couldn't have read it since it didn't exist. Unfortunately, these people never leave their email addresses, so we can't berate them as they deserve. This is a great book, as wonderful as the movie and definately a classic.
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Summary: Not the book of the film
Review: it was the film of the book... An earlier reviewer claims the book came second, but it ain't true, Goldman published this in 1973, then wrote the screenplay for the 1987 movie. I love the movie, and reading this, its amazing how true to the book that film was (the book is a little more cynical, which is a pity, but still fantastic).
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Summary: It tells how wonderfull this book truly is.
Review: This book is the most wonderfull I've ever read. It has a little bit of everything adventure, romance, fanticy you name it. You may be thinking sissy book, you are so wrong did I also mention that it has fencing, murder,giants. Happy reading!
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Summary: Don't skip the introduction...
Review: ...it's as funny as the rest. Before the movie came out, thisbook was quite hard to get. I would order six copies at a time,because everyone who read it lent it to someone else, so I never got my books back. Nowadays it's better known, and people buy their own copies. But this is still a book you'll want to share with everyone you know.
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Summary: if u like romance with a little bit of fantasy, read this!!
Review: This book reveals the beauty of love. The author uses great context, giving you a vivid idea of what is going on. I like this book because to me it is considered a classic. I also liked the way it was written and I really enjoyed the romance between the two lovers. This is a must read!!!
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