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Summary: An excellent piece of literature with all the elements.
Review: The Princess Bride is a book everyone can enjoy. It contains romance, adventure, comedy, and tragedy. Possibly one of the greatest storys ever written. If you read only one book in your lifetime, make it The Princess Bride by William Goldman.
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Summary: Awesome Except for A Few PET_PEEVES
Review: Okay, short and sweet. I like this book because it has not only True love, but Real love--the kind that doesn't come easily and you have to work for it. Westley, Buttercup, Humperdinck, Count Ruger, Fezzik, Inigo Montoya, Vizzini and etc are all names to be read about and LOVED or DESPISED. Lastly, the only reason I gave this book 4 stars, (because I love it but have to be honest) is that it has an ending that leaves you unsatisfied and wanting more, and Goldmans "interruptions" get a big aggravating. Oh,yeah, this is the only book I would say that the movie is a lot better but the book explains stuff-like where the heck are Buttercups parents?:)
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Summary: The best story ever written
Review: The Princess Bride is the best story ever written. It has the power to take you away with just the first sentence. I loved this book as a child and I still love this book 21 years later.
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Summary: Read this when there is nothing else to read.
Review: Great characterizations. I had trouble liking the Princess Bride but it had it's good moments. At some parts it was extremely boring.
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Summary: Read This Book!!!
Review: There are three great books/types of books in this world: The Bible, anything by C.S. Lewis, and The Princess Bride. For all of you interested in buying this book, I'm going to try and make your decision easy. I've read the book several times and seen the movie at least 14 times. I've forced all of my friends to watch the movie. I quote the book at least once a day (usually more). Everyone who has heard the story of The Princess Bride loves it. There's somethign in it for everyone, from comedy to romance to action and adventure to drama to a tiny bit of gore. As the title page claims, it is truely a "Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure". If you read this book, I guarantee that you'll love it-- and the movie is just as good, maybe even better.
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Summary: The funniest book I have read
Review: In The Princess Bride,Goldman makes fun of all the fairy tales and adventure stories about beautiful princesses and white knights ever written.By the end,my face hurt from laughing so much.
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Summary: A theory....
Review: First of all, I found this to be a most enjoyable book, and, if Goldman ever gets around to completing Buttercup's Baby with or without the help of noted "Florinese" writer Stephen King, I will definitely be in the front of the line trying to buy it.This is just a theory, but while many of you are bashing some of the reviewers below for believing in Morgenstern, those "true believers" in the reality of Florin may be Goldman again, trying once more to get our collective goat. A wonderful practical joke on top of his original practical joke, if true.
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Summary: You WILL get it, eventually
Review: I also have been having an amusing time reading those reviews where people didn't realize Goldman wrote the whole book himself. "The Princess Bride" has always been one of my favourite comedic books, but when I first read it (when I was eight; I'm now 22) I too believed there was a Morgenstern "original". I think the reason why this book is so great is because the, shall we say, gullible, among us will think that there is a true Morgenstern, but upon repeated readings, one will realize the true genius of this story. I'm just glad I was able to find out for myself, instead of being rudely awakened by reviews like these!
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Summary: This is a true page turner!
Review: This book is one of those books that you can't put down till your finished! It has all the elements of a true fairy tale. The Princess Bride may not have been the first fairy tale, but if you think about it, it could've been. The only reason I didn't like the book was because of all the explaining William Goldman did. {I wish I could get my hands on an orginal to compare!} Other wise it was a winderful book.
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Summary: AHEM
Review: This is a very good book. Anyone who liked the movie should like this. However, I write this review so that I may make the following statement. THERE IS NO S. MORGENSTERN. I am absolutely astounded at the number of reader's who actually thought that this man actually existed. Stop and think for a second. HOW could Goldman get this book published without the permission of this fictional "original author"? WHY does Morgenstern write exactly the same way that Goldman does? And finallym, why is there no mention of an original author in the copyright page? So, for everyone who plans to write a review from now on, I want to make one thing clear. THER IS NO S. MORGENSTERN.
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