The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure (The 'Good Parts' Version)

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Summary: a fun filled adventure for you ng and older readers
Review: I have read the book The Princess Bride. I could not put it down I thought that is was the best book I have ever read. My favorite character would have to be Buttercup. I usually don't go for the main character. She is my favorite because she is just a charactor everyone will and does love. In the story you could almost feel like you are really there with the charactors through the exitement. I felt like crying when Westley died, and when Buttercup chose Prince Humperdink over her true love. I realy got into everyhting when the fencing went on, and the fighting, and even when the poison part came. I was realy exited at the part when Buttercup foud out that the man that had kidnapped her from her kidnappers was Westley. I realy thought that it was real clever when S. Morgenstern had made some parts in the book sound like they were real, like when a lady booed at the princess I thought that was real but it was just a dream. i like Westly to he is also one of my favorite charactors because I like it how he can never die and when he does die he comes back to life, and he hardly ever feels pain. i also like Fizzik, i like him because he is a giant an dhe is nice and i think that that is ironic, because he is a giant and he is nice and usualy when you here about giants in a fairy tale thay are big mean and ugly, not nice. Inigo is also a great charactor, he is a great fencer, and the way he helped Westley and Buttercup was realy cool. i do not like Prince Humperdink! i think he mean and i did not think that the prince could be so eveil, but, I guess every fairy tale has to have a villin or two. Vizzini is a great villin, he is sneaky and crool. Count Rugen is a good villin to he is also sneaky and crool. I think this book is great for people that like a book filled with adventure and magic and true love, i recomend this book for kids ranging from 14-older.

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Summary: Absolutly a Wonderfull Treasure!!!
Review: I adore this Wonderful, Brilliant, Beautiful, classic tale. It is a book that I will treasure for years. A book that I will read over and over again. Please I beg of you, do yourself a favor and read this great book.

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Summary: Has some great parts, some not-so-great parts.
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At the beginning of the story, I kept thinking "So what?" as Goldman spoke of his childhood fascination with books. When "The Princess Bride" started, it was a total relief. Highly entertaining and funny. (The best parts are before Westley leaves to seek his treasure.) I even began to like Goldman's interruptions with his own thoughts and ideas. The end kind of falls apart. Still, "The Princess Bride" is a wonderful fairy tale and worth rereading.

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Summary: Great book Couldn't put it down
Review: I just couldn't put it down and when I had to go somewhere I couldn't wait to read some more

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Summary: For those of you who would like to know...
Review: This book is definately an all time classic! Most people remember the movie, which is primarily William Goldman's abridgement of S. Morgenstern's tale. For those of you who are confused about the origin of this story, Morgenstern, etc., maybe I can help. William Goldman fell in love with this story as a child, introduced by his father who was Florinese like S. Morgenstern. Later, as an adult, Goldman attempted to make his son love it as much as he did. His attempt was unsucessful. He realized that he had never ACTUALLY read the story himself-it had been read to him while he was sick. As he read the book, it suddenly dawned on him: his father had only read him the good parts! Morgenstern's book was actually more of a treatise on politics and class sublimation, rather than the action/adventure/romance/swash-buckling odyssey his father had made it out to be. With del Ray publishers, Goldman managed to abridge the original text with his own take on the story- but not without legal entanglements! Both Buttercup's Baby and the "lost" Reunion Scene have been halted due to Morgenstern's estate...but rumors fly, and the R.S. is now available online.

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Summary: Buttercup's Baby
Review: This doesn't have much to do with the Princess Bride, but I have 2 questions. Is S. Morgenstern Real? At the end of the book there was some chapter about "Buttercup's Baby." Is this a real book? If so, where can I find it?

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Summary: Sweet, but not really something meant for the eternity
Review: A cute and funny parody, something you would definitely buy for your kids, but not really the classic most reviews claim it to be!

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Summary: something to remind you not to take life so seriously
Review: Hey to all you readers who look for a good laugh and a scheme of passion, romance, giants, chases, escapes, true love, and of course miracles. I could not recommend a better book for this. Mind you, the humor is dry, so don't expect to be immediately hysterical. Overall, this book has always been my favorite fairy tale since the 5th grade and even if you have already seen the movie, the book is twice as fantastic.

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Summary: Holy Cow!
Review: I have read this book so many times, it's not even funny! This is the most hilarious and best book in the world! I also love the movie, but it's not as good as the book b/c it has so much more description! I highly recommend it!

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Summary: "The Princess Bride" is the best book ever written!
Review: A terrific story! So what's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True love. Strong hate. Cruel betrayals. Harsh revenge. A few giants. Lots of bad men. Lots of good men. Five or six beautiful women. Beasties monstrous and gentle. Some swell escapes and terrific captures. Life, death, lies, truth, miracles, tragedies and a little sex. In short, it's just about everything.