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Summary: All-time favourite
Review: I was looking for my copy of this book last week and was very disturbed that it was no where to be found. How glad I am that the publisher has re-relased the book in hardcover. I will never tire of this book. What a shame that the movie left out my favourite scene in the book where Fezik and Inigo descend into the Zoo of Death. All the brilliance of the book can be summarised with the tension and humour of that scene. Loved this book![regarding discussion about abridged v. unabridged versions: Are there really SO many morons in this world?!]
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Summary: My favorite book.
Review: This is my favorite book, I've given so many as gifts. When I was a kid I used to act out the characters with my brother. We would go over who we'd cast in the movie (way before the movie was done).
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Summary: What more could you want?
Review: I found this book highly readable and almost completley captivating. I say almost for one simple reason - the stylistic conceit of pretending to abridge someone-elses work started to get a little silly. Come on people out there, you cannot seriously believe there's an original out there, being jealously guarded by the Shog lawyer clan? Style complaints aside, it's got rapiers, princesses, silly one liners, and it's actually better than the film.
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Summary: The most wonderful story ever!!!!
Review: I first saw the movie when I was in seventh grade, we were required to read the book first, but I skipped that assignment, as soon as Inigo Mantoya finished his famous line, I vowed to read the book from cover to cover. Three hours later I was through. I have never read anything that grabbed my heart and made me laugh and cry and stand up and cheer so often as 'The Princess Bride'. I can recite every single word!! I love this book!!!!
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Summary: the most beautiful book
Review: I loved this book. I saw the movie recently and hated it coz' the book was the only one to setup the plot magnificiently. True love ........
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Summary: A Great Story with Great Characters.
Review: Ah, to be able to read this book over and over again ... for the first time. I first read the book in 1976 or so (way before the movie) and thought it the most remarkable story I'd ever read. I was 19. I've read the story many times since then. The hyberbole used in the book ... the smartest ... the strongest ... the most beautiful ... the most evil ... it was so clear and different from anything else I'd favored until then. The plot is pure energy, the situations (mostly) over-the-top, and the characters the most fun you will ever have with a novel. Goldman's style is quick and clean and suited to his story. I must add, though, that the story is only worth four stars on it's own ... it's Goldman's vehicle of "interjections" and side comments that truly made the book special, and magical and fun, and truly worth the fifth star. A super story, and one that I will be reading to my daughter very, very soon. And maybe she, too, will be transported away like her dad was so many years ago.
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Summary: Great book, and there is no such person as S. Morgenstern
Review: This is a classic book, wonderfully funny and touching; but a few people (including a number of book reviewers) seem to be taking William Goldman's literary conceit a little too seriously. There is no such person as S. Morgenstern, and no original "unabridged" version of The Princess Bride. It's a joke, folks. We even have a "reader from Detroit" who dismisses Goldman's "version" and insists one search out the "real" version, when there is no such thing. This is it, and it's Mr Goldman's pure, original, and wonderful invention.
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Summary: A true classic - not to be missed.
Review: This was one of my all-time favorite books, hands down. This new edition is well worth owning (and reading!), as I don't believe that the material added at the end (Buttercup's Baby) has been published before. However, I would like to respond to a few comments that have already been posted here. In particular: there is no "S. Morgenstern", and the tale of the Princess Bride (The Good Parts Version) is entirely the work of William Goldman. In fact, part of the charm and humor is what Goldman considers to be "The Good Parts." As far as shameless profiteering goes: the book predates the movie by fifteen-some years (and my kudos to Rob Reiner for having the vision that this book would make a wonderful film - and then doing it). One final thought: in case you can find it: there is another work by Goldman/Morgenstern called "The Silent Gondoliers", which can be found with either Goldman or Morgenstern as the author. Well worth reading, but it is (unfortunately) out of print.
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Summary: Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
Review: For anyone who has ever had dreams about being a princess or a pirate or a prince..you have to read this book. It is both hilarious and dramatic at the same time. You turn the pages faster and faster as you get deeper into the book. Does Buttercup marry Humperdinck or does the man in black save her? What about Inigo and Fezzik? What happens next is all you can think about. William Goldman has done an excellent job creating or abridging(Which is it???) The Princess Bride!! Read this book!!
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Summary: Very Funny.
Review: Let me set one thing straight right away for people who are about to buy this. There is no S. Morgenstern. William Goldman made him up for this book. He does a really good job of trying to make you think there is. There was never any country called Florin as far as I know, so there can't be a Florinese writer, and the writing style sounds too much like Goldman's. So you don't have to worry about buying the original instead of abridged version. I thought this book was very funny, it even made me laugh out loud sometimes, which is rare. It certainly could have done without the occasional sexist remarks, though. The story probably wouldn't have been that good without the humor, but I like how he makes a point about old classics which could have been good adventure stories without all the long descriptions of politics or other things that don't add anything to the story. I would recommend borrowing it from the library. Make sure you see the movie, too. It doesn't spoil the book since the main thing is the humor, and it lets you get ideas of what the scenes and characters look like. It is for ages 12 and up. The descriptions of torture would give nightmares to younger readers. I am 14.
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