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Summary: best book I have ever read!
Review: I first read this book as a kid and it still ranks as my favorite book ever. the character development is top notch with the most fascinating people I have ever read about. each person is given their own chapter to outline their life and give us a look into their motivations and actions. it is funny, touching, action packed, suspenseful, all rolled into a flowing story that keeps you hooked from the start.
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Summary: What can I say?
Review: I read all the reviews from Amazon and it seems that other people have already expressed my delight with this book. However, like Randy McMahan, I would like the unabridged version of this book. Any ideas from anyone???Judy
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: The Princess Bride is a wonderful book. Let me say that again: wonderful. Wonderful wonderful wonderful wonderful wonderful wonderful. A million times wonderful. I adore the movie. I've seen it countless times. But the book is even better. We learn more about those wonderful characters. And S. Morgenstern's use of the language (as abridged by Goldman) is masterful. And we get to read part of the long-lost sequel! I want to read the rest! Please, Mr. Goldman, if you read this, finish the abridgment and publish!
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Summary: Loved the "frame story" as much as the "good parts"!
Review: Besides penning a delightful (satirical) work, I love how convincingly the author has pretended to adapt this work from a longer story by "S. Morgenstern." He had cynical me believing it the first time I read _The Princess Bride_. The story itself is effectively tongue-in-cheek, mixing cliches masterfully in a wonderful story.
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Summary: A book to read over and over and over again
Review: This book has healed serious illness, cured the blues, substituted for the lack of a love life and generally been a wonderful companion through countless readings. Having purchased innumerable paper back copies of this book to give to friends (and enemies) it was with great, great pleasure that I found the hard cover edition. This 25th anniversary commemorative version includes the long lost chapter, "Buttercup's Baby," which adds an unexpected element of spiritualism to the magic of this beloved tale. This is a book to read alone or read aloud. This book can be used as an antidote to excess cynacism, a polstice for a wounded heart or as a stimulant for an underused imagination. Share this book with those you love and use this book as a test for those you would love -- you wouldn't want to spend you life with anyone who doesn't just love it too.
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Summary: Shameless profit taking and pablumization.
Review: I find this book quite offensive. Mr. Goldman is certainly not the rediscoverer of Morgenstern's book, which was never really lost. Rather he has produced a film edited version that is proof that modern publishers and producers have no confidence in the intelligence of their readership. Bypass this abridgement and seek rather for the original masterpiece.
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Summary: A book for us romantics still left in this world.
Review: True love, "the best thing in the world, except for cough drops," good vs. evil, and a striking, satiric wit make this the ideal book for those of us who still cling to the age-old romantic themes of fantasy, while searching for the modern-day approach of reality.
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Summary: A story to pass down to a family member.
Review: I first saw the movie "The Princess Bride" while in college. It became immediately one of my favorite movies of all times. My wife and I purchased the movie and then the "Good parts version" of William Goldmans' book. I am unclear if there really was an unabridged version, but if there is I really would like to have it to read, to add to my collection, and ultimately pass down to my children. Mr. Goldman, if you ever review these comments, my hats off to you. You provided me with many hours of pleasureable reading and viewing. I would like to have my questions answered regarding whether there really is the book by S. Morgentstern or was this a "pen name" that simply adds realism to the book. Thank you again and I look forward to reading your other works..... Randy McMahan
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Summary: One of the best
Review: This is one of the best ever! I read this book over 10 years ago, right before the movie came out. While the book is better than the movie, don't miss that either. Both are wonderfully funny and whimsical.
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Summary: The best book I have ever read
Review: This is a book that my kids will have heard via the bedtime story. I will read this to then at a rate of a chapter a night. A must read. Give it to a loved one.
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