Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure

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Summary: painful italics
Review: I bought this book for my kids as we all loved the movie and have seen it over and over again. I am the first one in the family to read it and I'll just say that the actual story is wonderful and follows the movie (I guess the movie follows it..)very closely.
I was, however, extremely ANNOYED by the italic asides that Goldman inserted into the story and found them VERY distracting.
It would have been so much more enjoyable if he had printed the story beginning to end and then had an appendix where he could give all his opinions and thoughts (and he has MANY!). An example of what I am talking about is found on page 168 where he interrupts the story with a long winded explanation of how Morgenstern bugged him by referring to his wife too many times and how he cut out those references...blah, blah, blah and so on and so forth for TWO WHOLE PAGES before he gets back to the story.
Please, just the story! And this story is a great one if you can keep your temper and skip the italics!

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Summary: totally awesome
Review: this book is definatelyone of my favorites- great great great book, i suggest all yall out there read it, but does anyone know how to get the rest of "Buttercup's Baby"? I was more hooked on that than anything else... i was so mad when it ended so abruptly- well this is probably my favorite book of all times, so please someone tell me if you know about the sequel!!!!!!!

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Summary: Better than the movie
Review: If you loved the movie, you will want to marry the book. Great tale that can be enjoyed by both young and old. A must own.

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Summary: GREAT READ!
Review: This book is truly awesome! I have read it every year since 1997, and still look forward to reading it more. Although Goldman's little inserts get pretty annoying from time to time, he writes it in a font that you can skip over if you wish. I am truly glad that Goldman decided to edit this book, otherwise, i don't think anyone would be able to get through it! The movie follows the book very closely, but the book gives more detail and background about Fezzik and Inigo! This is my favorite book, and i hope you all enjoy it as well!

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Summary: Such a wonderful book!! :)
Review: Hello everyone. I'm just a person that LOVES fairy tales. I think every should read "The Princess Bride". I have the movie also. My mother loves it too, that is why she got the movie(after I read the book). I watch it over and over until my head spins! :) Any way, for those who haven't read this book, you should at least check it out. True love is the cause and effect. This book is about a girl named Buttercup who LOVES the farm boy, named Wesley. All he says to her is "As you wish" It really means "I love you" He left her saying that he would find great fortune in America. Westley's ship was attacked by pirates and the news broke Buttercup's heart. She then meets Prince Humperdinck since she thinks Westley is dead. She gets kidnapped by assassins hired by Humperdinck to kill Buttercup on the enemy's land so he can defeat them. A pirate named Roberts follows and defeats the 2 assassins, letting them live and killed the first with a odorless poisonous powder. that is my favorite part, Well, the whole thing is mly favorite. Any way, I'd love to chat some more, but I'll spoil the ending.
I have No more to say. Just read the book and it may surprize you.
As you wish.

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Summary: One of my favorite books
Review: I was forced to read this book for my 9th grade English class and thought "Oh great another boring book". And it was..for the first few chapters, but then I got into it. This book is a great read. Once I got into it, I breezed through it. All the characters are great in their own quirky ways and Goldman really knows how to draw a reader in. Oh and for all the people complaining about him cutting stuff out, It's a joke..there is no original. Buy this book if you want a good adventure novel..nothing too bad for younger kids in it either.

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Summary: If you are to read one book in your life time.....
Review: If you are to read one book in your lifetime this one has it all. Love, death, duals, rivalry, passion. I watch the movie every christmas eve and have always wondered what the book was like and now I know. IT IS SOOOOO MUCH BETTER! I recommend this to anyone who has a hard time getting into books because once you are in this book you will never get out. It is also Great to read to kids. Enjoy!!!

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Summary: Will Be Read By Your Kids Kids Kids
Review: This is the book that taught me to love reading. It was the first "adult" book that I remember getting at the library when I got the fabled Adult Library Card. I believe I was 12 and I devored this book in a week. This will be the book that I will one day read to my kids to show them how magical books can be. This is Goldmans best,(Yes, Goldman...not the fictional Morgenstern)and although he's written some other pretty good books, none of them come close to this one. If you haven't yet, read this and then read it to your kids. Let them end their day with Fezik, Inigo, Prince Humperdink, Westly, and Buttercup; send them to their dreams with adventures in the Fire Swamp, the Pit of Dispair, and the Cliffs of Insanity. You (and they) won't regret it.

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Summary: Better than the movie!!
Review: This book is brilliant! I picked it up for a Film & Lit Adaptation course; the movie has always been one of my favourites, so I was interested in seeing where the film came from. While quite different in format from the movie, the book not only maintains but is superior in terms of witty dialogue, humour, and pure zaniness. I have passed this book along to other fans of the movie and they all agree; if you can get past the tediously long introduction, you're in for a treat!

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Summary: Non-Stop Classic Action Story!!!!!!
Review: This book is one of the best books I have come across in my entire life! It as a great sense of adventure that I have not seen been beat in a book yet. It also has I very deep love story that nobody can not be affected by. It shows you what is important in life. This is packed with magical places, true love, sword fights, and touching moments. Even though this sounds like a girl's book, it is actually awesome for both sexes. Simon Morgenstern writes an exelent story but I'm not so sure about William Goldman doing the abridgement becuase he sounds like a real jurk with all of his comment and all, he includes TWO of his introductions that he wrote and are so pitiful they were the worst parts in the whole book. Plus just when the exciting parts come along, he butts in and tells his own personal thoughts and I wish I had the origional because he takes out about 60 pages a chapter at least (not to mention that he took out the WHOLE chapter four and replaced it with a page of his dumb commentary. What I'm trying to say is that Morgestern is the real writer and that book I give five stars but this phony Goldman character; I give his commentary and introductionS an F- and 0 stars.