Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

34 reviews

bookycnidaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Minor: Racism

ananya_b's review against another edition

For all its hype, I just couldn't get into it. The unnecessarily long explanation about why Goldman felt the need to write the book just sapped my motivation to read it. Personally too, there was a lot on my plate at the moment; maybe I'll pick it up again later.

So far, though, the writing is humorous and entertaining; it was especially interesting reading the parts that were not shown in the movie. I'll come back to this someday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: War and Infidelity

queenneehola's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Misogyny and Fatphobia

sarah_zaffiro's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Confinement, Racism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and War

rmesquirrel's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

 I know the book was written like 50 years ago but, there are so many slurs. This book rambles on and really had no logically sense to why things were written the way they were even if Goldman was trying to make it seem like he was adapting from an original and changing it to fit a narrative that his Dad told him and he is trying to make an even better version for his son. Ehhh... go rent the movie. It is one of the rare occasions it is better. It changed a lot of the book. Besides the language the movie made it so much more concise and made more sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

zophronia's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, and Torture

Moderate: War, Violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide attempt

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Kidnapping, Blood, Alcohol, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Fatphobia and Suicide

sadiaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

strrygo's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

so much fun immediately knew it was going to be 5 stars when Buttercup threatened to kill herself if Westley didn't show up. "Yours in torment, Buttercup," im obsessed with her

*rating the main story exclusively! however witty or interesting the anniversary intros + explanation for Buttercup's Baby were the fatphobia n sexism were Not :') just so so strange to me ! took so much away from the charm n wonder of it all

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, and Torture

Moderate: Violence

markedwithanm's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Kidnapping, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Fatphobia