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The Princess Bride by William Goldman

15 reviews

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

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

marnirie's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

The movie is better in my opinion. The changes made for the silver screen makes it a much easier digestible experience. Wasn’t really a fan of the inserts from the author both before the story in the original introduction, nor the references to his family throughout it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: War

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

cream_biscuits's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Death, and Murder

snazzysie's review

adventurous challenging funny inspiring lighthearted tense 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? Yes

4.75

I've loved the movie "The Princess Bride" ever since I was little, but the book has been on my shelf for a while. I suppose I was almost scared to read it as I had such high hopes considering the influence the movie had on my childhood. I can say it certainly lived up to my expectations for it. The fast paced, action, romance, and even humour-filled pages made for an enjoyable and nostalgically comforting read. Although I was at first a little confused by the narration choice, the satirical 'abridgement' was soon not lost on me. 
The couple we were supposed to be rooting for was more insufferable in text than I had expected, their conversations and Buttercup's inner monologs often leaving me cringing. However, the entertaining plot points and the storylines of and friendship between Inigo and Fezzik kept me invested. This is a cleverly written book and it has all the ingredients to make for a perfect classic story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Violence, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Animal death

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

the story itself: 5 stars, no question. I adore the story and I love that the film followed it so closely (the dialogue is practically verbatim with a few exceptions. I loved actually hearing the characters). I liked reading more about inigo (my favorite character!) and fezzik’s backgrounds, but I wish there were similar backstories for buttercup and westley. 

I like fourth-wall breaks and humor in books but what I can’t stand is arrogance. I understand the whole joke and everything but goldman comes off extremely arrogant (whether or not it’s a joke, it’s so annoying. it’s not a trait I enjoy even comedically) and it was so distracting. I was literally rolling my eyes every time.

aside from that I really liked the book… but I prefer the movie 🫣 the movie is just perfect and improved upon the text - I know there’s obvious bias there, since it’s been my favorite movie since childhood, but I really think not having as many interruptions so that the author can stroke his dick makes it objectively better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

abbyluvsfrogs444's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This would've been better without all of Goldman's stupid interruptions.

Obviously this is a fictional story and S. Morgenstern did not exist.

I had a very hard time enjoying this book when Goldman kept interrupting himself to add some useless fact or tell a story about his childhood. I skipped the first 42 pages cause he just rambles on. I just wanted the story of Buttercup and Westley. I don't care if you think he was a genius for how he writes this, I found it insufferable. I would've rated it two stars but I did like the story (minus Goldman being annoying). 

Bottom line: THE MOVIE IS BETTER!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Torture, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body shaming, Classism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Grief