A review by rehtaehwashere
The Princess Bride by William Goldman

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.5

 

• What I liked: I loved how fun and silly and uplifting this book is. I liked that the characters are just as kooky as they are portrayed in the movie. I love that Buttercup isn't this delicate perfect thing that she is portrayed as in the movie and is actually
  incredibly awkward and weird and ostracized from the town for being awkward and weird, and then for being beautiful. I like that she's headstrong and rude and jealous and kind and empathetic.
    She's so well rounded and well written it's amazing. I liked the backstory for both Inigo and Fezzick, and that the Prince is always the Prince and just wants war and fighting and death all the time. I like the speech impediment is written into the book. All the characters except for Vizzini
  (in his defense he died) 
  were very well rounded and had strong motives that the reader got to find out. We knew WHY they were with Vizzini and helping the prince in the first place, what brought them to where they were and how they got their particular skills, and their motivations and values. Fezzick's backstory was especially sad.
• What I disliked: I don't like the asides put in the book. I know they're supposed to be funny but they interrupted the flow so much for me that I skipped over them occasionally because they were annoying. I was hoping for more depth than what was in the movie (not the book's fault, just me expecting the movie fucked it up as usual and also being very impressed it didn't) and there were instances where there definitely could be… then you'd get one of those asides pretending that it was cut out. Irritating as a fantasy reader who WANTS the monotonous boring stuff lmao.
• Overall thoughts: The strengths of this book are in the characterizations. They are well rounded, well written, have depth, have motives, everything you could want in a well written character. The only exception is Vizzini
  because he dies
  . The story is fun and cute and uplifting, and I love that the movie is just like the book with some backstory taken out for time. I like that the characters are goofy and fun and that Wesley and Buttercup go from being lovers to arguing every couple of minutes just because they can. 
• Recommend to a friend? Y but before the movie if that's even possible so it doesn't feel so monotonous lol