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A review by beccam22
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
3.0
I don’t say this lightly: the movie was better.
The heart of the story is there, Buttercup and Westley, Inigo and Fizzik. Yes there is more details and back story and things left out of the movie like Buttercups nightmares and the Zoo of Death but also I don’t think you’ll miss them. What is not in this book is a grandfather reading to his sick grandson, the movie took a smaller part of the book and made it better. The book also has a lot of unnecessary commentary from the author about not really loving his wife anymore or disliking his son because he is fat.
The movie was better and will always stand up on its own.
The heart of the story is there, Buttercup and Westley, Inigo and Fizzik. Yes there is more details and back story and things left out of the movie like Buttercups nightmares and the Zoo of Death but also I don’t think you’ll miss them. What is not in this book is a grandfather reading to his sick grandson, the movie took a smaller part of the book and made it better. The book also has a lot of unnecessary commentary from the author about not really loving his wife anymore or disliking his son because he is fat.
The movie was better and will always stand up on its own.