The Princess Bride
1973 • 465 pages
Ratings255
Average rating4.2
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Ratings255
Average rating4.2
*The Princess Bride is a timeless tale that pits country against country, good against evil, love against hate. This incredible journey and artfully rendered love story is peppered with strange beasties monstrous and gentle, memorable surprises both terrible and sublime, and such unforgettable characters as...*
**Westley**, the handsome farm boy who risks death (and much worse) for the woman he loves; **Inigo**, the Spanish swordsman who lives only to avenge his father's death; **Fezzik**, the gentlest giant ever to have uprooted a tree with his bear hands; **Vizzini**, the evil Sicilian, with a mind so keen he's foiled by his own perfect logic; **Prince Humperdinck**, the eviler ruler of Guilder, who has an equally insatiable thirst for war and beauteous Buttercup; **Count Rugen**, the evilest man of all, who thrives on the excruciating pain of others; **Miracle Max**, the King's ex-Miracle Man, who can raise the dead (kind of); and, of course, **Buttercup**... the princess bride, the most perfect, beautiful woman in the history of the world!
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The Princess Bride has been one of my favorite movies for decades. The book has been languishing on my bookshelf for nearly as long. While what makes the film great is there, numerous extraneous tangents and long expository interludes ruin the book's flow and destroy the experience.
Originally posted at rebeccasreadingcorner.blog.
If you've never read this amazing and highly entertaining book, what are you waiting for? 5 action-packed STARS! I'd give it 10 stars if I could, as it's a wonderful tale that's even better than the beloved movie, although I'm pleased to say the movie definitely does the book justice. I love them both. Both are high quality entertainment, and if I had to choose between only experiencing one or the other, I'd find that decision awfully HARD!
I read this to my three young daughters, and they were just as engrossed in the story as I was. I may have skimmed over the torturing of Westley JUST a bit, but in my defense, my youngest is only five. ;-)
So don't delay, read this delightful book today! To pass up a story this awesome would be utterly inconceivable! My advice? Drop what you're doing and immediately begin reading “The Princess Bride”!
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I saw the movie before reading the book and I'm probably the only person alive that does not love the movie to pieces.
But the book stole my heart. It delivers everything the overwhelming blurb promises. Love, adventure, intrigue, torture, riddles, hilarious annotations. I can't recommend it warmy enough and it's an especially fun summer read. Goldman really brings the story to life with his composition and the frame story (which is completely different from the movie). This book is on NPR's Top 100 best science fiction and fantasy books list for a reason.
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