Title: The Princess Bride
Author: William Goldman
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Publication Date: July 15, 2003
Genres: Fantasy, Adventure, Humor
Reviewed by: Angie Edwards
My rating: 5/5
SUMMARY
What happens when the most beautiful girl in
the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to
be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreams?
As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears.
Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.
What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex.
In short, it's about everything.
As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears.
Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.
What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex.
In short, it's about everything.
REVIEW
I’m
going to do this review differently from the way I usually do my reviews for
one reason only. I don’t think I can say anything more about this magnificent
book that hasn’t already been said by countless others. So, here are a few
highlights from my experience with The
Princess Bride.
Oh, and
uhm…I haven’t seen the movie yet, but some say it’s better than the book.
Anyway,
here goes.
Favorite
scene: Too many too choose from!
Most
suspenseful moment: When Buttercup fell into the snow sand in
the Fire Swamp and Westley dove after her to save her and before he could reach
her he discovered, to his horror, that the vine rope he made is too short...
Actually,
there’s another scene that also had me clinging to the edge of my seat, and
that’s the part in which Inigo and Fezzik made their way through the four
levels of the Zoo of Death to get to the fifth level. Epic!
Favorite
word: “Inconceivable!”
Favorite
characters: Undoubtedly Inigo and Fezzik
Characters
that scared the hell out of me: Count Rugen and
Prince Humperdinck (obviously!)
How many
times did the story make me laugh? Countless times!
Describe
the book in four words: Adventure,
hilarious, memorable, brilliant!
And lastly...
Hello.
My name is Angie Edwards. I’ve finally read The
Princess Bride. I was not at all prepared for what it had in store for me.
ABOUT the AUTHOR
William
Goldman is a screenwriter, novelist, playwright, and non-fiction author. Born
in Highland Park, Illinois, USA, began his career as a novelist in 1957.
Started writing screenplays in 1965 with "Masquerade". A two-time
Academy Award Winner, he is one of the most successful screenwriters and script
doctors in Hollywood.
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