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The Princess Bride

William Goldman

Start date: May 15, 2015

Finish date: June 15, 2015

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Jun 28, 2015 Jason rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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So good it's utterly inconceivable .

It's the memory of growing up with this movie with an added edge. The humor is a bit darker and more devious. It is often hard to translate clever writing into film, but overall they did a pretty good job as far as I remember and mostly that would seem to be due to the fact that the dialogue is often verbatim and the plot in the film diverges from the book only the slightest. The most significant change has to do with how the story within the story is prese ...more

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Dec 19, 2009 Tek rated it really liked it

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Awesome! At least as good as the movie in so many ways. The humor was spot on and the characters were all intriguing in their own way. Definitely recommend reading this to anyone.

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May 14, 2012 Brittney rated it liked it · review of another edition

I think this is one of the few times I prefer the movie over the book. Though I suppose that's because the author of the book also wrote the screenplay, so he was given a second chance to correct all of the boring stuff from the book. ...more

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