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What a fun book. The blend of humour, fantasy and action was pretty close to perfectly done in this book. If you've seen the movie, you know what to expect, as the film is a pretty faithful adaptation of the novel. One thing the novel does do that the movie doesn't is give the back stories of the various characters, so we learn more about Inigo and Fezzik. Inigo's backstory was particularly good and his famous line - "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." - real
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Aug 26, 2013
Jennifer
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it was amazing
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Still love this book.
All I will say is this: The narration can be a bit muddy, but the story in the story, about a man wrestling with his feelings of inadequacy by means of an alternate universe of his creation left me with stronger emotions than the story ever has. I enjoy it, don't get me wrong, but there's something deeper here in the book that you can't get from the film. So, while I love them both, a great modern fairy tale, plus a life crisis? I'll ever so closely give the edge to the book over the film.
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Não consigo pôr por palavras o que este livro me deu, apenas posso dizer que há já muito tempo que não tinha a sorte de me deparar com um destes.
Jan 09, 2012
Mel
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Frances Carrera
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Jolee
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