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The Princess Bride

William Goldman

Start date: June 1, 2017

Finish date: June 30, 2017

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Jun 25, 2017 Panos Gr rated it really liked it

Shelves: popular, ambiguous-ending

Original. Unique. A story within a story within a story and one of the first books that genuinely achieved to make me turn pages without a second thought or getting me tired of reading. They say that happens when you have a good book in front of you, so it may very well be one of the best ones I have read.
It is raw in its straight-forwardness, hilarious in its characters, comically witty in its story-telling and a story to recommend to hopeless romantics.
I loved Goldman's approach to the story ...more

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Mar 04, 2019 Elise Edmonds rated it it was ok

Shelves: general-fantasy, 2019-reading-challenge

What an odd book. Quite honestly, it read like the first draft of a novel with the authors notes still included. Unsatisfactory reading.

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Jul 05, 2021 Heidi rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 52-for-2021

Loved the story, but really didn't like the author telling his own story. Sounds like a pig to me. To be honest, as soon as the actual story was done, and I was in the parts afterward, I had to put it down. ...more

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Jan 21, 2017 Chris Cunningham marked it as to-read