The Princess Bride in Into the Forest

Jan 07, 2009 Cara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-made-into-movies, e-book, fantasy, classics, 2015, pop-sugar-2015-challenge

I have been a member of this site since January 2009 (I know I am feeling pretty old these days!), and the very first book I put on my to-read list, you guessed it, was this one. So roughly five years later I have finally read it!

So what is this book about? Well it depends who you ask. It’s about a tale of high adventure and true love. It’s about a girl named Buttercup and a farm boy named Westley. It’s about a Spanish fencer named Inigo Montoya and a giant named Fezzik. It’s about a blood thirs I have been a member of this site since January 2009 (I know I am feeling pretty old these days!), and the very first book I put on my to-read list, you guessed it, was this one. So roughly five years later I have finally read it!

So what is this book about? Well it depends who you ask. It’s about a tale of high adventure and true love. It’s about a girl named Buttercup and a farm boy named Westley. It’s about a Spanish fencer named Inigo Montoya and a giant named Fezzik. It’s about a blood thirsty prince and a Count with six fingers. But it’s also about how life isn't fair and how the good guys sometimes can lose. I just touched and some of what the book is about.

I believe to fully enjoy this book you have to be ok with the style. The story is told with two fake plot lines, so a story within a story. One is the story we all are expecting, about Buttercup’s and Westley’s adventure to be together and the other is Goldman talking about abridging this book from the Florin author named Morgenstern. I will admit the satire got to be a little too much for me, and I would get right down annoyed at times. The edition I read had introductions Goldman wrote for the 30th and 25th anniversary printings, which I skipped over because it’s more of the satire that I wasn't too keen on. That being said, I totally got caught up with the high jinks these characters got themselves into. This a tale you have to suspend belief for but part of the fun is how outlandish it is. It delivers on its promise of having sword fights, vengeance, miracles, monsters, pirates, and basically things you would expect on an epic adventure. One of the things Goldman does well is present the juxtaposition of life not being fair and yet the elusive chase for the happy ending we all strive for. There is something beautiful in the chase. Now enough of me babbling and go experience for yourself how this has become a modern classic.

Side note: I couldn't leave you guys without mentioning the movie! Here is a link to the trailer if you are interested. It’s just one of the movies you have to watch.

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Nov 03, 2008 Christine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy-humor

The book is different than the movie. However, if you liked the musical "Into the Woods", you should like this. The book also is about what makes a story and how we tell stories, to be more extact, how we tell stories to other people. ...more

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Dec 03, 2009 Julia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, based-on-folksong-myth, reread, favorites, mhbc

What does one say about a reread of a favorite book? Thank you, for starters, for still being worthy of favorite-ness status. We had a combined book club, Divas Who Dine, and potluck, with fellas. We brought peanuts (Fezzick says it in the movie), Pfefferneus, (undoubtedly misspelled and stale, too,) a peppermint pig, reduced guilt popcorn, marshmallows dipped in dark chocolate, (something like the pill Max makes to bring Westley back from the mostly dead) macaroni and cheeses.

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Oct 31, 2011 Hazel rated it liked it

For some reason, I never read this as a child. Don't know why. But the oversight then makes for a particular delight as I discover it now. Last night I found myself grinning as I read; both Goldman's 'preface' and the adventure story . (Love the genius craftsman who aspires to be an artist. I knew his art would be the death of him.) ...more

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