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Charming. Clearly written with intriguing, well drawn characters and sparkling dialog.
That's my one-sentence review. Sure, the story is an unbelievable fairy tale with all of its "real world satire" removed as the narrator edited out all but the "good parts" of a fictional book that he is allegedly abridging. So it is supposed to be an unbelievable, Disney-like adventure.
Along the way, we realize that this story matters. Sort of. But it becomes evident that it is not the story, but what it means ...more
That's my one-sentence review. Sure, the story is an unbelievable fairy tale with all of its "real world satire" removed as the narrator edited out all but the "good parts" of a fictional book that he is allegedly abridging. So it is supposed to be an unbelievable, Disney-like adventure.
Along the way, we realize that this story matters. Sort of. But it becomes evident that it is not the story, but what it means ...more
I'm honestly not sure how to rate this. I loved it but I'm really not sure I would have, had I not seen (and fallen in love with) the movie first. I figure I would give the movie 5 stars and the book itself maybe 3 (maybe? Again, I'm really not sure). So I'll just split the difference and give the book 4 stars, though I likely would have been more critical if this were my first introduction to Westley and Buttercup.
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