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The Princess Bride

William Goldman

Start date: September 1, 2014

Finish date: September 30, 2014

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Discussion leader: Isabella

Why we're reading this: This book is more of a classic tale of true love, battle, betrayal, death, and the adventure of a life t…more
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Dec 26, 2015 Jasey rated it it was amazing

So, I absolutely love this book.

It seems as though everyone either thinks that the book is better than the movie, or vice versa.
I think that the movie had to cut out what it had to cut out or it would have been long and honestly kinda boring.
Besides, if the movie was exactly like the book, what would be the point of reading the book if you've already seen the movie?
Also, if the movie wasn't different, we wouldn't have had "Have fun storming the castle!" or, Humperdink: "Surrender!"
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Dec 28, 2015 Jasey added it · review of another edition

This is one of my favorites, though I got the Goldman version
I'm looking forward to reading the entire book. It had lots of background story that the movie did not have on Inigo, Fezzik, and a little bit on Westley and Buttercup. I loved it and, if anything, it made me appreciate the movie more!
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