I don't think that everyone understands that S. Morgenstern, the supposed author, isn't a real person, just as Florin isn't a real country. The asides and introduction? They're made up. They're interesting to read, but just keep in mind that when you try to look for other books by Morgenstern, search for William Goldman instead. That said, it's a good book, adapted into a good movie. I even went trick-or-treating as Inigo Montoya one year. The book is appropriate for ages 10 and up, apart from one use of the s-word in an aside. Overall, this is a funny, exciting fantasy book that will keep you hanging on the edge of your seat until the end. 7.5/10 stars.

The cult movie “The Princess Bride” was adapted from the book of the same name. A swashbuckling novel by William Goldman presented as an abridgement (the good parts) of a longer work by the fictional writer S. Morgenstern. It was adapted pretty much intact maintaining the combination of comedy, adventure, fantasy, drama, romance, and fairy tale. The only thing missing from the movie are Goldman’s constant commentary asides as he explains why he so loved the book as a child, though he had never read it, and had to “adapt” it as an adult. You don’t miss much. In my opinion, he should have left the asides out and used the intro to tell us the fictional backstory of how his immigrant father, in halting English, read the book to him when he was a child and deathly ill. How as an adult he finally read Morgenstern’s novel himself and realizes his father had left out all the “boring parts”, and how he had to write the “abridged version” to share what he loved from the book. I would have been fine with that. Instead there are interruptions throughout which I found detracting and distracting. This is one of the few novels where I think the movie is better option. Though you could read it and skip his asides.

The book The Princess Bride is about a princess named Buttercup, who is known as one of the most beautiful women. She falls in love with Westley, soon after that Buttercup is told that Westley is murdered, and she vows to never fall in love again. Not a while after, she is kidnapped by three criminals (Vizzini, Fezzik, and Inigo). She is taken somewhere far away, and finds out many new secrets. She has to promise Prince Humperdinck to give him what he wants to be able to get what she wants. It then talks about many events that happen to Buttercup, the prince, the criminals and some more people too. They all have different plans to get to what they want. Overall, I think this book was decent. I recommend this book to anyone who is in their teen years. Even though the characters are not teenagers, the conflict will most probably catch the interest of teenagers which is why I recommend this book to teens.

The Princess Bride is by William Goldman who claims to have edited the actual version by S. Morgenstern. It is about a beautiful girl named Buttercup, who falls in love for Westley, a farm boy. He soon departs to make a fortune but is then captured by Dread Pirate Roberts, who never leaves a survivor. That makes Buttercup heartbroken. She says she will never love again, but her charm draws attention to Prince Humperdinck who is in need of a wife. Then starts a fairy tale adventure, and you must read it to find out. One of my favorite parts of the book includes the three scenes where three different people with amazing skills have to fight the man in black. I like the action in those scenes and there are some funny parts in it as well. I also like the comedy and the commentary the author adds in parentheses, but I wish it had more jokes because the amount of humor in the book doesn’t live up to what I hoped for. I also have mixed thoughts on the ending, I like it, yet I’m not very satisfied either. Lastly, this book has a bit of a slow start but as you keep reading, it gets more interesting and entertaining. I encourage you to watch the movie if you enjoy the book! To sum up, The Princess Bride is a fairy tale with lots of action and humor, but it can be a bit slow at the beginning.

Having only seen the movie, I was SO confused when I started to read the book. Once I finally figured it out... I had completely lost interest. I think I'll stick to the movie.

I didn’t know there was a book!!

Okay, so I LOVE the movie adaptation of this and had seen it before I even knew there was a book. I read the book and was pleasantly surprised to find how close the movie stuck to the script of the book. I wasn’t really into the whole ‘butting in with Goldman’s life story right in the middle of an important scene’ thing but I read the cut-in parts anyway. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who likes love stories with fencing, torture, Zoos of Death, and plots to start a war. :D

It is a classic tale suitable for all ages. There is adventure, love, and most imprtantly, comedy. This book has everything you want and more. It breaks all fairytale stereotypes, yet, keeps to them and shows readers not everything is as perfect as it should be. The Princess Bride is a little disappointing in some ways, for example, Prince Humperdinick's surrender, but it relates to the theme of breaking barriers of fairytales. Wonderful remake of the "good parts."

In all the years of watching the movie, I've never cracked this book open until now. What a treat to read! As I gallivanted through the pages the voices of the actors and actresses from the movie rang were heard clearly. The author has this device he uses in which he interrupts the reader with an aside...a behind the curtain detail that may or may not have anything to do with the actual story. After a dozen or so of those I found them a bit tiresome and I was not a fan of the alternative ending in Buttercup's Baby. Overall, I had to give this book five stars because I found myself smiling pretty much the whole time. I am a fan of Buttercup, Westley, Fezzik, Inigo Montoya...the whole crew.

Classic. Everyone should read this at least once.

This book (and the movie) is my all-time favorite. I often prefer the book to the movie, but in this case, I like them both equally; albeit for slightly different reasons.
Another book, written by Cary Elwes (who plays Westley in the movie) entitled “As You Wish” about the making of the movie; is also enjoyable — though it’s helpful to see the movie first to give some context.