I don't have words for how wonderful this book is. I can't even begin to comprehend my love for it.
When I was younger I came out of my room on an average Saturday afternoon (this was before I lived in the basement) and my Dad was watching The Princess Bride. It was the part where Fezzik was climbing the cliffs of Insanity with Inigo, Buttercup and Vizzini on his back and the man in black's ship was just pulling up. Instantly captivated by the promise of sword fights and high adventures that my father made I sat down and watched it with him. Instant love.
Two months later when we had finished eating my dad told me to go look on the cd shelf and look to see if there's something there that I liked. Obviously I was very confused and spent about 5 minutes looking at the shelf bewildered. Then he told me and I found The Princess Bride on dvd. We watched it.
To this day I still watch it whenever it comes on tv and when I'm feeling under the weather because it never fails to cheer me up.
Grade 8 was the first time I read the book. Looking back on it I don't know if I really read that much of it but at the time I classified it as finished and was beyond happy that the movie to book translation was nearly perfect. This time was even better.
William Goldman's commentary is hilarious and very informative and all the character are so wonderful. I give this book 10 cough drops out of 10. I will read this book to my children and my children's children. I will always love this book. It will always be one of my favourites.
When I was younger I came out of my room on an average Saturday afternoon (this was before I lived in the basement) and my Dad was watching The Princess Bride. It was the part where Fezzik was climbing the cliffs of Insanity with Inigo, Buttercup and Vizzini on his back and the man in black's ship was just pulling up. Instantly captivated by the promise of sword fights and high adventures that my father made I sat down and watched it with him. Instant love.
Two months later when we had finished eating my dad told me to go look on the cd shelf and look to see if there's something there that I liked. Obviously I was very confused and spent about 5 minutes looking at the shelf bewildered. Then he told me and I found The Princess Bride on dvd. We watched it.
To this day I still watch it whenever it comes on tv and when I'm feeling under the weather because it never fails to cheer me up.
Grade 8 was the first time I read the book. Looking back on it I don't know if I really read that much of it but at the time I classified it as finished and was beyond happy that the movie to book translation was nearly perfect. This time was even better.
William Goldman's commentary is hilarious and very informative and all the character are so wonderful. I give this book 10 cough drops out of 10. I will read this book to my children and my children's children. I will always love this book. It will always be one of my favourites.
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