The Princess Bride

William Goldman

"I read The Princess Bride by William Goldman because I loved the movie quite a bit. It was a great science fiction/fantasy film, so I decided I might as well just pick up the book and check it out.

The story is about finding true love, heroes, villains, action, romance, the whole nine yards. It's basically a guy who falls in love with a woman and has to prove his love to her in order to win her and save her life.

Probably my favorite character in this book is either the Spaniard, Iņigo Montoya, or Fezzik; and I especially like how the two characters play off one another, almost like Bert and Ernie or something of that nature. Probably my favorite part of the book is either when they go through the fire swamp - Westley and Buttercup - or when Fezzik and Iņigo Montoya are exploring the different levels of Count Rugen's torture chamber.

There wasn't much that I didn't like about this book. It's one of those that I've read at least seven or eight times and will probably read it countless more times. The book and the movie go pretty close hand-in-hand. I think this is an excellent book for somebody who normally doesn't read science-fiction or fantasy and has been interested in doing so, and it's something that most people can relate to as far as all the different characters and all the trials that they go through. It's a great read, and I think it really opens up your imagination. This book gets five stars out of five stars."

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