First of all, great choice of book Allyssa. I've never read The Princess Bride before but I love the movie so I was excited to read this this month. I love that this book is two stories in one: the love story of Westley and Buttercup and William Goldman's experience with the story. While Westley and Buttercup's story could stand on it own, I did enjoy Goldman's aspect of bonding over the book with his father and later his journey in abridging the tale. There were a couple of times I didn't like Goldman's narrative mainly when he's talking about how he omitted a section because it was lengthy and satirical. My favorite parts were about Goldman's childhood because I think he does a good job relating to the reader over the emotions felt during Westley and Buttercups journey to a happy ending.
It was also great getting the backgrounds of Inigo and Fezzik. It just made me fall in love with these characters even more. On the other hand, this book made me dislike Prince Humperdinck even more. The Zoo of Death made him an even darker character than I remembered from the movie. I'm glad the Zoo of Death didn't make the movie because I would love for my daughters to watch this movie sooner rather than later. But for the book I think it worked in showing Humperdinck's nature and that he would have no problem killing Buttercup (or anything for that matter).
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