My favorite quote from the book, "Because the Prince is a fiend. And Rugen is his twin in misery. And this is their masterpeice."
I've been eye-balling the book since I bought the really pretty hard cover edition from work, lol. I have to say I enjoyed Goldstein's style quite a bit. He threw me off a bit with his fictional life, so well that I had to look him up, haha.
I enjoyed the book, partly from years of watching the movie, so I had all the actors in my head with their voices. I didn't realize that the book was quite a bit darker than the movie. Humperdink is a bigger jerk in the book than he was in the movie. His Zoo of Death creeps me out and, like Katie, I'm glad it wasn't in the movie. I really liked learning more about Fezzik and Inigo's backgrounds. I just wanted to hug Fezzik a lot!
Now, I particularly enjoyed the author's interruptions in the story for this simple reason: the weekend we went to visit Katie in Houston to celebrate our birthdays, we sat at the outdoor theater with Dracula, and Katie took the book and skimmed the part we were at going, "Blah, blah, blah...okay, here's what you need to know." :-) The first time Goldstein did that with the packing and such from Humperdink's stepmother I thought of that, and afterward, every time I read it I thought of that night (and also our cold, wet bottoms since the blanket soaked through on us!).
Goldstein has said he wants to finish writing Buttercup's Baby, so I'm hoping he'll come through and finish it some day. But if not, I've got the imagination to decide what happens at the end of Princess Bride.
I've been eye-balling the book since I bought the really pretty hard cover edition from work, lol. I have to say I enjoyed Goldstein's style quite a bit. He threw me off a bit with his fictional life, so well that I had to look him up, haha.
I enjoyed the book, partly from years of watching the movie, so I had all the actors in my head with their voices. I didn't realize that the book was quite a bit darker than the movie. Humperdink is a bigger jerk in the book than he was in the movie. His Zoo of Death creeps me out and, like Katie, I'm glad it wasn't in the movie. I really liked learning more about Fezzik and Inigo's backgrounds. I just wanted to hug Fezzik a lot!
Now, I particularly enjoyed the author's interruptions in the story for this simple reason: the weekend we went to visit Katie in Houston to celebrate our birthdays, we sat at the outdoor theater with Dracula, and Katie took the book and skimmed the part we were at going, "Blah, blah, blah...okay, here's what you need to know." :-) The first time Goldstein did that with the packing and such from Humperdink's stepmother I thought of that, and afterward, every time I read it I thought of that night (and also our cold, wet bottoms since the blanket soaked through on us!).
Goldstein has said he wants to finish writing Buttercup's Baby, so I'm hoping he'll come through and finish it some day. But if not, I've got the imagination to decide what happens at the end of Princess Bride.
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