Comments on: Book Review: The Princess Bride by William Goldman /2019/01/09/book-review-the-princess-bride-by-william-goldman/ "Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." - Virginia Woolf Sat, 07 Dec 2019 13:02:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: My Favorite Book of the Year: 1979-1970 – Madame Writer /2019/01/09/book-review-the-princess-bride-by-william-goldman/comment-page-1/#comment-7206 Sat, 07 Dec 2019 13:02:23 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=4346#comment-7206 […] I assumed the book would never be as hilarious as the movie, and yet it was. It’s such a quirky narrative. If you’re curious to read my full thoughts on this book, be sure to check out my review. […]

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]]> By: Reading Wrap-up: January, 2019 – Madame Writer /2019/01/09/book-review-the-princess-bride-by-william-goldman/comment-page-1/#comment-3890 Sat, 02 Feb 2019 13:08:51 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=4346#comment-3890 […] my full review here. […]

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]]> By: Madame Writer /2019/01/09/book-review-the-princess-bride-by-william-goldman/comment-page-1/#comment-3799 Sun, 20 Jan 2019 14:40:14 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=4346#comment-3799 In reply to 陆河.

That is exactly what he was! And it worked for a while with me!

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]]> By: 陆河 /2019/01/09/book-review-the-princess-bride-by-william-goldman/comment-page-1/#comment-3794 Sun, 20 Jan 2019 05:46:39 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=4346#comment-3794 ]]> Cool! The author seems like a witty, naughty old boy who liked to pull readers’ leg!😜

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]]> By: Madame Writer /2019/01/09/book-review-the-princess-bride-by-william-goldman/comment-page-1/#comment-3692 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:20:31 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=4346#comment-3692 In reply to alicegristle.

I try to achieve balance in everything. While I certainly don’t try to be gullible, if a person is completely cynical in their life nothing surprising can happen to them! So I agree. I will say, to enjoy the movie, you definitely need a certain kind of eccentric humor, so it’s not for everyone. And if you didn’t like the movie, you probably won’t like the book either.

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]]> By: alicegristle /2019/01/09/book-review-the-princess-bride-by-william-goldman/comment-page-1/#comment-3690 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 07:07:35 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=4346#comment-3690 I’ve seen the film, but didn’t read the book. However, since the film wasn’t really to my tastes (maybe I should’ve been younger when I first saw it), I’d say I’m likely to skip the book.

Anyway, what I actually wanted to say was this: it’s okay to be gullible! 🙂 I mean, the opposite of being gullible is being cynical, and of those two options, I’d say being gullible infinitely better.

(Of course, the best option of all is to have the naivete of believing in fairies AND the shrewdness to evade schemers…)

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]]> By: Madame Writer /2019/01/09/book-review-the-princess-bride-by-william-goldman/comment-page-1/#comment-3685 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 17:50:17 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=4346#comment-3685 In reply to Mei-Mei.

The intros are so weird, I agree! They seriously confused me at first. But I agree with you, the movie is so much better!

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]]> By: Mei-Mei /2019/01/09/book-review-the-princess-bride-by-william-goldman/comment-page-1/#comment-3683 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:23:24 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=4346#comment-3683 I actually hadn’t known this was a book for a long time. I finally read it a couple of years ago. The intros are weird! The book is good, but the movie is just on a whole other level.

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