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הנסיכה הקסומה by William Goldman

21 reviews

kelly_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted sad medium-paced

4.0

This is the edited version of the book and contains just the “good bits” as per William Goldman’s preferences/based on the story his dad read to him over and over.

It is the book from which he adapted the screenplay.

There has been criticism of the book, which is fair to some extent. Namely the details around Florinese culture and locations, given Goldman had very little knowledge of it despite his dad’s history, so he just took out what he felt were long, boring descriptions. 

What I liked about this 25th anniversary edition is the revised introduction and editor notes so we understand the decisions he made at the time, including a passage at the end where he talks about Stephen King being approached to adapt Buttercup’s Baby because he has family ties to Florin and visited regularly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

221bpinkst's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

headinthepages's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

It’s been years since I’ve read The Princess Bride. And oh do I love the story, but it was so different listening to this abridged version, I believe I read the original all those years ago. But at the same time, despite knowing the movie by heart, there was a lot of stuff I didn’t remember from the book, & it was like reading it for the first time all over again. I quite enjoy that feeling. It’s "Tru Luv"!!! 
"My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: War

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

ananya_b's review against another edition

For all its hype, I just couldn't get into it. The unnecessarily long explanation about why Goldman felt the need to write the book just sapped my motivation to read it. Personally too, there was a lot on my plate at the moment; maybe I'll pick it up again later.

So far, though, the writing is humorous and entertaining; it was especially interesting reading the parts that were not shown in the movie. I'll come back to this someday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity and War

rmesquirrel's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

 I know the book was written like 50 years ago but, there are so many slurs. This book rambles on and really had no logically sense to why things were written the way they were even if Goldman was trying to make it seem like he was adapting from an original and changing it to fit a narrative that his Dad told him and he is trying to make an even better version for his son. Ehhh... go rent the movie. It is one of the rare occasions it is better. It changed a lot of the book. Besides the language the movie made it so much more concise and made more sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

marnirie's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

The movie is better in my opinion. The changes made for the silver screen makes it a much easier digestible experience. Wasn’t really a fan of the inserts from the author both before the story in the original introduction, nor the references to his family throughout it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: War