Written By: S. Morgenstern
Abridged By: William Goldman
Number of Pages: 283
Number of Stars I'm Giving It: 5
I have read this book a few times before and enjoyed it, but it has been a long time since I last read it. I really got more out of it this time. Last time I read it I skipped a lot of Goldman's abridgment notes. They actually add a nice side story. It bothered me that Goldman kept saying how fat and spoiled his son was and how he didn't really love his wife. I took that he only halfway meant it, but still that would scar me for life if my dad or husband ever said thing like that to me, let alone put it in print for millions of people to read. Very shameful on his part. This book is a great quick read, it only took me one day to finish it.
So here are some of my thoughts on this book.
The character I felt the most sorry for was Fezzik. Everyone, including his family and friends were so judgemental and mean to him. He is loving and kind to all, but that love was never really returned to him.
The character who was most human was Inigo. He was driven by dreams and love. He experiences the entire range of emotions. Love, hate, devotion, fear, confidence, depression. You can understand why he does what he does.
The most annoying character for me is Vezzini. I really get annoyed with self-righteous know it alls. Fortunately he gets taken care of pretty early off in the book.
The most perfect character award of course goes to Westley. He's pretty much every girls dream man I think. Beautiful, strong, courageous, genius, but of course all he really cares about is true love.
Buttercup makes me crazy. I get that she is beautiful, but is there even 1 other reason why Westley loves her? She is so, so, so stupid! Every decision she makes is just the worst. And she ditches Westley the first chance she gets and says "I can live without love". I just don't understand why he would ever want her back.
Guilty admission for this book - I actually really like the characters of the Count and the Prince. They are just the biggest jerks. So bad. But they are so consistent at being jerks, they are open and honest about being that way, I just couldn't bring myself to hate them. They are also very gentlemanly in their torture and murder, so I will work on hating them the next time I read it.
I enjoy the back stories on all of the characters. Now I am off to watch the movie, which I love just as much as the book. I am glad there is less torturing in the movie than the book! I didn't like the ending in the book very much, so I just substitute the movie ending in my head after I finish reading. And they all lived happily ever after...
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