Book Club Monday: The Princess Bride

Author: William Goldman Title: The Princess Bride Publisher: Harper Date Published: 09/01/1973

Read Dates: 06/02/2025- 06/08/2025
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This was my book club pick for June.

The Princess Bride is a multi POV story of action, adventure and love. It features the beautiful Buttercup, her true love Westley, the giant Fezzik, sword master Inigo Montoya, and more!

I’ve always loved this movie and the book was everything I hoped it would be! A tiny bit darker than the film adaptation, the book is witty and fun, a great read for all ages.

What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreams?

As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears.

Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.

What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex.

In short, it's about everything.