Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

32 reviews

queenneehola's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Misogyny and Fatphobia

sarah_zaffiro's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Confinement, Racism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and War

alvolj's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Torture

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

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Kidnapping, Blood, Alcohol, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Fatphobia and Suicide

bookish_bry's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed The Princess Bride. The framing of the narrative as an abridgment of some huge classic novel was pretty fun (though it could be a tad annoying at bits). It's a fun story and I loved most of the characters. It was also pretty quick to read despite the fact that it was 400 pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Torture

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

cream_biscuits's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Death, and Murder

markedwithanm's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Kidnapping, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Fatphobia

falcarragh's review against another edition

It's odd. I loved this book and couldn't put it away... But then after finishing most of it, I was simply annoyed and fed up. The characters are static and the 'old-fashioned gender roles' became dominting. I simply lost interst in reading "the ending" of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

imbored_soillread's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed reading it, and it was well written, a true classic, but I can’t help feeling that in this instant, the movie is better than the book. Wesley seemed almost abusive in the book and I get that it was due to his own pain and trying to save Buttercup, but it doesn’t excuse how he treats her. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Ableism, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content