Review as originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: Well, seeing as The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies of all time, I had a lot of expectations for the book. And you know what? I was pleasantly surprised! 
 I felt like the movie followed the book remarkably well. The only differences between the movie and the book were very minor and didn't really affect the story line. We just got a little more background on some of the characters and obviously some scenes were truncated to shorten movie time. Good news for me since I loved the movie! 
 I wasn't really a fan of the first section of the book which I felt was a little bit of unnecessary details about Goldman's life at the time. It mainly dealt with his family and a trip out to California, but had no relevance to the story or the anecdotes interspersed in the book. 
 Overall, I loved it! I was actually really surprised at how closely the movie script followed the book. I figured since it was a Rob Reiner movie, most of the satire, quick-witted jabs and silly scenes were a product of the movie. Nope, that all came from the book. I spotted several of my favorite quotes almost word for word and it really made me like the movie that much more as well. Definitely stayed true to the whole tone and plot of the book. 
 And was there ever a real version by S. Morgenstern? I'm not quite sure, but I think that was all made up for the book. I think... Pretty sure this is just Goldman's story and that was all part of the plot, but they're so convincing! What do I know.