** spoiler alert ** 
 I, like most people out there, am very familiar with and love the movie. I enjoyed the book, and the movie followed it very well. However, there were a few problems that I had with this novel. 
 1) There was too much animal cruelty for my liking. Prince Humperdinck kills animals just for the hell of it, and that really bothers me. 
 2) I did not like how stupid they portrayed Buttercup, even though, with the little education she had, I am not surprised. 
 3) I didn't like how disrespectful Westley was to Buttercup. Every once in a while he would tell her to do as she was told. For being her knight in shining armor... he's kind of an asshole. 
 Nonetheless, I did like this book because the movie is such a classic and the book adds another level to the beloved tale. We get the background information on Inigo, Fezzik and Vizzini, which was really nice. I'm also glad that movie and the book are so accurate. Although, if I had read the book before I saw the movie, I probably would have been too scared to watch it in the first place. If they had kept more things from the book in the movie, it would have been rated "R" for sure.