The Princess Bride Blog: a reader said, “Boring”

            Despite the author’s tremendous effort in creating a supposedly fascinating “Classical Tale of Love and adventure”, I still have no fondness for the characters or the plot.  Although it is barely half way through, but the experience from trading the novel would be anything except pleasant.  In addition, there are many negative influences in the novel for youngsters.

            It is entirely immature for Buttercup to love Westley only after a few moments of contact.  Westley is a man if bravery and express his love for Buttercup no matter what, even if he once believed Buttercup cheated on him for gold.  Even if Westley is Buttercup’s true and only love, isn’t it too early to pour all her soul into the loving of Westley?  Moreover, the silly Princess also told the truth to the selfish Prince of being in love with Westley, always, forever.  And does she know the consequences of her actions?  Not only will she suffer, Westley also well.  It is very much accurate that the Prince is a psycho, yet it is obvious that the Prince is such a selfish and cruel man after his proposal to Buttercup.  Buttercup, when will she grow up?

            Prince Humperdinck, and his acquaintance, the Count (aka the six-fingered man) are despicable.  According to many fairytale, Princes are usually the brightest, or at least appear to be.  And Prince Humperdinck is not even close to the normal expectations.  He is a prince who is shaped like a barrel (or not physically fit), draped in sins he have committed for killing animals unreasonably, and maliciously constructed a plan to torture Westley (to death, in case the hints aren’t evident enough), and to murder his fiancé.  I’ve mistaken.  I thought the Prince could have the appearance of a barbarian, but his heart would be pure as water.  Well, his heart is more contaminated than poo. 

The count, a man that seems noble and honorable; however, he is a murderer; also have great interest in pain.  He design, he test (on alive subjects), and record the data with ink that is probably made from drained blood.  His gruesome machinery seem analogous to someone who is always prepared for a little game of his.  And his cruelty is matching to the Prince’s.  After all, he killed a boy’s father for not being satisfied with his services, and left barbs for both the boy’s body, as well as his childhood.

How could Goldman phrase the words like that?  Do he even know what to put on a youth’s literature?  I think not.  At least not for a adolescence who just want to achieve the joy in reading.