I’m not sure how I feel about this book. I liked the format of it a lot. I loved the way William Goldman made it seem like he was just telling you a story he had been told as a kid. I loved the story within a story aspect of the book and William Goldman’s comments on “The Princess Bride” were some of my favourite moments. I liked the actual story of “The Princess Bride” a lot less. I thought the story was fun and interesting and would have really enjoyed it if not for one thing. I absolutely hated the representation of women in it. The only women of importance in the story is Buttercup and she’s described as the most beautiful women in the world. And that’s it. She’s beautiful and she loves Westley and that seems to be her only value in the whole story. Unlike the men, who are all described as having enormous prowess in a certain field, Buttercup is only beautiful and objectified. I didn’t mind it so much when the prince objectified her, because he’s the bad guy and it’s expected that bad guys do horrible things, but Westley is supposed to be the hero of the story and at one point he tells Buttercup to do as he says because she’s his property. I obviously disliked those parts a lot and I dislike them even more because if they weren’t there, I believe I would have absolutely loved this book.