The Princess Bride

There were some good parts. Like Inigo's and Fezzik's stories, their adventures together. These parts were meaningful and captivating, they made sense (at least more sense than everything else). They were alive and three-dimentional. They evoked compassion.
One bad thing in Inigo's story is the duel. It was so anticlimactic. I feel that having no duel at all (Count escaped at first, he could have just turn out to be a classic bully, who caves in when confronted by someone stronger) could have had more sense than this mockery.

Buttercup and Wesley. Well, here I have more ‘but's. Their love didn't feel real, earned. Even with all the supposed tragedy. And, for frack sake, what the hell happened with “he had just one minute left”? He just shook death off (sorry, Taylor) like a mild cold? Rigor mortis - no big deal? Another “What have I just read?” moment (of which I had plenty throughout the book).

And, of course, my pet peeve of this book - what the hell with all that confusing history of writing the book? Why take 10% of the book with it and make it sound so real (and so uncomfortable - I felt almost disgusted by how his family treated each other)? What was the point of all that?

Overall, I now have read The Princess Bride. Not a fan, but can see what all the fuss is about.