Kaymmiv - reviewed on 4/27/2009 + 22 more book reviews

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First for anyone that doesn't know this is not an abridged book, although almost all his readers were totally taken in by it- but that just goes to show how well written the book is :) That is part of the story of the book. Bill Goldman has no son and its all part of the fiction of the story. There is no Florin and there is no S. Morgenstern. There was no original book that he abridged and he was never read this book by his father. That too is all part of the fictional story Goldman has written with such realism that almost everyone who reads it is totally taken in as it being intirely believable. The sign of an amazing storyteller! The whole story is amazingly well and believably written to the point that for me the 'abridged' comments were so snarky and jerky that it really took away from the telling of the story for me. But I know for him and others those comments are part of the fun of the fiction of the book. Personally I was put off by the degrading comments towards his 'wife' and 'son' made time and again. These comments just really detracted from the feel of the book and experience overall for me became a negative feeling when reading the book. However it is amazingly written and beautifully done book and story!

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