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Title: The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice, Amy Brenneman ISBN: 0-671-88655-X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Pub. Date: 01 August, 1994 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.62 (172 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Twisted Sexuality Meets Fairy Tale Fantacy
Comment: I had read the reviews of this book before I purchased it myself. I am quite glad I did because it somewhat warned me for want I was getting myself into. This is definately one of those books where the population that reads it will be clearly devided in the middle between love and hate. Personally, I loved it. In fact, I cannot wait to read the next 2 of the trilogy. Definately be prepared for graphic sexual acts and very carefree sexuality. That is what about 75% of what the book is about. The storyline is simple, but the characters go through complex emotions as what happens in the story goes on. If you have just a hair of freakiness in you somewhere......you will enjoy it. Its not a story about love.....its definately a story about sex. Those with just that little bit of interest in this type of book will definately be hooked. I was quite please and definately reccommend it.....but not for the more "conservative" type. Give it a try though....might spark something up in you....then again....it might freak you out. Definately worth it. Enjoy your reading!
Rating: 4
Summary: An Erotic story that will leave you yearning to be tied up..
Comment: Okay, so I wasn't YEARNING to be tied up. But I have to admit, the thought crossed my mind more than once after about 50 pages through the novelette. And I actually enjoyed the fact that within the first 3 or so pages she was out with her S&M activities already. Kind of a neat twist to the normal "romance" novel...where you have to wait half way through the novel before anything spicy happens. This book - no matter what anyone says, is erotic. Many things in our society today are still very taboo, and A.N. Roquelaure does a great job without shyness of portraying an S&M slavery society. It's a turnon to read, but would I really want to be Beauty? Nooooo thank you. I will however live vicariously through Beauty and read the other two books with gusto. The only reason I gave the book 4 stars is because it lacks a bit more of a storyline....c'mon Anne!!! I've read your other books, you could have added a BIT more of a storyline in there! Otherwise, BRAVO, BRAVISSIMO!
Rating: 1
Summary: Save your money!
Comment: I've never been a big fan of Anne Rice (her vampires are just a little whiny for my tastes) but when I heard about this book (on Biography, no less!) I decided to give it a try. The premise seemed promising: taking a well-known childrens' story and twisting into erotica. But when I actually read the story, I was horrified. Not only is it written with pompous, flowery language and absolutely no style, but the plot is...well, judge for yourself....
Beauty is awakened from her slumber by not just a kiss, but brief and completely joyless humping by the Prince. The kingdom awakens and the Prince decides since he was the one who "saved" it, he should be able to keep Beauty as a prize. For some off reason the King agrees and off the Prince goes, Beauty in tow. It quickly becomes obvious that Beauty's role in the story will be on of sexual servitude. The Prince cares nothing for her; his only interest in her is to humiliate her as much a possible, beat her until her skin is chapped, and then rape her. Oh, yeah...and she's only fifteen years old in this story!
I like erotica as well as anyone, so long as it's well written. And I have no problem with BDSM...even a non consensual BDSM wouldn't bother me overlymuch. But this story is not erotica--it isn't even BDSM. It's sexual torture (something completely different). And it certainly isn't well written. It's one long description of beatings and torment after another, puncuated (briefly) by brutal sexual intercourse. There is very little desciption of the actual sex...but a lot of description of torture. For instance, the Prince, who swings boths ways, decides he is displeased with one of his male sex slaves. The punishment? He impales the poor lad on a stone phallus, leaving him there, hands bound, for the entire night. The book clearly describes the boy's discomfort and humiliation...and then tries, lackluster, to make us believe the boy somehow "enjoys" the torture as well. Hmm. Right.
If your idea of a sexy story is reading Jeffrey Dahmer's biography then you will probably love this book. However, if you are not a sexual sadist bent on enslaving and torturing people for your own physical pleasure, I suggest you leave this one alone.
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Title: Beauty's Punishment by Anne Rice, A. N. Roquelaure ISBN: 0452281431 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Beauty's Release: The Sequel to the Claiming of Sleeping Beauty and Beauty's Punishment by Anne Rice, A. N. Roquelaure ISBN: 0452281458 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Belinda by Anne Rice ISBN: 0515093556 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Story of O by Pauline Reage ISBN: 0345301110 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 May, 1981 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Exit to Eden by Anne Rampling ISBN: 0345401964 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 13 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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