The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Books | Fiction / Romance / Fantasy
3.3
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A. N. Roquelaure
Anne Rice
Before E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You, there was Anne Rice’s New York Times best seller The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty.In the traditional folktale of "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. In the first book of the trilogy, Anne Rice (author of Beauty's Kingdom), writing as A.N. Roquelaure, retells the Beauty story and probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the Prince awakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the hundred years of enchantment is Beauty's complete and total enslavement to him . . . as Anne Rice explores the world of erotic yearning and fantasy in a classic that becomes, with her skillful pen, a compelling experience. Readers of Fifty Shades of Grey will indulge in Rice’s deft storytelling and imaginative eroticism, a sure-to-be classic for years to come. Praise for The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty: "Articulate, baroque, and fashionably pornographic." —Playboy"Something very special . . . at once so light and yet so haunting." —The Advocate
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Author
A. N. Roquelaure
Pages
272
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
1999-05-01
ISBN
1440673926 9781440673924
Ratings
Google: 4
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"DNF I Tried People I Really Did But I Just Could Not I Love You Anne Rice But This Just Was Not My Cup Of Tea"
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Amy Santi
"I like Anne Rice but I couldn’t get through this one. "
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Jacquelyn Rafert
"This is a interesting dark take on the sleeping beauty tale and while I don't think it lives up to the hype it will definitely scratch a very specific itch, this is mostly on the list to show that even BAD (Or at least wildly inaccurate) depictions of bdsm can still be done better then 50 shades I mean just come on... this has slavery and the participants are still more eager that ana E.L. how did you even DO that?!?! So yeah not my favorite but it doesn't make me wanna slam my head into a wall, with makes it still better than some erotica and romance I've read... and THAT lady's and gents is how low that bar got."
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Alice Smith
"Repetitive and hard to get into"
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Jordyn Larcyn
"This is incredibly graphic and cruel. It takes BDSM to an almost corporal punishment aspect. Not at all what I was expecting and too intense for me to even finish."
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Sam Kubichek
"I couldn’t decide how to rate this at first.<br/><br/>It starts strong with highly controversial elements.<br/>And it just keeps getting more disturbing and dark with every page as you start catch the patterns. <br/>When you finally think this book cannot possibly get any more grotesque… it does. It reads as a really messed up erotic social experiment. <br/>Like watching a horrific disaster through a window, you almost can’t walk away without knowing how it finally ends.<br/><br/>This is one of only 2 books I’ve ever read that made me feel physically ill while reading it. <br/><br/>It’s also somehow fascinating to consider when this book was published and the strange novelty of it. I’m not sure that’s validation enough to save it…"
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Kasey Driskell
"Terrible. Horrible in every torturous, pedophilic, Stockholm syndrome, perverted way possible. No redeeming aspects, do not waste your time and brain cells."
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Andrea Ventura
"Not my thing."
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Mandy Olsen
"This book starts as you would expect any sleeping beauty retelling by to with the prince rescuing her. But that’s where it ends. Everything after is nothing short of sadomasochism.<br/><br/>The prince rapes her while she sleeps and is unable to consent in any way then refuses her clothes and forces her parents to watch this. Including when he marches her out of the castle and through the village towards her new home. He has claimed her as a sex slave and she is forced to be humiliated and degraded and told she’s not to speak unless spoken to. Even a look or a sound is reason enough for a punishment. <br/><br/>Some of which are inventive but many are not. I don’t think there’s a single chapter (barely a page) on which she or another slave isn’t spanked in some way and the description makes it clear that these are quite painful leaving marks on several occasions and even drawing blood at times. I made it about halfway through before I ended up skimming in order to finish. <br/><br/>I wouldn’t suggest wasting your time on this one unless sadomasochism is your cup of tea. I’m all for consensual BDSM but this glorifies rape and involuntary enslavement."
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