Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice

17 reviews

callie4223's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

I don't know quite yet how I'm going to rate this book. Mainly because I'm unsure of my feelings toward it. I don't want to say that I enjoyed this book, but I also don't want to say I didn't enjoy it. I only read this book because Anne Rice writes it, and I know she's very popular with her Interview With A Vampire novel. For one, there is no plot, but I was so engrossed in this horrific story that I didn't care if it didn't have a plot or not. I will say that besides the horrendous sexual content, I do believe that everyone in the book overused spankings. That's literally all the book is. Someone somewhere is constantly getting spanked for something; it doesn't matter what. 

This book is my first by Anne Rice, and because of my lack of knowledge of the author, I feel as though I didn't know what to expect with the amount of excessive BDSM. 

I'm not going to tell you to read it or not. Do what you want. I suggest using personal judgment for a novel of this magnitude. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

toiaaaa's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

3.0

This read like the porn I wanted to write, a bit too much spanking for my taste but I enjoyed it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Rape

ebb_and_flow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Violence

amy_harboredinpages's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I should've dnfed! I really should've. It was like coming upon an accident you know you should look away but you can't. I will not be continuing to a book 2... nope nope nope. Not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

queengaynor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

wanderinginsidebooks's review against another edition

Absolutely horrific

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Slavery, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

ciwifrukt's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence