Reviews with content warning for Rape - The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice

56 reviews

hogana79's review against another edition

The themes of rape were too much. I'm all for BDSM, but prefer it to be consentual. The idea of sex slaves being forced into doing horrific sexual acts all for the amusement of a spoiled prince held no appeal to me. Maybe it wouldn't have been so disturbing if Beauty isn't been crying in literally every scene, but I couldn't get past the crying one second and then wanting to have sex the next. I get that it was exploring the conflict, but with absolutely no character or story development, I just couldn't get into it.

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missmwood's review against another edition

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I did not enjoy this book at all. I am very put off by forces sexual things and there was a lot of that in this book. I don’t feel like the description prepares you for this book. Also it was not super well written, the characters seemed to have some internal struggle but it was hard to follow due to the poor writing. Felt like the author was more focused on the sexual torment than the actual characters.

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rreyesreads's review against another edition

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Explicit scene including non-consensual sexual acts.

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ketchuprene's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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chuckyinspace's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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kpetranek's review against another edition

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I picked this up at HPB on a whim, expecting a taboo erotic retelling of a popular romance fantasy. Big mistake! If I’d done 2 seconds of research I’d have known its dark erotic content is almost entirely sadistic, and would not have picked it up. I was desperately hoping for the book to ease the burden with some levity or tenderness, but no. Just relentless sexual violence and I had to quit. Feels gross. Hard pass for me, dawg.

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erstreetman's review against another edition

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Loveable characters? No

1.0

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cheskams's review against another edition

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1.0

I picked this up solely because of the raging low reviews and claims there was spanking almost every page. They weren’t kidding. Read this if you want to want to see the word “buttocks” more times than you ever have in your life.

I didn’t find any of the characters compelling and was just waiting to reach the end.

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tlpaladijczuk's review against another edition

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dark 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

2.0

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pyrettablaze23's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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