Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice

10 reviews

authortiafanning's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

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

4.0

It is because of this book that I read back in 2003, I read and write BDSM today. It was my first D/s (or S/m) novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Trafficking

chuckyinspace's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexual content, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Slavery

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood and Excrement

goldensisyphus's review against another edition

This book is not about consensual nonconsent, it is not sexy. It is literally about rape and brainwashing, and everyone -literally everyone - fails the female main character. It is the epitome of what is wrong with everything everywhere, and is exhausting and depressing as all f*** to read. It did nothing but disgust and anger me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Classism, Confinement, Death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body horror, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Trafficking, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Sexual content

limina's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

This was a weird book. Yes this is erotica but it's VERY heavy on the bondage and submission, there are very few "typical" scenes and of those none are exactly consensual.  The writing itself wasn't very good either, I've only read one other Anne Rice book so I don't know if this is her typical writing style. She definitely overuses the words "little", "balls", and "spank" a lot. The biggest ick was when Rice makes a point of saying that some of the princes and princesses who are enslaved are 15/16 years old. I won't be reading the remaining books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Torture, Slavery, Rape, Confinement, and Adult/minor relationship

annick's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

1.0

Overly indulgent. Repetitive. Tedious second half.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, and Slavery

cowboylikestoread43's review against another edition

Mostly sexual assault and bad bdsm boundaries. I Hope no one is using this as actual bdsm practices. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Classism, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Sexual content, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

lilianmathilda's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

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

skygurr04's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? N/A

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and Rape

queengaynor's review

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