Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice

15 reviews

missmwood's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

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

rikkesreadingnook's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Bullying, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

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

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

rollforalex's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

tyrannosaurus_lex's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

This is trash. 

Despite what the forward from Anne Rice says, there isn’t a single iota of the enslaved princes/princesses “enjoying” their predicament. They’re all constantly crying, and Beauty’s resounding thoughts through everything are “no no no.” This is rape and torture. Plain and simple. 

NOT TO MENTION THAT IN THE FIRST CHAPTER IT’S STATED THAT BEAUTY IS ONLY 15 (ie. A CHILD), and the Prince is 18. So there’s that. 

To add further insult to injury, this book is BORING, both in terms of plot and the way the spice is written. I’m all for a good erotica, but this isn’t it. This is the most bland, lazily written smut I’ve ever had the displeasure of reading. 

PLUS, it woefully misunderstands everything about BDSM.

As much as it pains me to say this, 50 Shades is a better choice.  At the very least they’re both adults in that story. 

But hey—if lazy, boring, repetitive, and highly problematic writing gets you going, this might just be the perfect erotica for you!!

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Content Warnings

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

aether_seawo1f's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

Anne rice cannot write sex well. It’s not that it’s like anatomically incorrect or anything, it’s just repetitive AF. Like someone read a textbook about S&M and applied the knowledge with all of the passion and creativity of someone doing math homework. It does not seem her protagonist has the ability or Knowledge  to consent frequently and overall it was creepy and not enjoyable 

Like a lot of the feminist retellings of fairytales choose to keep the implied or explicit rapes but use it to say something about or criticize the society that enables it. Anne rice is just like “it’s feminist because a woman is one of the abusers and my characters enjoy assault eventually”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

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