The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty: A Novel

This book is written on. Has $1 stickers when I paid for a brand new book. The back shows a sticker that says it’s new, but the writing and the dirt on the cover says otherwise.Disgusting to sell books that are not brand new and clearly used and stating that they are. I want a refund

One of the weirdest erotic books I have ever read lol I laughed through most of it not because I found it stupid but because I just couldn't believe some of what I was reading lol. I stopped at book one although I am curious to see what happens in book two because the ending of this book was unexpected. We'll see if I continue with this series.

was suggested by 3!!!!! people in one day. I love Anne rice, and its true, her writing is so beautiful its like you can feel the velvet if she were to describe it. i was okay with switching genres and trusted her with this task but my god.. its like a car crash. each page im rolling my eyes... to me its not horrible in that as we dive into certain genres you can expect it to get a bit wild ... but its so repetitive, its blah... would this genre not be enticing as opposed to me reading it and just thinking - uhhh okayyyyyyyy??? the entire chapter. and im not too sure about ol Anne being great and descriptive - its like a mess to me- completely repetitive and hilarious to think if i had a shot for every time i saw certain words being used... id actually likely not make it alive out of one chapter alone.... so very painful..... i think id sooner read 50 shades if i could instead of this. i would look into other steamy books to enjoy, that give some some some sense of decency to the characters... before trying this out. and i will NOT be finishing this book and absolutely will not even look into any others related to it.

Purchased as a gift, no comment

Move over 50 Shades.. The erotic delights starrt on page 2 and continue on. I've only read to page 32 thus far and I'm just mesmerized. WoW!!!

You will enjoy reading this :-)

This has to be the most erotic thing I've ever read. I didn't purchase this for a long time as I was put off by some of the reviews that condemned it but I'm so glad I eventually did.It's certainly no '50 Shades of Grey' - thank goodness. It is well written for one thing.The only thing I would say is that I had to take breaks from reading it - it was so hot.

O resumo do livro deveria ser o seguinte:Adolescente de 15 anos é estuprada enquanto dorme e após é sequestrada e humilhada publicamente em múltiplas ocasiões, além de ser sistematicamente abusada e espancada, sem possibilidade de recusa ou fuga, por múltiplos indivíduos de ambos os sexos.Sou bem liberal, acho que se os envolvidos são capazes de consentir e estão participando por vontade própria, tudo é válido. Porém o livro trata de estupro, pedofilia e escravidão sexual.Sei que a história foi escrita em outro momento, porém sinto apenas pena das mulheres da época se era com ISSO que elas fantasiavam. Inaceitável.

Pourrais-t-on me le rembourser ? Parce que franchement c'et pas du tout intéressant. Je n'accroche pas du tout alors que j'adore les écris d'Anne Rice, ici je ne retrouve pas le style percutant et envoutant de cet écrivain. C'est très décevant!

Don't be put off by the other reviews, many seem unable to differentiate between a work of fiction and real life. Others seem to have read 50 shades of grey and all of a sudden consider themselves experts in 24/7 tpe relationships or indeed BDSM.It is a take on a well known fairytale only with extreme BDSM and sexual slavery thrown into the mix, it is not for the faint hearted, it is not for vanilla types who think they have seen it all as this trilogy of books will open your eyes to new things. It is shocking at times, it is horny at times and without giving too much away the story will leave you wondering will beauty live happily ever after. So strap yourself in in good and tight, realise that in this fantasy world sexual slavery is very real, and discover that the line between pleasure and pain is very faint indeed. A great late night read that makes 50 shades look like a paint sample brochure. You have been warned, dare you read it yourself ;)

Writing was good, as I would expect from Anne Rice. Honestly though, a bit of a snoozer.

This powerful book will shake the complacency of everyone who reads it.If read as an allegory, it is a marvelous story about the subservient role all of us accept to function in society.  We face it every day in traffic;  we sometimes have bosses who are overbearing;  we deal with people who are a pain in the neck but to whom we must be polite.  Our whole lives consist of suppressing our natural urges and instincts out of respect for the rights of others;  in that sense, the human is never free, we are always a slave to the opinion and respect of others.        From the beginning, Rice's story sounds like an allegory to military training in which the goal is to destroy the individual's sense of personal identity and replace it with loyalty to the group.  In the military, such dominance is enforced.  In private life, companies sometimes spend inordinate amounts of money to develop similar loyalty  --  consider the pressures to be a "team player" in most organizations.        One of the key statements is on page 62:  "She must please him, must make him loving again, and then any pain at all would not be too much."  Some women long to be dominated, they will do anything in an effort to please others.  It's very sad, really. That is the story of this Sleeping Beauty.        It's why I have long been horrified by zoos;  the thought of animals deprived of their freedom breaks my heart.  Modern zoos are changing, one of the sad facts is that zoos have become necessary to save various animals that would be exterminated if left in the wild.  It's better, sometimes, to be "in protective custody" than extinct; that may also apply to loveless marriages.        If so, Rice's story is a portrayal of the hell some women go through to please a husband.  Any woman who's been in that situation, any woman who's broken free of it, will understand and sympathize.  It will be exciting and erotic for them, because those feelings were part of their original love.  It may even be something to try again, but it will not be something they can live with for long.        Various books are written as allegories.  Frank Baum wrote "The Wizard of Oz" as a pro-capitalist story to counter the socialism that was prevalent at the turn of the century;  Jack London wrote "Call of the Wild" to justify socialism.  Both are still popular, with "Call of the Wild" regularly assigned in school.  It's no longer regarded as "socialist" literature  --  now, it's simply a good story.        Rice may have intended a similar allegory for this book.  The popular image of marriage is of love and tenderness;  her book says some marriages are an indoctrination into strict and absolute obedience.        This fight for dominance is by no means unusual.  Look at the continual battle among even pre-school brothers and sisters for dominance.  It's just not the older ones,  the younger will continually challenge.  The result is a continuing battle.        Rice tapped into a universal theme, that of dominance and the yearning to please.  Some people demand unquestioning obedience, and I've worked for employers like that.  A popular term is "control freaks." Rice was clever enough to apply it to some very personal themes among people;  because it is very personal, it makes the story very frightening despite its intense eroticism.        I'm reminded of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzhentsyn, and "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding.  Solzhentsyn tells of the petty humiliations forced on prisoners to make them compliant;  Golding writes about an degenerating battle for dominance, and the need to inflict humiliation on the weaker.  Prison life is a good example of such behaviour, where daily life is a close example of some of the humiliations inflicted upon "Sleeping Beauty."        Even the name is demeaning.  She may have been the "Sleeping beauty," but her real name is never used.  That is as demeaning as always referring to a person by a number instead of their name  --  a common habit in prison; or the "Hey, you" or worse by a domineering spouse.        Rice taps into some of our deepest emotions and builds a scary story based on those feelings.  It's a powerful combination. The sex will infuriate some readers, but it is an essential element; the dominance theme will infuriate everyone who treasures individual freedom. But, if you read it at anything above a fairy tale level, it will make you think. And perhaps even cry. And that is good.

Okay, I read the other reviews place here before I began writing mine. I came by this book from a friend who informed me that if I'm sexually repressed, in any way, not to read it. That's the exact advice I will give anyone reading this review. In a bizarre twist, Rice creates a "grown up" version of what happened to Beauty when her prince came, no pun intended. As all fairy tales, this is from pure speculation and made up for pure enjoyment. Of course this story is not realistic, get real! But it is an intriguing read. I think Rice did a great job at creating a world where this type of "bondage" and slavery could exist. In the first book of this trilogy, Beauty is awaken from her 100 year sleep by her prince intuating sex. From there, her prince takes her as his slave, with her parents' consent, and brings her to his kingdom. From there the story takes many twist and turns that are sometimes hard to follow, but they also managed to grab your interest. I found this book erotic and gripping in the tale that is told. It is also very graphic, and at times, obscene. If you're looking for a romance with great sex scenes, pick up a Catherine Coulter book, but if it's raw sex and the darker side of the human nature you're looking for, this is the book you should read. For all of you who have read this book and found it disguisting and not at all what you expected, how about reading the writing on the back of the book? You know that thing that tells you what to expect out of the book, it gives you a brief description of the book? What do you think it's there for? Sheesh!!