The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty) (edition 1983)

Yeesh! Disturbing to the nth degree. ( )

I'm more than disappointed. The story is definitely erotica but it pushed even my boundaries (and I don't have many). This was heavy on BDSM and debauchery, torture, humiliation, homosexuality, and polyamorous relationships. There is nothing romantic about it.

It made absolutely no sense to use the fairy tale characters as the backdrop. Even if I had replaced them with the hottest couple I could conjure up in my mind I would still not like this at all. Most erotica stories tickle the fantasies. This just made me cringe.
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Bitch, please... ( )

ok. this book was awful. seriously. i'm giving it .5 stars but it definitely deserves 0. just to be clear, people, i have nothing against sex and erotica. i'm not a prude and really don't care who you have sex with, what kind of sex you have, whether or not you're into s&m, etc, as long as it's consensual. the (over)abundance of sex in this book is entirely not consensual, except for one instance. that is my main problem with this book; not a page goes by (literally, it's overwhelming) without a rape taking place, without someone being somehow degraded or beaten while either being raped themselves or raping someone else, without spanking and paddling and rape rape rape rape rape. i have a serious problem with being told that we should be aroused by the rape of other people. really, do what you want in your bedroom, with whoever you want, with whatever toys you want to use, but it needs to be consensual. oh, which also means that none of the parties can be 15 years old, but have to be able to actually legally give consent as well. it's not just that it's not arousing if it isn't consensual, but it's seriously offensive.

also, this book is so poorly written. astoundingly badly written. but that's so secondary to the rape and degradation on every single page of this book. and also just to be clear, it's men being raped just as often as women, and the offenders are equally men and women. this is not an issue of sexism or gender bias, this is purely an issue of rape and sexual violence intending to be arousing.

this is the first of 3 books in a series and though i finish every book i start (and i did manage to finish this one, hoping she had a better point to make) i will not be reading the other 2 in this series. it's not good for my mental health.

this is easily one of the worst books i've ever read. ( )

Ugh. I don't think this book is my thing. In all fairness, I'm only 50 pages in. Maybe it gets much better. But I fear I will never find out.

I love smut. I love BDSM. I don't love shitty writing (Fifty Shades, I'm looking at you.) So I thought for sure these facts put me in the target audience for this book. It would seem I was wrong. I think the "prince" is a jackass and a creep. I can't get past it. There's no way I can possibly find this book erotic, because I'm too busy being pissed off. ( )