The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
by Anne Rice
Taste attributes: sexmyth/fairytalefantasyunsavourylightimaginarysimplelinearglossyenclosedfish out of water/culture clashlove conquers allempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, unsavoury book: straightforward and small-scale. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
In the traditional folktale of "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. In the first book of the trilogy, Anne Rice, writing as A.N.
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- Anne Rice
- Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 270
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- Open Library
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