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Summary: Very Hot Reading
Review: Even after a few years, this book still tops my list as being the hottest book I have ever read. It literally had me on the edge of my seat and excited through the whole book. The descriptions and method of writing hold you captivated, and left me wishing it were a series.
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Summary: One Of The Worst Anne Rice Books!
Review: I have to say that this is one of the worst novels that she has ever written. I just didn't think that it was that entertaining. After finishing the book, I went out and rented the movie, and It is far better than this novel. I am sorry Anne rice, but I can see why you used a pseudo name when you wrote this book. It stinks!
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Summary: Traditional Anne Rice
Review: As with her other books, Anne Rice writes Exit to Eden with passion and superior knowledge of human feelings and emotions. With this book, she has created a stage for sexual creativity, lust, exploration and human emotion. Her portrayal of Lisa and Elliot, and their raw desire for eachother, is purely erotic. Each chapter keeps you wondering what might happen next and what is going through the mind of each character. The book makes me wonder what fire Rice has in her to make her write such a book.
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Summary: Not at all like the movie....
Review: This isn't like the movie but centers on the relationship between Lisa and Elliot and why Lisa does what she does. The sex plays a back seat. It does make you start to wonder why people do what they do.At first, I didn't care for the book but I do find I think about it every once in a while and wish I hadn't given my copy to the local book sale. I'd probably re-read it.
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Summary: I want to go to Eden
Review: I read Exit to Eden after the Sleeping Beauty Chronicles. It was great. The storys within the story were great. I love how she changes from first person to third person. I love Anne Rice.
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Summary: Disallusion
Review: I am by no means a prude but I find no interest in women or men "whipping" someone for reasons I can't fathom. To dicipline, arouse ,or to train them; it escapes me. Too 'kinky' for my taste. In all fairness, I never made it past the first few chapters either in this book or the first of Sleepy Beauty's triology. The theme was obvious. I will assume there is a message in these books but I didn't care to find it. I gave this 1 star because it was required to submit the review. Rereading this, this review DOES make me SOUND like a prude! In synopsis, if you like whips and chains and that sort of thing, you like the book; if not don't waste your money. I don't even want to donate them to our local library.
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Summary: I actually read the whole thing...
Review: I've tried to read Anne Rice's novels since after "Interview with A Vampire" was made into a film. Granted I am currently *almost* 18 years old, it's not shocking that at 13 and 14 I couldn't finish it. But browsing amongst the shelves of a used book store sat a beat up copy of "Exit To Eden." I thought, what the heck. I am literally addicted to this book. I don't want to put it down. I'm reading it, soaking up every word. After finishing this novel, I hope to read the Beauty trilogy, in hopes of finding more solitude in Rice's astoundings masterpieces.
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Summary: Exit to Eden
Review: This is my first Rice novel, and I have to say that I found this book to be terrifically written with all the splender of erotica and romance with a plot. I fell in love with most characters and found their instincts quite remarkable and to the point. That is to say, I was quite surprised that a woman author was able to capture the true essence of the male psyche so richly as Rice has done here. I loved the book and am looking forward to my next read. You won't be disappointed!
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Summary: MORE COMPLEX THAN IT SEEMS
Review: Please, SOMEBODY, comment on the "introduction" written by Lisa. Written in hind-sight, it says that what follows is an account of something that happened at The Club, and that (end sentence) it's really about The Club. (I'm paraphrasing, since I do not own a copy of the book.) The sense I got reading this was that it "undid" the ending of the story -- that what really mattered the most was The Club, not Elliott. That Lisa considers the story of Elliott to be JUST an episode in her life. Yet in the course of the book, Lisa and Elliott come to understand that their fixation with S/M is a symptom of love/companionship/acceptance missing from their lives, and that they complete each other without the S/M (remember, once they're away from The Club, they have regular sex together, and have a real relationship, SHARING the "power" -- talking, shopping, eating, sleeping, just being together). Also, if it's Lisa's story (she claims ownership by writing the intro.), what about the half of the accounts written by Elliott ! Anyway, I loved the book, and loved the end of the book -- I'd certainly marry Elliott ! And there's the real final question that Anne Rice poses by including Lisa's intro.: does marriage/happily ever after happen and fulfill them -- or not ?
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Summary: Better than advertised
Review: I read some of the reviews before I really got into the book, and I was afraid I would be disappointed with the book. I was wrong. This is one of my favorite Anne Rice books to date, and that is saying something, because I love everything of hers I've read. That Lisa is the last to recognize the fact that she is in love was so believable, and the struggle both she and Elliot had with their feelings seemed very real and very human. As for whether the marriage becomes boring or Lisa has to give up her place at the Club, I seriously doubt that either would happen. I think, in the end, they both enjoy the S&M world too much to give it up, and why should they, so long as they understand where S&M stands in their lives?
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