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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I had such high hopes for this book when I read the synopsis. However, by the second page, I was already turned off. The narration is incredibly pretentious and distracting while the story takes way too long to unfold. I did, however, enjoy the excerpts from Belladonna's diary which recounts the events of her imprisonment. If the rest of the book was as kinky and exciting as those parts, it would have been a great story. The book is worth a read simply for those areas (conveniently printed in italics which makes browsing extremely easy!), but you may want to skim the rest of the story.
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Summary: Surprised at how much I enjoyed this book
Review: I have not read a book so good in years!! I could barely put it down. I wanted more after it was over and plan on buying "Lunch" as soon as possible. Karen Moline uses words in ways I could never imagine and I really cared for her characters! I listened to it abridged on audio first and then read the book about two years after and enjoyed it even more!
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Summary: Sophisticated.
Review: I loved the descriptions of the characters and the scenery throughout the entire book. Ms. Moline makes you feel as though you`re part of it all. The mystery, the secrets. Definitly intriguing!
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Summary: Wonderfully kinky
Review: I LOVED this book. I sat down with it on a Friday night and read straight through to Sunday. Great fantasy, great kinky sex. Just a damn good read
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Summary: Summer suprise of sweet revenge
Review: I read Belladonna as an accident and the results were a complete surprise. I picked it up as a "light" read for the summer (after a spring of slogging through dense academic text) and came away with an irresistable urge to concoct obsession-laced revenge plots, filled with beauty, deceit, and a checkered past.As I read, it reminded me of the Count of Monte Cristo(which the plot of Belladonna borrows nicely)and some sinister works of Poe. Add to that exquisite sensuality... A perfect summer read with enough depth to keep you engaged through the final pages. Once in a while you find a book that surprises you, captures you, and takes you on a trip of the imagination. Belladonna proves an excellent tour guide. Moline is a structured, sassy writer who knows how to tell a story and provides a story well told.
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Summary: Summer suprise of sweet revenge
Review: I read Belladonna as an accident and the results were a complete surprise. I picked it up as a "light" read for the summer (after a spring of slogging through dense academic text) and came away with an irresistable urge to concoct obsession-laced revenge plots, filled with beauty, deceit, and a checkered past. As I read, it reminded me of the Count of Monte Cristo(which the plot of Belladonna borrows nicely)and some sinister works of Poe. Add to that exquisite sensuality... A perfect summer read with enough depth to keep you engaged through the final pages. Once in a while you find a book that surprises you, captures you, and takes you on a trip of the imagination. Belladonna proves an excellent tour guide. Moline is a structured, sassy writer who knows how to tell a story and provides a story well told.
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Summary: Weak potion
Review: I really did not enjoy this novel at all--surprising, since I absolutely loved Moline's first novel, "Lunch." I thought the story was too slow and the plot far too convoluted. Beyond that, I felt the sadomasochism went far too far. I hope Moline goes back to the type of story she did in "Lunch" for her next effort.
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Summary: 'Bella ' 'Donna
Review: I really had to struggle with a rating for this one, the first three quarters are just so deliciously trashy and then everything suddenly falls apart. The problem is the setup is so motivating and the story so much fun to read you can't help but be let down by the cop out of an ending. Belladonna's imprisonment- despite its indiscreet lifting of ideas from 'The Story of O'- escape, and years in Italy are fine and dandy, but things really heat up when she relocates her 'family' to New York. The club, where status means nothing and the rich seem oblivious to the fact that they are being mocked, sizzles with subterfuge and random acts of revenge. Though I could have done without Bella's torment of her cousin, who hadn't really done anything consciously wrong all those years ago when Bella wound up a sex slave. When Bella picks up and moves down South, that's your cue to put down the book. The wrap up doesn't live up to its promise in any way shape or form. The pieces just come together so badly and with much predictable, silly coincedence involved. I wanted a slam bang 'vengeance from the heavens' sort of end, but I would have been able to accept one where Bella never finds the answers she so desperately seeks nor the man who inflicted so much torture on her. Life seldom leads to perfect, tied-with-a-bow finishes and it would have been better to have no closure then the ridiculous and disappointing one with which we are presented. A solid three and half star read, perfect for just about any situation.
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Summary: I enjoyed reading Belladonna
Review: I truly enjoyed this book as told through the descriptive eyes of the enuch Tomasino. Engrossing, vivid characters, it keeps the pages turning.
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Summary: What a page turner!
Review: I'd just gone through a spate of books I could not sink my teeth into, then I picked up Belladonna and was hooked, read it over one long weekend. It's the kind of book that makes you glad your Saturday night date had to cancel: wonderfully twisted characters, great plot, amazing scenes. I can't wait for Moline's next one.
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