Belinda

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Summary: One of the best books from One of the best minds.........
Review: This book was so exciting and yet some how I could relate to the fast times and the growing up this girl had to go through...I truley would like to see this book turn into a movie....I think Drew Barrymore would make a wonderful pouty mouth, youthfull Belinda....

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Summary: i couldn't put the book down
Review: i liked this book. not only is it full of suspense and lust, but it keeps you wanting more, wanting to know what's going to happen next, how things will turn out.

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Summary: Simply Breathtaking...
Review: I am a huge fan of Anne Rice and just finished this novel last night. It was extraordinary...I felt as if I was drawn into the world of Jeremy and Belinda... made to care for them and see that what they had really was love. Even now I find myself thinking about them and wishing them well... This is true Anne Rice magic...written as only she can.

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Summary: I couldn't stop reading this book. I'm on my 4th time
Review: I started reading this book one summer just for something to do in summerschool,and read it in one sitting.After that I have to read it again once every two or three months.Better even than the Vampire Chronicles.Highly Recomended.

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Summary: Does This Novel Not Remind You Of Another?
Review: The one name title Belinda is quite a la Lolita. In fact the entire novel is. I realize that most story plots are recylced like aluminum cans. This novel is just a little too obvious. The beginning works like a half-way decent mystery. When the mystery is gone half-way through, so is the interest. All that is left is the pretentious prose. In fact, the prose drowns this entire book. I recommend a read of the original Lolita. Lolita is fresh and the prose is thankfully sincere.

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Summary: the most active novel I've ever read
Review: This is the kind of book that you can't put down. I don't know why I didn't read it sooner. It has been two weeks since I finished it, and I still wonder what is happening to Belinda and Jeremy. I wish that it had been longer! Easier to read than Rice's most current novels, but constantly moving. You feel as if you were one of the characters in the book.

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Summary: I was disappointed!
Review: The beggining of the book was un-put-downable for a bit until the issue 'mystery' of this Belinda cropped up and all the hype/trite/clicheness about her being a child superstar flooded the book. I also didn't like all the 80s version of being a film star and all that. It reminded me vaguely of 'Dynasty' and 'Dallas' and everything 80s. A fairly good read if you skip more than half the book (which unfolds who Belinda is). The wait was EXHAUSTING.

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Summary: Not what I expected...thank goodness
Review: The only Anne Rice I had read before this was her Beauty series. I bought this and stuck it on the shelf until I was in the mood for some smut. Well, it isn't smut. I was molested as a child, so am not usually real tolerant of this sort of thing, but she convinced me that in this case, despite what the law might say, there was no abuse involved--only love. A great story.

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Summary: Totally boring and not even mildly erotic
Review: I thought this book would be stimulating, instead I found myself putting it down and trying to figure out 'where are the good parts'. This is the first book I have ever started that I can't seem to finish. I think the relationship between Jeremy and Belinda is hardly realistic. It seems the only thing thay have is common is sex and this aspect was not explored in sufficient detail to make the book 'erotic reading material'.

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Summary: Beautiful in a twisted way
Review: I read this when I was 15. This is somewhat a fantasy for some girls, but yet sick to others. Belinda is like Lolita's distant cousin, (a classic by Vldimire Nabokov). If you liked that one, I recommend this book. Belinda gives you a break from the somewhat complex vocabulary of Lolita.