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Belinda
Belinda is the ultimate fantasy. A golden-haired object of desire, fresh and uninhibited. But to Jeremy Walker, a handsome and famous 44-year-old illustrator of children's books, Belinda is a forbidden passion. She's sweet sixteen - and the most seductive woman he's ever known.
Hardcover, 476 pages
Published
October 1st 1986
by Arbor House Publishing
(first published 1986)
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Sep 18, 2007
Jennifer
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Ricean fans
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This is one of the lesser-lesser known works by the authoress Anne Rice, written under her least common pen name. On the surface, Belinda seems to resemble Nabakov's famous work Lolita, but the character dimension has Rice's typical sparkle, the intimate scenes are more vivid and realistic, and the more modern setting makes it more accessible for many.
This book is a shade more controversial and patently sexual than most of the Vampire Chronicles, but less so than the Beauty Trilogy, so if you a...more
This book is a shade more controversial and patently sexual than most of the Vampire Chronicles, but less so than the Beauty Trilogy, so if you a...more
Jan 08, 2008
Ricardo
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5 of 5 stars
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Erotica
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Ann Rice writes erotica with the same intensity as she does with her Vampire Novels.
Jeremy Walker, a handsome and famous 44-year old illustrator of children's books becomes totally obsessed with>>
Belinda the ultimate fantasy. A golden-haired object of desire, fresh and uninhibited. A forbidden passion, both beguiling and bewitching and someone he cannot keep his mind nor hands off of.
Jeremy Walker, a handsome and famous 44-year old illustrator of children's books becomes totally obsessed with>>
Belinda the ultimate fantasy. A golden-haired object of desire, fresh and uninhibited. A forbidden passion, both beguiling and bewitching and someone he cannot keep his mind nor hands off of.
Even with my generous suspension of disbelief, this was unrealistic and ridiculous. I think Anne Rice wrote it just to enjoy imagining the sex.
November 16 2009
So much to say about this book and so many reasons why I loved it.
If you pick up this book keep an open mind. Jeremy is not a perv and this is no regular 16 year old girl. She has lived and lived hard in her short 16 years. I loved them. Great plot, fleshed out Characters. I could actually see the movie in my head as I was reading. Belinda's letter to Jeremy is so great. Alex's friendship with Jeremy was so wonderful and G.G. is so cute! Belinda's relationship with her mother is...more
So much to say about this book and so many reasons why I loved it.
If you pick up this book keep an open mind. Jeremy is not a perv and this is no regular 16 year old girl. She has lived and lived hard in her short 16 years. I loved them. Great plot, fleshed out Characters. I could actually see the movie in my head as I was reading. Belinda's letter to Jeremy is so great. Alex's friendship with Jeremy was so wonderful and G.G. is so cute! Belinda's relationship with her mother is...more
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When I think of Anne Rice, I think of Vampires and Witches. This book however, lacks the touch of the supernatural that most people would identify with Anne Rice. Of course, it is one of the several books written under a pseudonym. Either way, I was captivated by the sensual world her words created in Belinda.
Belinda is the story of a 44-year-old author of children’s books who becomes fascinated with a beautiful, golden haired sixteen year old girl. I became entranced by the tale of their love...more
Belinda is the story of a 44-year-old author of children’s books who becomes fascinated with a beautiful, golden haired sixteen year old girl. I became entranced by the tale of their love...more
I kept referring to this as "that turd of an Anne Rice novel I'm torturing myself with" if that tells you anything about my reading experience. Crap writing, dumb dumb dummy dumb dumb plot full of unbelievable, unrelateable characters, and then there's that thing where Anne Rice is writing about a love affair (well, Jeremy says he is in love, but what I think he means is that he really likes to bone his live-in baby-faced teenage runaway) between a grown ass man (who should know better) and a 16...more
Implausible. Unrealistic. Saccharine. A bit smutty.
It's been called Lolita-esque, but Rice isn't even close to the writer Nabakov was. It's been called erotic, but I didn't find it so. It's been called seductive, but I was not seduced.
There's no depth to this story. No reason either of these characters would fall in love. This is like Anne Rice put some typical sexual fantasy into words and published it because she could.
It's been called Lolita-esque, but Rice isn't even close to the writer Nabakov was. It's been called erotic, but I didn't find it so. It's been called seductive, but I was not seduced.
There's no depth to this story. No reason either of these characters would fall in love. This is like Anne Rice put some typical sexual fantasy into words and published it because she could.
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Let me begin by saying my standards for Anne Rice under any of her names is incredibly high. She brought me Lestat and my Louis, absorbed me in her world of witches . . .and this was. . .? It certainly takes the twists and turns one expects from Rice, but the quality of writing, the total immersion, the characters that linger in your heart just were not there. Despite the obvious pedophilia overtones throughout the entire story I was willing to give it a fair shake (well I don't even think I can...more
Is the plot utterly ridiculous? Yes. I'm not going to pretend that the character's back stories don't play out like some sort of Sirk melodrama because they do.
What makes this book is the reaction it elicits in the reader. I felt extremely disturbed reading this book. While no one can condone the "love story" between 16 year old Melinda and 44 year old Jeremy, one doesn't necessarily condemn it either. Rice's writing prevents an immediate dismissal of their relationship on moral grounds. It is s...more
What makes this book is the reaction it elicits in the reader. I felt extremely disturbed reading this book. While no one can condone the "love story" between 16 year old Melinda and 44 year old Jeremy, one doesn't necessarily condemn it either. Rice's writing prevents an immediate dismissal of their relationship on moral grounds. It is s...more
I wanted to read an Ann Rice book, but not about vampires, so I picked this.
I liked this story and found it incrediably interesting and I could hardly put it down. It is really a different type of book.
Best way for me to describe this book, listen to the song Lullabye (Rock-a-Bye) by Shawn Mullins. weird
I liked this story and found it incrediably interesting and I could hardly put it down. It is really a different type of book.
Best way for me to describe this book, listen to the song Lullabye (Rock-a-Bye) by Shawn Mullins. weird
I just re-read this after many years.... and I have to say the years have only made me love this book more. I now will be re-visiting all Anne (Rice, Rampling...etc's) work and I so look forward to it. This book is so romantic and I love the forbidden love that is at it's heart so real and pure. I love the cast of vibrant characters that come to protect and help Jeremy in his time of ultimate need and the way that they come together as a family. Belinda is a Romantic Heroine that stays with you...more
I have to say once again that, for me, a good book must include non-humans, be they elves, vampires, extraterrestrials or whatever else, and/or magic. Or, at least, if it needs to happen in the "real world", have the decency to be placed at least a few centuries ago. I don't want to read a book that depicts things I can see around me. Also, I want a grand scale, the final outcome affecting the entire world, or at least a significant portion of it, not just the lives of a few characters.
Still, I'...more
Still, I'...more
Dull. Even the "hot" sex scenes are boring. If I want half-baked, overwrought literary porn, I'll read Anais Nin, thanks.
I would say that Belinda was a modern-day Lolita, if I were pretentious enough to allege that I had read Lolita, which I have not. However, reading this made me wish that I had so that I could make the comparison in an educated manner. What I can say is that Rice begins describing a 44 year old man's relationship with a 16 year old girl from the man's perspective in such a way that it almost gives you the creeps, making you feel guilty and dirty just for reading about it, then as she fleshes out...more
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Primer punto: léanla en inglés. La edición en español tiene casi el doble de páginas mientras que la información es la misma.
En cuanto al libro debo aceptar que hacía mucho tiempo que ningún libro me hacía latir el corazón tan fuerte como al personaje. Pese a eso este libro no funciona como novela erótica, las descripciones rayan en lo kitsch y la narrativa tiene detalles de más. Tiene un buen argumento, no quedan cabos sueltos y constituye un buen libro de suspenso romántico aunque el final me...more
En cuanto al libro debo aceptar que hacía mucho tiempo que ningún libro me hacía latir el corazón tan fuerte como al personaje. Pese a eso este libro no funciona como novela erótica, las descripciones rayan en lo kitsch y la narrativa tiene detalles de más. Tiene un buen argumento, no quedan cabos sueltos y constituye un buen libro de suspenso romántico aunque el final me...more
This is probably the last Anne Rice book I will ever read. I read all of her other works (even the Sleeping Beauty trilogy) with the exception of her new Christian novels. Belinda riveted me, and I kept wanting to read more and more, I was always disappointed when I had to set it down. For a love affair between a older man and a teenager, this really was well-written (not her best, but still rather good) and it saddens me to see that an author with such talent was reduced to writing the tripe of...more
AWEFUL! I am one of those individuals that must finish the book no matter how much I dislike it. Some of the reviews describe this book as sexy or erotic. I am confused. I did not read anything sexy or erotic in this book. I did however read about a dirty old man exploiting an uneducated poorly raised teenager. I felt so sorry for Belinda. She was raised by thoughtless people. The notebook/letter to Jeremy from Belinda was a torture all on its own. I mean, I mean how many times is she gonna use...more
Upon finishing this book, I was left with a feeling of bewilderment. I dare say that like which Dorothy experienced after the tornado and finding herself in a strange world she had never even dared to dream of before.
While I am no prude, I admit that I found it strange to be reading Belinda, to be reading a story of a middle aged man that falls in love with a sophisticated, mature, and beguiling 16 year old. And to be clear, she falls in love with him as well. While most people claim that age is...more
While I am no prude, I admit that I found it strange to be reading Belinda, to be reading a story of a middle aged man that falls in love with a sophisticated, mature, and beguiling 16 year old. And to be clear, she falls in love with him as well. While most people claim that age is...more
Aug 12, 2011
David Pimenta
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Sob o pseudónimo Anne Rampling, Anne Rice escreveu “Belinda” como sendo uma história erótica de uma rapariga de dezasseis anos que se envolve e apaixona por um artista, pintor e autor de livros infantis com quarenta e quatro anos de idade. Afastando-se dos diferentes universos que criou, como é o caso do mundo dos vampiros de Lestat ou das bruxas, nos anos 80 termina este livro (que mais tem de romântico do que erótico) e consegue mostrar o seu talento para várias temáticas.
Esta história foge do...more
Esta história foge do...more
Aug 15, 2007
Savannah Nicole
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5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
READERS, the not-so-easily-squicked
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NOTE: THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, AND CONTAINS A LOLITA-ESQUE TALE.
If you prefer a more Real Life angsty story with a fairly nice end over Rice's Over the top supernatural bru-ha-ha, look no further. Unless, of course, you are squicked by a teenage girl sleeping with and being in a romance with a middle aged man.
That, perhaps, is the major determent in recommending this book. It's rather frightening to know how good a book is but know that because of the plot, someone will judge you fo...more
If you prefer a more Real Life angsty story with a fairly nice end over Rice's Over the top supernatural bru-ha-ha, look no further. Unless, of course, you are squicked by a teenage girl sleeping with and being in a romance with a middle aged man.
That, perhaps, is the major determent in recommending this book. It's rather frightening to know how good a book is but know that because of the plot, someone will judge you fo...more
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Sep 22, 2012
Natali.D (BookCupid)
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Is this a new Lolita?
No.
This is the story of Jeremy who falls in love with Belinda. The only problem is that she is underage and refuses to tell him anything about her past.
The only resemblance to Nabokov's novel is the age difference with Jeremy being 44, and Belinda 16. But aside from that their relationship had nothing in common with Lolita. Jeremy would never touch Belinda without consent, nor keep her on a tight leash. Also, Belinda felt a lot more mature. She travelled the world and drank...more
No.
This is the story of Jeremy who falls in love with Belinda. The only problem is that she is underage and refuses to tell him anything about her past.
The only resemblance to Nabokov's novel is the age difference with Jeremy being 44, and Belinda 16. But aside from that their relationship had nothing in common with Lolita. Jeremy would never touch Belinda without consent, nor keep her on a tight leash. Also, Belinda felt a lot more mature. She travelled the world and drank...more
If I had to choose between this and Lolita, I would pick this one.
I lifted it off a friend's shelf. She was moving and had to get rid of some stuff. This was on top of her pile. I knew Anne Rampling is also Anne Rice so I was immediately interested. And I have to be honest, the subject matter was very interesting to me as well.
The intimate scenes were done artfully and it was not cheap or sleazy at all. I was instantly hooked. And I think since acquiring this book, I've read it four times.
I lifted it off a friend's shelf. She was moving and had to get rid of some stuff. This was on top of her pile. I knew Anne Rampling is also Anne Rice so I was immediately interested. And I have to be honest, the subject matter was very interesting to me as well.
The intimate scenes were done artfully and it was not cheap or sleazy at all. I was instantly hooked. And I think since acquiring this book, I've read it four times.
I read a lot of Anne Rice as a teen, but this is the only one of her books that I've held onto. It isn't so much the erotica that grabs me as the world she's built. Writers, Beats, actors, San Francisco Victorians and Haight Ashbury flop houses, seedy foreign films and oil paintings. This is genre fiction at its best, proving in my mind that just because your subject matter is dirty doesn't mean it has to be lazy, canned and uninspired. Sophisticated smut is kind of awesome!
Almost Erotica, I'd say- with some seriously controversial subject matter. I found the writing to be as consistently rich as her other books, though leaned down. Not a favorite, per se, but a good example of what Anne Rice does: she takes the monsters, opens them up and brings you in on their side without justifying them. Interesting characters- not for the faint of heart due to it's rather graphic love scenes. I, however, am not faint of heart. :)
I don't know what kind of rating to give this, because I read it when I was 14 or 15 and I remember it be totally sexy and kind of thrilling. One of my mom's friends gave me this to me to read, and then later on said perhaps she shouldn't have given it to me, seeing as to how smutty it was. I'm sure if I went back to it now I would hate it for a million reasons. But, that said, I have absolutely no intentions of going back to this book.
Although promising of explicit kinky sex with underage teen beauties, this proved to be more of a story on the politics of hollywood - with very little underage sex, and even less kink. The main character is a perv, and it's the little girl aspect of Belinda that appeals to him, not really anything about HER as a person, or individual.
Worth a few laughs, but otherwise just several hundred pages of letdown.
Worth a few laughs, but otherwise just several hundred pages of letdown.
This continues to be one of my all time favourite books. Forget everything you thought you knew about an Anne Rice novel. No vampires or the like to be found here.
Actually, what lies within this book is a very engaging story about a teenage girl and her love affair with a middle-aged children's author. Yes, I know that last sentence has this sounding more like some sick pedophile story-time rather than the gripping and heart-breaking novel that this is. But trust me (and her many fans) when I s...more
Actually, what lies within this book is a very engaging story about a teenage girl and her love affair with a middle-aged children's author. Yes, I know that last sentence has this sounding more like some sick pedophile story-time rather than the gripping and heart-breaking novel that this is. But trust me (and her many fans) when I s...more
The only Anne Rice book that I ever struggled to get through, in four attempts over the course of six years. I don't feel any connection to the characters and have yet to read the last page as I don't care what happens to them or why. This book is a person you meet in line at a coffee shop, learn just enough about them to know that you will avoid conversation in the future.
This & Memnoch the Devil were the worst Anne Rice books I've ever read. I am one of those annoying people who must finish a book once I start reading it, & I couldn't wait for it to end. It made no sense. Why does Jeremy love Belinda besides her being attractive & young? & how does he get away with being with a 16 year old? This book was not erotic--it was ridiculous. I was so happy to finish it.
Provocative, sensual, daring, taboo. I was unsure about the content, but I could not put it down. A painter/ children's author having a love affair with a 16 year-old girl, who is more of a woman, due to her unusual worldly childhood, than any woman he has ever been with. the way Anne describes the paintings, the house, the love scenes, is almost like you are there.
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“I wish you'd fall in love with me," she said.
"Why?"
"Because you're really someone worth falling in love with. And if we were in love, I wouldn't be drifting. I wouldn't be nobody. At least not while I was with you.”
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"Why?"
"Because you're really someone worth falling in love with. And if we were in love, I wouldn't be drifting. I wouldn't be nobody. At least not while I was with you.”
“Dear God," she said. She was shuddering suddenly and the tears came back and she looked past me into the light overhead. "If I can't trust you, then there is no one." "I love you" I said. "I don't care about any of it, I swear. I love you."
Holy Communion," she said. squeezing her eyes so the tears came out.
Yes Holy Communion, my darling," I said.”
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Holy Communion," she said. squeezing her eyes so the tears came out.
Yes Holy Communion, my darling," I said.”
