Im looking for a Christian Grey???

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  • hausofnichele
    hausofnichele Posts: 531 Member
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    I want one too. Badly. Ah well.
  • itskaraxx
    itskaraxx Posts: 46
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    I tried reading the first one.
    I couldn't get over the fact of how poorly written it was.. It seemed like some highschooler wrote it.
    I was considering going through and counting the number of "Holy craps" there were.

    In a Turnitin comparison between 50 Shades of Grey and the Twilight fanfiction it was based on, the similarity index was 89%. Pages of text were exactly the same except for FIND/REPLACE character names.

    http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/master-of-the-universe-versus-fifty-shades-by-e-l-james-comparison/

    It's really quite humorous how terrible it is, yet fill any poorly written book with smut and I guess it'll sell and then get turned into a movie (how is that going to work anyway? Will it just be porn?)

    That all being said, didn't finish it.
  • hausofnichele
    hausofnichele Posts: 531 Member
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    It IS total BS but it's a nice distraction from reality. I'm usually not interested in big doses of total crap but for whatever reason, I liked the series. And I am still thinking about Christian Grey weeks after finishing the books. Le Sigh.
  • Bobby_Clerici
    Bobby_Clerici Posts: 1,828 Member
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    Its not that relationship style I want I just have a taste for some of the sexual acts depicted in the book.
    That and id soooooo sleep with a guy if he would buy me a brand new car.
    How about a used skateboard?
  • UpsideMeagan
    UpsideMeagan Posts: 67 Member
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    Shouldn't be too hard. There's plenty of guys out there who treat their women like crap, control them, wants sex and no relationship, ect.


    Anyone who wants an exact Christian Grey needs to check themselves into the nearest nut house. 'Nuff said.

    This!
  • UpsideMeagan
    UpsideMeagan Posts: 67 Member
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    I tried reading the first one.
    I couldn't get over the fact of how poorly written it was.. It seemed like some highschooler wrote it.
    I was considering going through and counting the number of "Holy craps" there were.

    In a Turnitin comparison between 50 Shades of Grey and the Twilight fanfiction it was based on, the similarity index was 89%. Pages of text were exactly the same except for FIND/REPLACE character names.

    http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/master-of-the-universe-versus-fifty-shades-by-e-l-james-comparison/

    It's really quite humorous how terrible it is, yet fill any poorly written book with smut and I guess it'll sell and then get turned into a movie (how is that going to work anyway? Will it just be porn?)

    That all being said, didn't finish it.

    Not surprising, given that the book started as Twilight fan fiction. Anyway, she's making $1.4 million a month on the series while real writers struggle.
  • hausofnichele
    hausofnichele Posts: 531 Member
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    It's really quite humorous how terrible it is, yet fill any poorly written book with smut and I guess it'll sell and then get turned into a movie (how is that going to work anyway? Will it just be porn?)

    That all being said, didn't finish it.

    The writing is terribly repetitive. Once I got into the actual story I just gave the author a pass for her attempts to write an American-style series. You hit the nail on the head though ---- I keep checking around to see information about a movie but I just cannot imagine this becoming a movie. Porn? I'm sure there will be tons of cleverly named movies after the series. But an actual R-rated movie in the theaters?? How in the world are they going to do that? They could skim over the sex scenes and focus on the storyline but the first book is largely revolved around what is going on sexually .. so how will that translate to the big screen? I can't imagine people in a theater watching a scene from the red room of pain!
  • XXemomattXX
    XXemomattXX Posts: 68
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    You people realize you are reading bad twilight fan fiction. Sigh. You know there is free porn all over the internet.
  • LifeChangingExp
    LifeChangingExp Posts: 459
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    BE NICEE!!!
  • SolarLibra
    SolarLibra Posts: 19 Member
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    What I love about this crap is that it doesn't really depict the lifestyle and how it really functions, and all of a sudden women are "looking for a Christian Grey".

    Ughh...it's extremely irritating.

    P.S: I'm* (Because it's going to bother me later as an editor. Sorry.)
  • SolarLibra
    SolarLibra Posts: 19 Member
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    You people realize you are reading bad twilight fan fiction. Sigh. You know there is free porn all over the internet.

    Lol this!

    It's gone from bad to worse.
  • hausofnichele
    hausofnichele Posts: 531 Member
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    The porn aspect actually became obnoxious for me personally. Still, it was a nice trashy series to dive into. I'm a former writer and I have frowned upon this type of garbage all my life. This time around I figured I'd give it a whirl for kicks and actually enjoyed it for what it is - trashy, easy-reading fun.
  • seventwenty
    seventwenty Posts: 565 Member
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    This thread, esp the part about the teenager swapping a booty call for a car:

    Facepalm.jpg
  • itskaraxx
    itskaraxx Posts: 46
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    This thread, esp the part about the teenager swapping a booty call for a car:

    http://blog.inthewildtesting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Facepalm.jpg

    HAHAHA. Love it!!
  • brendaschmitt1
    brendaschmitt1 Posts: 218
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    i am looking for Harry Potter! anyone seen him??
    This is Hilarious! lol
  • stormsilver78
    stormsilver78 Posts: 16
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    find me one too :D
  • watchyourthoughts
    watchyourthoughts Posts: 10
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    This thread is what's wrong with society.
    WHY would you post a topic like this..... blah.
  • jenkidney
    jenkidney Posts: 149 Member
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    You people realize you are reading bad twilight fan fiction. Sigh. You know there is free porn all over the internet.

    ^^This. The ridiculous thing is that I recently read that the 50 Shades series is currently accounting for 35% of Target's revenue in the entertainment department. So depressing.
  • XXemomattXX
    XXemomattXX Posts: 68
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    This thread is what's wrong with society.
    WHY would you post a topic like this..... blah.
    This x1000

    I saw a stack of them books at costco and shuddered.
  • watchyourthoughts
    watchyourthoughts Posts: 10
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    I know, stacks EVERYWHERE - and this is supposed to be the authors first book, and her poor writing has been received so well?!

    I say it's an inside job and they're trying to sexualize society even further, distracting us from the increasingly messed up world we live in. God help us.

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