50 shades of grey....
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The books are terrible, in my opinion. But addictive. The author knows how to make you want to keep reading. However, Grey as a character is horrible. I don't really understand how all the girls are like, "Ooo Greeeyyy. So dreamy and perfect!" Okay, handsome and rich I get, but also controlling with a crap ton of baggage, and kind of a suffocating jerk. I'm not sure how that's appealing at all. Also Ana always gives into to everything, despite her being a "different sort of character who will stand her ground".
Ana had the potential to being a really cool character, until she kept giving into everything just because he sexed her and gave her googly eyes. Geez, it's just kind of demeaning.
Edit: Also, I might be the only female in the world who has read this and thinks this way. Feel free to disagree with me, this is just my two cents.
Nope I totally agree. I could have done without so much sex. I didn't understand why being with a controlling jerkwad was so great. I think the last book was the best though, there was more of a storyline.
I agree with the above, ladies.0 -
I've read the first two.. I couldn't stand the CRAP every other line.. =| the writing wasn't good at all! The story was unrealistic. BUT if the 3rd book fell into my lap, I'd read it. For a SEX novel.. I'd expect her to say 'Oh *kitten*' instead of 'oh crap'...0
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They pass the time on the daily commute..
Don't need to focus on a complicated storyline.the underlying story was gripping and the devotion and love between the main characters made me wish my boyfriend (who is wonderful) was more like Mr Grey...
now Im confused again.0 -
For all those who didn't know this started out as a Twilight fanfic on a fanfic website... she got a lot of positive feedback and changed the characters names and a few details to make it an "original work".
Its awful. Just awful.
I'm not saying that people can't enjoy it, or that its not fun. I am saying that is extremely poorly written, and unoriginal. It's the book equivalent of jersey shore or I don't know real housewives of whatever. It's fluff, popcorn. Not literature.
I don't mean to offend anyone who likes the books, I just don't understand the craze. Such a poorly written book. Minus the sex, a 10 year old could have written it.0 -
Loved the books, loved the sex, loved the story. All in all, a great read!
^^YEP- my 2 cents exactly! I don't see the comparrison to Twilight AT ALL, but I've heard this several times. To me- they are COMPLETELY different. Just my opinion....0 -
The main difference between genders......
Men watch porn....
Women read it while scolding men for watching....
I joke, I joke...:p0 -
The books are terrible, in my opinion. But addictive. The author knows how to make you want to keep reading. However, Grey as a character is horrible. I don't really understand how all the girls are like, "Ooo Greeeyyy. So dreamy and perfect!" Okay, handsome and rich I get, but also controlling with a crap ton of baggage, and kind of a suffocating jerk. I'm not sure how that's appealing at all. Also Ana always gives into to everything, despite her being a "different sort of character who will stand her ground".
Ana had the potential to being a really cool character, until she kept giving into everything just because he sexed her and gave her googly eyes. Geez, it's just kind of demeaning.
Edit: Also, I might be the only female in the world who has read this and thinks this way. Feel free to disagree with me, this is just my two cents.
I agree with you as well. I did not find myself swooning over this Mr. Grey. I just kept thinking he had too much baggage that I wouldn't wanna deal with as well as be under all his controlling issues. She does give into everything, but I guess it's because the author wants us to believe in this "Love Conquers All." To me, it's mostly a romance novel, which I'm not into at all.
As far as all the SEX, I was not into it most of the time because I'm not really into that type of sex. I skipped some of those parts and kept thinking, "who really does it that often." If you can prove me wrong, then I applaud you!
Oh, and I did not like her writing style AT ALL. A lot of it was corny...........0 -
The books are terrible, in my opinion. But addictive. The author knows how to make you want to keep reading. However, Grey as a character is horrible. I don't really understand how all the girls are like, "Ooo Greeeyyy. So dreamy and perfect!" Okay, handsome and rich I get, but also controlling with a crap ton of baggage, and kind of a suffocating jerk. I'm not sure how that's appealing at all. Also Ana always gives into to everything, despite her being a "different sort of character who will stand her ground".
Ana had the potential to being a really cool character, until she kept giving into everything just because he sexed her and gave her googly eyes. Geez, it's just kind of demeaning.
Edit: Also, I might be the only female in the world who has read this and thinks this way. Feel free to disagree with me, this is just my two cents.
Agree agree agreeeeeeee!!!
Plus I think the books were just so repetitive! There were parts where I just skipped ahead 10 or so pages and didn't miss a thing! LoL!0 -
I'd give them a go just to see what the hype is about....and I'm curious about these "amazing sex" stories.. But I'm a perv, so this is all expected of me.0
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Im currently reading the first book and im liking the book but i dont see the big craze over it, i like it though dont get me wrong.
Has everyone seen the picture him of him on some police software? If so is it how you pictured him?
Heres the link for those who havnt seen it http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2170892/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Christian-Grey-photofit-Patrick-Dempseys-eyes-Brad-Pitts-jaw.html0 -
The main difference between genders......
Men watch porn....
Women read it while scolding men for watching....
I joke, I joke...:p
haha...that's funny..I went through a phase where I read these erotic romance novels and the husband would ask "hows your word porn today?>" Granted he didn't care....it got me in the mood and he reaped the benefits
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No, a lot of people have also expressed a similar opinion, he's a very controlling person within the books and its also been said that it feed into the current mindset of oh he's handsome and rich this is all I need. Its a way of keeping Women in their place, which is an awful thing in this day and age, it also will have a lot of young impressionable Women being fed the whole, it must be me/my fault nonsense that society feeds them and expects of them.The books are terrible, in my opinion. But addictive. The author knows how to make you want to keep reading. However, Grey as a character is horrible. I don't really understand how all the girls are like, "Ooo Greeeyyy. So dreamy and perfect!" Okay, handsome and rich I get, but also controlling with a crap ton of baggage, and kind of a suffocating jerk. I'm not sure how that's appealing at all. Also Ana always gives into to everything, despite her being a "different sort of character who will stand her ground".0 -
If you can get past the poor writing, repetitive phrasing and word usage, AND the totally unbelievable plot-line then......you can enjoy all the hot, steamy bdsm sex parts.
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^^YEP- my 2 cents exactly! I don't see the comparrison to Twilight AT ALL, but I've heard this several times. To me- they are COMPLETELY different. Just my opinion....
It started as Twighlight fan fiction from what I'd heard.0 -
haha...that's funny..I went through a phase where I read these erotic romance novels and the husband would ask "hows your word porn today?>" Granted he didn't care....it got me in the mood and he reaped the benefits
Lucky guy.... :P
My grandmother was a very Christian woman. Still loved her romance (word porn) novels though. :P0 -
"My nipples pucker"???? O.M.G. That was HORRIBLE. And even if it hadn't been Gilbert, it would have been horrible. I'm so glad I didn't even try to read that drivel. A Harlequin is better than that.0 -
I can't be the only woman that doesn't see a warped man with tons of baggage, and automatically thinks "Oh, yay! A project, I will fix him and he will forever be mine, so what if he mentally and physically abuses me in the process!"
I just don't get all the women swooning over this character!
I love that I married a well adjusted, happy man!!0 -
If you can get past the poor writing, repetitive phrasing and word usage, AND the totally unbelievable plot-line then......you can enjoy all the hot, steamy bdsm sex parts.)
Yeah but why would anyone spend the money on that when you can get good stuff online for free.0 -
Right? hahaThe main difference between genders......
Men watch porn....
Women read it while scolding men for watching....
I joke, I joke...:p0 -
^^YEP- my 2 cents exactly! I don't see the comparrison to Twilight AT ALL, but I've heard this several times. To me- they are COMPLETELY different. Just my opinion....
It started as Twighlight fan fiction from what I'd heard.
This is correct, the characters were originally Edwards and Bella until it was published.
It's VERY easy to see this!0 -
If you can get past the poor writing, repetitive phrasing and word usage, AND the totally unbelievable plot-line then......you can enjoy all the hot, steamy bdsm sex parts.)
Yeah but why would anyone spend the money on that when you can get good stuff online for free.
True. A friend of mine lent me the book so I didn't have to pay for it.
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Yeah but why would anyone spend the money on that when you can get good stuff online for free.
You just made my day. :P
Just goes to show that most women secretly want a "project". Hell, that goes all the way back to high school.
"I know he sleeps around on me and all but I still love him. I swear I can change him one day...." /facepalm0 -
Cherise Sinclair's books are so very much better!!! Try the Dom's of Shadowland series and anything else she has written. So Very much better!
just downloaded the first one, thanks for tip off!0 -
If you can get past the poor writing, repetitive phrasing and word usage, AND the totally unbelievable plot-line then......you can enjoy all the hot, steamy bdsm sex parts.)
Yeah but why would anyone spend the money on that when you can get good stuff online for free.
True. A friend of mine lent me the book so I didn't have to pay for it.
that would be the only way I would read it... though I want to see the youtube video posted earlier..0 -
If you can get past the poor writing, repetitive phrasing and word usage, AND the totally unbelievable plot-line then......you can enjoy all the hot, steamy bdsm sex parts.)
Yeah but why would anyone spend the money on that when you can get good stuff online for free.
True. A friend of mine lent me the book so I didn't have to pay for it.
that would be the only way I would read it... though I want to see the youtube video posted earlier..
Same here. I was curious about it after all the hype and hoopla, but did NOT want to buy it. I'm glad I didn't.0 -
Yeah but why would anyone spend the money on that when you can get good stuff online for free.
You just made my day. :P
Just goes to show that most women secretly want a "project". Hell, that goes all the way back to high school.
"I know he sleeps around on me and all but I still love him. I swear I can change him one day...." /facepalm
Not *this* woman (I know you said most)... that is just way too much work... and I'm quite lazy...0 -
Loved the books, loved the sex, loved the story. All in all, a great read!
^^YEP- my 2 cents exactly! I don't see the comparrison to Twilight AT ALL, but I've heard this several times. To me- they are COMPLETELY different. Just my opinion....
http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/master-of-the-universe-versus-fifty-shades-by-e-l-james-comparison/
Scroll down half way...
ETA: TL;DR?
We processed 50 Shades as a student paper against another student paper (MoTU). According to Turnitin, the similarity index was 89%. There are whole swaths of text wherein just the names were changed from MoTU to 50 Shades0 -
A review from Amazon.com:
"About half way through the book, I looked up the author to see if she was a teenager. I really did because the characters are out of a 16 year old's fantasy. The main male character is a billionaire (not a millionaire but a billionaire) who speaks fluent French, is basically a concert level pianist, is a fully trained pilot, is athletic, drop dead gorgeous, tall, built perfectly with an enormous penis, and the best lover on the planet. In addition, he's not only self made but is using his money to combat world hunger. Oh yeah, and all of this at the ripe old age of 26! And on top of that, he's never working. Every second is spent having sex or texting and emailing the female character. His billions seem to have just come about by magic. It seriously feels like 2 teenage girls got together and decided to create their "dream man" and came up with Christian Grey.
Then come the sex scenes. The first one is tolerable but as she goes on, they become so unbelievable that it becomes more laughable than erotic. She orgasms at the drop of a hat. He says her name and she orgasms. He simply touches her and she orgasms. It seems that she's climaxing on every page.
Then there's the writing. If you take out the parts where the female character is blushing or chewing her lips, the book will be down to about 50 pages. Almost on every single page, there is a whole section devoted to her blushing, chewing her lips or wondering "Jeez" about something or another. Then there's the use of "shades of". He's "fifty shades of @#$%% up," "she turned 7 shades of crimson," "he's ten shades of x,y, and z." Seriously?
The writing is just not up to par, the characters are unbelievable, and the sex verges on the comical. I don't know what happens in the remaining books and I do not intend to read them to find out. But given the maturity level of the first book, I imagine that they get married, have 2 perfect children, cure world hunger, and live happily ever after while riding into the sunset, as the female character climaxes on her horse causing her to chew her bottom lip and blush fifty shades of crimson. Jeez! "
Pretty much sums up how I feel. Doubt I could've put it better.0 -
Not *this* woman (I know you said most)... that is just way too much work... and I'm quite lazy...
This is why I date women at or older than my age normally. More mature and less drama. 0 -
Ok... 1) Gilbert Gottfried's reading of this is AWESOME!
2) the book now incites domestic violence : http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/fifty-shades-grey-steak-sauce-assault-171428353.html0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K1RcKJVbHA
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