50 shades of grey, yo

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  • SuperCork
    SuperCork Posts: 192 Member
    So many awesome ladies on this thread! I want to friend you all but MFP won't allow it. If you enjoyed that review, FR me--we'll get along swimmingly!!!!
  • abberbabber
    abberbabber Posts: 972 Member
    I agree in that I don't think this is a portrayal of a true BDSM relationship, but that it uses BDSM to illustrate the self-esteemless population's wet dream of being SO desired by another person that that person will DO anything. Being desired in that way (no matter how insanely unhealthy and criminal) is appealing because when you have NOTHING inside (self-worth, self-respect, in the case of Ana, brains, etc.) than having someone else seem to be so desirous of you that they will stop at nothing to have you, even if in every other instance they make you feel terrible, is very appealing. If any of this rings a bell for you, I urge you to put down 50 shades and pick up ANY SELF-HELP BOOK that's ever been written because even though 97% of it is garbage, at least the *heart* of it is in the right place...usually.

    Holy crap, I think you hit the nail right on the head! I also think that was a huge part of the attraction in "Twilight" as well.

    I was talking about this book with an *ahem* "friend" last night and I was teling him how, in reality, I think the majority of the women who've read this book would freak right the hell out if their boyfriend/husband/whatever ever tried some of this stuff on them. Maybe they'd be ok with some light spanking, but actual pain and humiliation? I just really don't think there are that many women who truly, truly enjoy being used in that way.
  • Keightisgr8
    Keightisgr8 Posts: 121 Member
    that. was. hilarious.
  • Krissy366
    Krissy366 Posts: 458 Member
    When I read the first one I imagined the writer was the woman in 10 things I hate about you, the secretary and her pulsing member.

    allison janney! She made that movie for me!!!

    I totally forgot that was Allison. LMAO - so funny.
  • abberbabber
    abberbabber Posts: 972 Member
    When I read the first one I imagined the writer was the woman in 10 things I hate about you, the secretary and her pulsing member.

    allison janney! She made that movie for me!!!

    Hahaha! I'd completely forgotten that part! :laugh: I need to see that movie again....
  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
    my friend gave it to me to read, she said it was awful, but I wanted to read it anyways to know what the whole fuss was about. I am anticipating it being awful... who knows when I will actually get around to reading it.
  • Krissy366
    Krissy366 Posts: 458 Member
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    hahaha yes!

    This actually reminds me - there's that one scene in the book that is set to music, and I was curious about the piece so I looked it up on YouTube, and the person who had posted the piece there had written in the information field, "May your tastes be elevated beyond the book that lead you here" - which I thought was hysterical!!

    Meanwhile, I read the trilogy, and enjoyed it (though probably not the way the author wanted me to) in many ways BECAUSE of the bad writing, but at the end of the day found it utterly forgettable. In all seriousness, I can't remember most of it at this point, and I certainly didn't come out of it wanting Christian. I'm hugely curious about how they'll pull off a movie.
  • abberbabber
    abberbabber Posts: 972 Member
    my friend gave it to me to read, she said it was awful, but I wanted to read it anyways to know what the whole fuss was about. I am anticipating it being awful... who knows when I will actually get around to reading it.

    Can I just say, you are one of very few people who can pull off pink hair? You're gorgeous!
  • abberbabber
    abberbabber Posts: 972 Member
    This actually reminds me - there's that one scene in the book that is set to music, and I was curious about the piece so I looked it up on YouTube, and the person who had posted the piece there had written in the information field, "May your tastes be elevated beyond the book that lead you here" - which I thought was hysterical!!

    Meanwhile, I read the trilogy, and enjoyed it (though probably not the way the author wanted me to) in many ways BECAUSE of the bad writing, but at the end of the day found it utterly forgettable. In all seriousness, I can't remember most of it at this point, and I certainly didn't come out of it wanting Christian. I'm hugely curious about how they'll pull off a movie.

    I actually wonder if the movie will be better simply because you can't really get into Ana's head :laugh:

    Edit: Plus, movies based on books never do the books justice....so a movie may be the best thing to ever happen to this book.
  • yesiamaduck
    yesiamaduck Posts: 531 Member
    Not sound sexist but this book & the way it's sold so many copies makes me believe women shouldn't have the vote! I'm sure even women question their right to vote after it shifted over 20 million copies. Sure men like **** porn but we don't sell it in such volume nor make it such a cultural phenomanan! FOR SHAME WOMEN*

    Please note this is totally tongue in cheek
  • Alexstrasza
    Alexstrasza Posts: 619 Member
    Read them and loved them. Though I have to admit by about the middle of book three I was craving more of a plot. But overall I really enjoyed them.

    I just have one question............Where can I find my own personal Christian Grey? :love:

    Why in Gods name would you want an abusive prick for a boyfriend?
  • Angel_Eyes1975
    Angel_Eyes1975 Posts: 132 Member
    Love this I read all 3 of them and let my sister and mom read them I am ready to read them again :)
  • Angel_Eyes1975
    Angel_Eyes1975 Posts: 132 Member
    Read them and loved them. Though I have to admit by about the middle of book three I was craving more of a plot. But overall I really enjoyed them.

    I just have one question............Where can I find my own personal Christian Grey? :love:

    ^^^^^ I so agree ^^^^^ where is my own Christian Grey...
  • dorothytd
    dorothytd Posts: 1,138 Member
    OP - loved the review so much I read the review of the sequel. Thanks!
  • Belligerent_Wombat
    Belligerent_Wombat Posts: 63 Member
    That review is pretty hilarious. Although if anyone honestly read that book for a "good read" then they were kidding themselves. It's EROTICA, books in that genre aren't intended to intellectually stimulate...

    I read all three and enjoyed them for what they were!

    Thanks for sharing the review, I particularly enjoyed her photo of her "inner goddess" :)

    If you think that was good erotica, I feel sorry for you. :o) You need to find some GOOOOOOD erotica, like Anais Nin or The Sleeping Beauty trilogy. Now THAT'S how it's done, not this "Christian Grey whip me, beat me" crap. Those books read like my high school kids' research papers.

    And for the chick(s) who want their own personal "Christian Grey", please get some psychological help. Seriously.
  • donnakayparra
    donnakayparra Posts: 4 Member
    *kitten* 50 shades


    You want hotness? Read JD Robb's "In Death" series.....good murder mysteries with just enough sex thrown in to make it steamy. And Roark puts Christian Gray to shame...............Irish dudes are way sexy. :wink:


    I love JD Robb! She is by far my favorite author. Her Nora Roberts books are a close second.
  • Belligerent_Wombat
    Belligerent_Wombat Posts: 63 Member
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    hahaha yes!

    I am SO doing up a bunch of these and hitting up Barnes & Noble and Half-Price Books! Great idea!!!! I might even put them next to the Twilight books, too. Yech.
  • fallenangel1973
    fallenangel1973 Posts: 14
    When I think of 50 shades of crapbook....

    I think of this


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    I am totally laughing out loud in my office at work!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!


    LMAO!!!!!!! I think the pissed off cat video is the best part of this thread!!!!!!
  • Christina_3192
    Christina_3192 Posts: 133 Member
    I prefer the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy! <3 Anne Rice!

    this all the way.

    I refuse to even pick the 50 shades books up.
  • gmpuggles
    gmpuggles Posts: 137 Member
    I've never been much of a fan of romance or of what this particular book is considered - "mommy porn" so I don't have much of a desire to read the 50 Shades trilogy. Oh, and that review is pretty comical, I definitely was chuckling throughout it.
  • reesa722
    reesa722 Posts: 76
    If you have read it, are thinking about reading it, or would NEVER read it, read this:

    http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215

    PS: if you love GIFs, you'll love this.
    Yeah... I'm on page 20...and I put it down. I can't... There's too much lip biting and stupidity... Hilarious review though :)
  • abberbabber
    abberbabber Posts: 972 Member
    Read them and loved them. Though I have to admit by about the middle of book three I was craving more of a plot. But overall I really enjoyed them.

    I just have one question............Where can I find my own personal Christian Grey? :love:

    ^^^^^ I so agree ^^^^^ where is my own Christian Grey...

    Out of curiosity....what is it that you gals love so much about him? I'm asking honestly, not in a *****y manner.
  • Erica27511
    Erica27511 Posts: 490 Member
    And for the chick(s) who want their own personal "Christian Grey", please get some psychological help. Seriously.

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  • abberbabber
    abberbabber Posts: 972 Member
    Read them and loved them. Though I have to admit by about the middle of book three I was craving more of a plot. But overall I really enjoyed them.

    I just have one question............Where can I find my own personal Christian Grey? :love:

    ^^^^^ I so agree ^^^^^ where is my own Christian Grey...

    Out of curiosity....what is it that you gals love so much about him? I'm asking honestly, not in a *****y manner.

    Bump. I'm pushy and nosy :laugh:
  • BVannillie
    BVannillie Posts: 140
    When I think of 50 shades of crapbook....

    I think of this


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    If I saw a kid hit an animal like that I'd slap it into tomorrow. At least the cat scratched the little *kitten*.
  • sweetchildomine
    sweetchildomine Posts: 872 Member
    Read them and loved them. Though I have to admit by about the middle of book three I was craving more of a plot. But overall I really enjoyed them.

    I just have one question............Where can I find my own personal Christian Grey? :love:

    ^^^^^ I so agree ^^^^^ where is my own Christian Grey...

    Out of curiosity....what is it that you gals love so much about him? I'm asking honestly, not in a *****y manner.


    I'm going to try to explain this....If you actually read the entire series, he never ONCE makes her do anything she doesn't want to do. The ONE time in the ENTIRE series that he hurts her she literally ASKED him to. Now, does that mean she's an idiot? Yes. lol But its a BOOK. She's NOT REAL. I think it's hilarious that the majority of the people that are so angry about the book haven't even read it or have only read the first book. Their relationship changes immensely throughout the series and by the end you actually feel sorry for Christian. Women like it because it's the story of what many women dream about....to change the "bad boy" into a loving, caring family man. On top of that he's gorgeous, rich, and apparently a God in bed. It's that simple.

    Now, am I saying it's a great book that everyone should read? No. I'm just saying it's not nearly as horrible as people make it out to be and I'm kind of confused as to why so many people are so angry about it lol.
  • adavis59
    adavis59 Posts: 285 Member
    I haven't read it nor do I plan on reading it. It's not my cup of tea. I don't need to live my sexual fantasies through someone else, when I'm perfectly capable of having them fulfilled. BTW, the video of the baby and cat. all I have to say is, " Good for you kitty!" The rotten kid deserved it!
  • Savemyshannon
    Savemyshannon Posts: 334 Member
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    Yes, yes, yes, yes yes yes yes!!!

    Hilarious review though, my gif folder is a little fuller now!
  • adavis59
    adavis59 Posts: 285 Member
    When I think of 50 shades of crapbook....

    I think of this


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    Good little kitty. You rotten kid, you got what you deserved.
  • Gille1sj
    Gille1sj Posts: 11
    I loved the books, personally wish there was 50 more shades to go!! :-)

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