50 Shades of Grey....Love it or Hate it?

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Charlie003
Charlie003 Posts: 1,333 Member
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My wife read these books. Best two weeks of my life......
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  • Tropical_Turtle
    Tropical_Turtle Posts: 2,236 Member
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    pure drivel - hated it. New Rules of Lifting for Women entertained me more
  • OkieinMinny
    OkieinMinny Posts: 834 Member
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    pure drivel - hated it. New Rules of Lifting for Women entertained me more

    ^^ this
  • Bonita_Lynne_58
    Bonita_Lynne_58 Posts: 2,845 Member
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    Just had the 50 Shades series given to me....Not sure if I should read it...if it's as hot as some say..it'll just lead to frustration.
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
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    My wife read these books. Best two weeks of my life......

    ditto
  • DoomCakes
    DoomCakes Posts: 806 Member
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    I have one thing to say...

    There is better written, kinkier, and best of all FREE stuff online...
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,198 Member
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  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
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    Loved it while I was reading it and then when it was over I decided I hated it.
  • Cinnamon0603
    Cinnamon0603 Posts: 149 Member
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    Love, love, loved them!!!!
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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    No..no...
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  • primadonnah
    primadonnah Posts: 21
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    They were..interesting :D I don't know why but I was the only one who thought that they were romance books. How come only I hadn't heard anything more about them lol.
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
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    HATE!!

    I read and I write GOOD PORN. the kind that is well-written, edited and (even in a fantasy setting) has realistic sex. 50 Shades had NONE of that.

    Vomitous trash.
  • magj0y
    magj0y Posts: 1,911 Member
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    HATE!!

    I read and I write GOOD PORN. the kind that is well-written, edited and (even in a fantasy setting) has realistic sex. 50 Shades had NONE of that.

    Vomitous trash.

    ^^
    If it was well written and less violent, yeah, it would have been a good book.
  • tattedchic
    tattedchic Posts: 66 Member
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    My wife read these books. Best two weeks of my life......
    ^Lol my husband said the same thing.
    I thought they were so-so, interesting at least. First one was decent then it kinda went downhill in terms of writing.
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
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    HATE!!

    I read and I write GOOD PORN. the kind that is well-written, edited and (even in a fantasy setting) has realistic sex. 50 Shades had NONE of that.

    Vomitous trash.

    ^^
    If it was well written and less violent, yeah, it would have been a good book.

    i don't mind BDSM stories, but when the author can't be bothered to google for so much as a SAFE WORD, then NO!

    if you want good BDSM porn, go read the Sleeping Beauty series by Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure
  • Cinnamon0603
    Cinnamon0603 Posts: 149 Member
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    I say bring on the Red Room of Pain.............. :wink:
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,843 Member
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    Just had the 50 Shades series given to me....Not sure if I should read it...if it's as hot as some say..it'll just lead to frustration.

    It really depends on what you think is hot. I thought it was wicked vanilla.

    The stuff I write is way hotter than 50 Shades and I'm not afraid to use nasty words.
  • DoomCakes
    DoomCakes Posts: 806 Member
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    HATE!!

    I read and I write GOOD PORN. the kind that is well-written, edited and (even in a fantasy setting) has realistic sex. 50 Shades had NONE of that.

    Vomitous trash.

    ^^
    If it was well written and less violent, yeah, it would have been a good book.

    i don't mind BDSM stories, but when the author can't be bothered to google for so much as a SAFE WORD, then NO!

    if you want good BDSM porn, go read the Sleeping Beauty series by Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure

    Just to satisfy my curiousity since you know a lot on this stuff. Isn't Sleeping Beauty basically the same concept of 50 Shades? Of course, better written, as Anne Rice is not some lame ameature writer and I'm sure doesn't do kid friendly porn stories and the "down there" or "we're going to do it" type lines.(That's where I was done with the book) Also, there's 3 Sleeping Beauty, and 3 50 Shades, and I am pretty sure Sleeping Beauty was out before. To me, I feel like 50 shades copied Anne Rice... but I'm not positive as I couldn't finish 50 shades... it was too crappy.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,843 Member
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    if you want good BDSM porn, go read the Sleeping Beauty series by Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure

    Was not a fan of these and it has nothing to do with the BDSM porn at all. I read the first two and with the second one I thought it was a rehash of the first only in a different setting. I was told that I need to read the third but if it's a rehash of the first two . . . I could probably live my life without knowing how it ends.
  • Absonthebrain
    Absonthebrain Posts: 587 Member
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    I love it!!!! I think my hubby benefits from it also! I like how in the first book she has to eat and watch her diet. :)
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
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    Just to satisfy my curiousity since you know a lot on this stuff. Isn't Sleeping Beauty basically the same concept of 50 Shades? Of course, better written, as Anne Rice is not some lame ameature writer and I'm sure doesn't do kid friendly porn stories and the "down there" or "we're going to do it" type lines.(That's where I was done with the book) Also, there's 3 Sleeping Beauty, and 3 50 Shades, and I am pretty sure Sleeping Beauty was out before. To me, I feel like 50 shades copied Anne Rice... but I'm not positive as I couldn't finish 50 shades... it was too crappy.

    Sleeping Beauty is very well-written, has no purple prose, isn't afraid of the "dirty words", though i do seem to remember the word "member" used a lot for the guys. furthermore, Anne Rice has either been trained in BDSM or did a metric tonne of research. she does a beautiful job of describing training and what it is to be a true sub, she even managed to get Beauty to "sub-space" and i was dancing-happy to see that.

    and yes, the Beauty series came out about 20 years ago. but Grey isn't based on, or ripping off Beauty, it's based on and ripping off Twilight. it started as Twilight fanfiction.

    now, i am a fanfic writer, i have NO problems w/ fanfic and i have seen some amazing, beautiful, poiniant stuff in fanfic. ... ... .. and a LOT of crap. unfortunately, Grey was from the crap side. and was crap fanfic of a terrible series. so, there ya have it.

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