50 Shades??
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:blushing:A guy who has issues with intimacy (due to his past) and is learning to trust with the help of a girl. And on the other end, a naive girl who is learning to push her boundaries in the name of love.
Having been in a similar relationship (as YOU put it, not what everyone raves about), I find this part interesting. I'm just starting the first one. Haven't gotten to the steamy parts yet. Watching Ana and Grey's relationship begin is like reading my own story. Telling him about it and having him see it too... priceless. :blushing:
I don't give a hoot about the writing. I've read amazing authors and lousy authors and it all comes down to what the story says to you, IMO.
Wait until you get the the part with the contract...I died. XD0 -
Whether you love or hate the books this review is HEEEELARIOUS! LOVE the Gifs!
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3409872150 -
I don't think I was ever more annoyed with a book. (I want to punch her inner goddess down...there)
But I suppose I can't say anything because I did read all 3.
Atleast it kept me entertained.
I have read the 1st and 2nd and struggling through the 3rd. I cringe every time I read "my inner goddess". :ohwell:
That and the words "oh my". XD
Haha! And "down there"! :laugh:0 -
Meh. I'm not interested in reading it. And I've heard that the writing is horrible, but then again, I've also heard that it isn't being read for the storyline lol....
^^ This, however a coworker is raving about it, she read all 3 in less then a week. I'm curious to see what the hype is about.0 -
The "please", "oh my", and "my inner goddess" is ridiculous! Read them all cause I had to finish what I started, needless to say, it didn't get any better.0
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Absolutely the worst book. I wanted to see what the hype was, and I am struggling to finish it. It's all been said here - horribly pathetic writing, poor character development, very little plot, repetivitive phrasing, and did I mention BORING? Even the sex scenes were boring and so predictable. Christian is an overrated abuser and has no depth. I would've kicked his *kitten* three ways from Sunday for beating me for "rolling my eyes". I want to smack the **** out of stupid Ana. Get some self respect! I will not read the other 2. Nor will I see the movies - how the hell can they make movies out of these books? Without overt sex scenes, there's no story and no characters to like. They better get a hell of a good screenwriter to fix this train wreck.
The only thing I regret is that I didn't take a weekend to write them myself and make millions. Then sell the rights to Vivid Video so they could make a bad porn and i could make even more money. 50 Shades of Millions........
Love it!!!! And I, too, regret that you didn't take a weekend to write the books, because I can tell that you'd have done a much better job of it!0 -
I'm halfway through the second book. My friends recommended the series to me, a lot of them couldn't put it down. The writing is pretty poor, and somewhat akin to porn. I'll finish reading the series, but I'd rather be spending time getting steamy in my own bed! (I'll lose more calories that way..) ;P0
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When I started reading the series, I knew well ahead of time that I wasn't going to be reading literary classics. It was just for fun and an excuse to not read work related material etc. I liked the story and envisioning the characters, even flipped over some of the stuff because it was repetitive. I see the books as kind of like most of the tv shows out there, mindless shows, but just fun to sometimes relax and watch.0
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I read the first one and half of the second one. Believe it or not... I got bored with it!! lol
same here! i read them all, but only to see how it ended. skimmed through all the sex.. was interesting in the beginning, but got redundant.0 -
The "please", "oh my", and "my inner goddess" is ridiculous! Read them all cause I had to finish what I started, needless to say, it didn't get any better.
Agreed. And I didn't find Christian attractive in anyway. I won't get sucked into the movies though. I'm not sure how they make a movie when it was sex scenes every 5 pages. I'm not spending $15 on a movie ticket when I could watch porn online for free0 -
The "please", "oh my", and "my inner goddess" is ridiculous! Read them all cause I had to finish what I started, needless to say, it didn't get any better.
I am SO SORRY you finished them... :flowerforyou:0 -
No- I have a teen son at home. If he saw me reading that or got hold of the book...
Not that I don't want to read them though! Just gonna have to be when he's not around.
He never goes out of the house? It's in ever store that sells books. I'm betting he wouldn't bother picking up something Mom was reading, anyway.
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He does leave the house of course- but I'll just read them the next time I go on a business trip Just don't want him or any of his friends that come over perusing them if I happen to step out of the house.0 -
Absolutely the worst book. I wanted to see what the hype was, and I am struggling to finish it. It's all been said here - horribly pathetic writing, poor character development, very little plot, repetivitive phrasing, and did I mention BORING? Even the sex scenes were boring and so predictable. Christian is an overrated abuser and has no depth. I would've kicked his *kitten* three ways from Sunday for beating me for "rolling my eyes". I want to smack the **** out of stupid Ana. Get some self respect! I will not read the other 2. Nor will I see the movies - how the hell can they make movies out of these books? Without overt sex scenes, there's no story and no characters to like. They better get a hell of a good screenwriter to fix this train wreck.
The only thing I regret is that I didn't take a weekend to write them myself and make millions. Then sell the rights to Vivid Video so they could make a bad porn and i could make even more money. 50 Shades of Millions........
Love it!!!! And I, too, regret that you didn't take a weekend to write the books, because I can tell that you'd have done a much better job of it!
Why, thank you! I have been looking for a new vocation, perhaps this is it! :laugh:0 -
I walked by a twelve year old girl telling her mom how all her friends were reading this awesome book and how she really wanted to read it too... It would be nice if these books weren't placed in the "teen romance" section of some stores...0
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I read all three in about a week, then turned around and read them again. The 2nd is by far the best. I loved them. I almost gave up halfway thru the first one because I thought there were too many similarities between Christian and Ana and Edward and Bella (minus the vampire). Mature, responsible, young woman falls for a rich, extremely handsome young man. He tells her that he is no good for her and she should stay away from him, yet comes to her rescue because he can't stay away and they fall for each other. I even thought that Ana and Bella had the same kind of relationships with their parents and they both worked in Sporting Good stores. And the guys both have an overwhelming need for control and keeping the women safe.
Anyway, I love 50 and I love Twilight, too so I'm not complaining. Also read Bared to You and loved it as well. Can't wait for part 2 of that one to be released.0 -
They were okay, I liked that they focused alot on the emotional part of a BDSM relationship while not losing the nitty gritty good stuff. That being said, the nitty gritty could have been much much more, it got rather vanilla. They are a good relationship read, but if you are looking for some down and dirty, there are way better titles I can think of!
I was dissappoint that he didn't break her and instead compromised.
I read them pretty quick, will watch the movies. But not something I would reread0 -
One the last one but cant make my self read it. Trying to finish in hopes of a great ending0
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LOVE THEM!!! I wonder what the movie's going to be like...0
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I've read the first two and started on the 3rd one and I got bored with that one but I'm a huge fan of Christian Grey. I think there wasn't enough spice for me in the last book haha. I dunno.0
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50 Shades of Gray the sexual version of Twilight both are horrible0
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50 Shades of Gray the sexual version of Twilight both are horrible
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Honestly.. some of the worst stuff I've ever read. And I went into it knowing the writing would be crap.. I was just in it for the sex scenes (yes I admit it)..and quite frankly - they were boring! Too often, same descriptions, and unbelievable in some cases (seriously..she has a mind-blowing orgasm EVERY SINGLE TIME?).
Dude was more than a little crazy/psycho too - I wanted to want to love/rescue the character.. but just didn't find him attractive at all!
Agreed completely. This blog has a really funny summary of each chapter.
http://bizzybiz.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/50-heaves-of-puke.html
Bump for when I'm not at work lol. Read some of them and they're hilarious, but unfortunately I have to get back to work...boo!0 -
My neighbours son bought all 3 as a birthday gift for her. She read them twice! and loved them every time. She insisted I needed to read them and would absolutely love them.
I read book 1: kinda boring, bad writing, start of a story line. A few days later I picked up book 2: kinda boring, bad writing, terrible sex scenes, not very good porn. Bored with the series. Took about a month before I could pick up book 3: boring, still bad writing, still terrible sex. Couldn't get into it. Put it down at chapter 3. Weeks later picked it up again and finished the book in one evening. The ending of the trilogy was probably the best of all three books. The END of the trilogy was the best thing about the books -- thank God there isn't a fourth book!
My daughter and d-inlaw saw the books at my house. What are you doing with those books? Are you actually reading them? Shocked.
My daughter downloaded to her kindle, read first 5 lines and gave up on the books. Bad bad writing. D-inlaw mad that I never picked up the books at the library when my holds came in. I had already read them. She's still waiting to read.
Improvement in the sex life? No, I don't think so. D/S is, to me, abusive and I'm not into abuse of any kind.
Want porn? There's no good porn but there is better porn than 50 Shades.0 -
Movie???? No, I won't be going.0
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Downloaded all three back to back. Great read!! My poor fiance, couldn't get enough of him!! lol0
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I'm on the 3rd book now....it's taking me forever to get through it. I do find that I have mixed emotions about Christian....in a good way
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Downloaded all three back to back. Great read!! My poor fiance, couldn't get enough of him!! lol
looking at the comments and noticing that people are complaining about the bad writing...yeah..I did have a problem with that, but once you get over it, not a bad read. But to each it's own....Just loved being introduced to the "good life". The jet planes, and the cars, and not having to worry about money AT ALL!! Awesome!!0 -
I read it.. but lol it didn't peak my attentions that much.. i've read much more .. i don't know erotic.. than this.. yes there was some sexy bits but some of it i was just *rolls eyes* like the whole no.. you know.. gag reflex.. and that she so eagerly took him on.. ffs i'm the same age as her in the book, same innocense to an extent and yet all i wanted to do was scream "god sakes where the hell do you think you're writing such a hypnotic read" but that's just me lol0
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The "please", "oh my", and "my inner goddess" is ridiculous! Read them all cause I had to finish what I started, needless to say, it didn't get any better.
that part DID get redundant, lol. Was she bi-polar? All in all, from a 1 to a 10, I gave it a 7.0 -
Thank you thank you thank you for making my afternoon. I took a break from work to read this post and it made me laugh. I read all of the 50 Shades and they were fine .. you had to work thru them I guess. No different than the heaving bossum, bodice rippers that my mother read sometimes. LOL I read them because everyone was talking about them and I finish what I start...but she will not be winning any awards for writing...just fantasy stuff I guess...
But your posts this afternoon made my afternoon and actually took me away briefly from my work hell.
SO THANK YOU! :laugh:0
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