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    Am I the only one who hasn't read 50 Shades?

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    • Posts: 274 Member
      A really funny review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215

      This made my entire day, I laughed so hard. Cause it's true!
      However, I'm just now finishing the first book and am moving onto the second. :laugh:
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      I tried to read the free sample on my kindle and I couldn't make it through that! It was poorly written and the characters were flat and boring...plus it sounded like something just anyone with a computer could write. I'd rather use my time on something that I'd enjoy!
    • Posts: 1,133 Member
      My wife read it and said: "George Lucas writes better dialog and love scenes".
    • Posts: 2,363 Member
      I don't think there is any "reading" involved in Fifty Shades... it's more like infant pictograph recognition.

      I think this is is my favorite response. :laugh:
    • Posts: 41 Member
      Thinking of writing my own version called 50 shades of gravy....:-)
    • Posts: 14
      I started reading it and it was a little to much for me the guy seems a little to controling
      so pretty much a waste of 10 dollars
    • Posts: 1,255 Member
      I kept hearing people go on and on about this book, but for the longest time didn't realize what it was until I took a trip to BAM. I noticed a copy on the 'best seller' stack, pulled it down and read a few passages.

      That was when I muttered an 'OH DEAR!' and lit up like a Christmas tree. That's about as much as I've ever read and probably will ever read. Won't knock the book though.
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      nope..
    • Posts: 13,274 Member
      Honestly, it's madness.

      I think it was the fact that my stepmother said "oh it's so dirty! It's like porn! You should read it, you can borrow my Kindle!"

      All I could think was.. Yeah, I don't know if I want to touch your Kindle knowing that. I'll pass on your girly book.

      :laugh: :laugh:

      I will not be reading it. I have heard from too many trusted friends that it really sucks and the writing is horrible.
    • Posts: 9,543 Member
      I haven't read it and have no desire to.
    • Posts: 285 Member
      You're not alone, I've heard the grammar is like that of a 10 year old, which puts me off long before the incredibly silly 'mommy porn' content!
    • Posts: 530 Member
      Good bad or indifferent writing, I have no interest in reading the book.
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      I AM ONE OF THE FEW MOMS I KNOW WHO HAVENT READ IT.
    • Posts: 1,093 Member
      I haven't read that either, but not because it's dirty. I just have a problem that when everyone reads some book I don't feel like reading it. Same reason I haven't read Harry Potter.

      People talk about it too much, so I don't want to hear about it anymore.
    • Posts: 2,198 Member
      I haven't read that either, but not because it's dirty. I just have a problem that when everyone reads some book I don't feel like reading it. Same reason I haven't read Harry Potter.

      People talk about it too much, so I don't want to hear about it anymore.
      50 Shades of Potter was terrible.
    • Posts: 27
      At my work place the ladies are absolutely obsessed with it. I, on the other hand, have never read it also. LoL. idk with all this hype I might be tempted to pick one up and read it lol
    • Posts: 16,414 Member
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      50 Shades of Potter was terrible.

      Oh, please don't lump those together! I don't want to think about Ron stalking Hermione and telling her what to eat all the time.
    • Posts: 95 Member
      I tried to read it just to be "in the know" with the trend, but, honestly, the writing sucked, so I cast it aside for a better book.
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      my friend Petukh III read it and said he liked it. i couldnt get past the first page.:glasses:
    • Posts: 5,573 Member
      I've not read it and don't care to, either. And, I like to read. But, I prefer mystery and/or horror or comedy, even romantic comedies, but eh at the soft core porn.
    • Posts: 379 Member
      No desire to read it. Wouldn't buy it and certainly wouldn't check it out at the library!!! YUCK!!
    • Posts: 1,384 Member
      I was supposed to read Twilight and 50 Shades for my bookclub. I think in both series I spent more time throwing the books across the room than reading them. I don't get either.

      Also, my mom's urban fantasy novels and regancy romances had more steamy sex scenes than 50 Shades. I don't get what is so shocking about them.
    • Posts: 222
      I've never read it, but everyone keeps telling me to read it because they couldn't put it down. Haven't decided if I want to try it out or not.
    • Posts: 1,432 Member
      I sat down and tried to read it, got a few pages in and couldn't stop laughing. You're not missing anything.
    • Posts: 1,349 Member
      I sat down and tried to read it, got a few pages in and couldn't stop laughing.

      Same thing happened to me the first time I saw Terminator 3.
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      LOL No...You are not the only one. I bought all 3 (stupidly) and only got to chapter 8 on the first book. I looking to sell all 3 now. Not my cup of tea as they say. The hype was better then the books
    • Posts: 2,213 Member
      the reviews on Amazon are even better
    • Posts: 1,585 Member
      Nope, not interested in them at all - again, not because of the sexual content but because they got such a slating for the quality of the writing. I am not a sheep and will not be following the herd just because a lot of other people are. Jaysus, if you want simmering passion and good writing get yourself a Thomas Hardy or Wuthering Heights, if you want to read trash then buy Jordan's books.
    • Posts: 30
      DO NOT READ IT.
      Don't even get me started on it. I haven't read it, but I've read excerpts, and it's AWFUL. The porn is so miserably written it's not even funny.
      On top of that, it promotes an UNSAFE BDSM lifestyle. The main characters' relationship isn't BDSM, it's more of sexual abuse.
    • Posts: 141 Member
      There is better, free porn literature on the internet, that's all I'm gonna say.
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