Has anyone else red 50 Shades of Grey?

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  • Solly123
    Solly123 Posts: 162 Member
    Read first one and half the second. Then got totally frustrated with the writing and gave up..

    No storyline, nothing to keep your interest - bar if your reading it for the sex scenes, then you'd probably be ok..

    Thought it was a crap book and I cannot believe anyone who reads as a hobby could actually think they are well written books.. Absolute drivel, if you ask me..
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    As someone who's been in both a D/s and an emotionally abusive relationship, I can tell one from the other pretty well and this book gives me mad chills of terror. 0/10 would not bang.

    Couldn't have said it better myself. While the "adventure" of it might seem fun, the controlling, psychotic, abusive behavior always follows after that sort of draw--that's how emotionally/physically abusive men brain wash women into staying in relationships with them. They make them feel guilty for doing things like skipping a meal or forgetting to call. REALLY?

    I stopped after the first book. He reminded me too much of my ex.
    He just cared about her!

    Geez!
  • ChinniP
    ChinniP Posts: 166 Member
    I had tosee what all the fuss was about so ya. Interesting enough for a fantasy but no thanks on a regular basis. I didnt even use any of the imagry later if ya know what I mean (wink wink nod nod).
  • diodelcibo
    diodelcibo Posts: 2,564 Member
    Grey is an amateur.
    YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!!!!
    Seriously he is.

    prove it

    It is me.
  • Alyssa__Lauren
    Alyssa__Lauren Posts: 148 Member
    Not a fan. Ana is lame and Christian is a douche.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    This review was was better than the book: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215
  • fit_spired_vicky
    fit_spired_vicky Posts: 152
    And yes, it would be so fun to have boyfriend that wants to control you so much, that he is buying your workplace.
  • ethompso0105
    ethompso0105 Posts: 418 Member
    I read them...and enjoyed them....that is until I started talking to my friends about them. Then I decided I don't really like them, I just wanted to like them.

    I MUCH prefer RL Mathewson's books. Much more believable, gentle characters. Tons of typos in her e-books, but the story totally detracts from my noticing them! :)
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    I can't. My husband already fears me. :wink:
  • kr1stadee
    kr1stadee Posts: 1,774 Member
    It got old.. fast.. I was skipping a lot because it just repeated the same things.
    The writing wasn't great either.
  • Emma_Problema
    Emma_Problema Posts: 422 Member
    As someone who's been in both a D/s and an emotionally abusive relationship, I can tell one from the other pretty well and this book gives me mad chills of terror. 0/10 would not bang.

    Seconded. That book is utter garbage. It misinterprets BDSM relationships and puts them in an abusive context. I haven't read them myself, but I went to a PP training on the books and after reading only a few excerpts I feel like I have a basic understanding of what's in them and how detrimental they are to women and our understanding of healthy relationships.

    Oh and he's not sad. He's an emotionally abusive stalker control freak who uses his past abuse as an excuse to treat his love interest like *kitten*. And my boyfriend is much better.
  • DamnImASexyBitch
    DamnImASexyBitch Posts: 740 Member
    Orange you gonna tell us more. Maybe that she blue him, right after they met, I mean they had just said yellow.
    I was thinking the same thing but would not have stated it so eloquently.

    <3 this!
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    And yes, it would be so fun to have boyfriend that wants to control you so much, that he is buying your workplace.
    Yeah, but then you don't have to worry about loosing you're job!
  • arlenem1974
    arlenem1974 Posts: 437 Member
    Christian Grey?? Seriously? Please, I'll take Ron Weasley any day!
    I second that
  • chervil6
    chervil6 Posts: 236 Member
    i cant even get past the 1st chapter !! of the 1st book ... dont think there my cup-a-tea
    all this ," he looked at me" " and i blushed "
    if this is light porn in a book forget it lol
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    Oh and he's not sad. He's an emotionally abusive stalker control freak who uses his past abuse as an excuse to treat his love interest like *kitten*. And my boyfriend is much better.

    You act like you don't want it!


    Fairly convincingly, I might add.
  • jerknoir
    jerknoir Posts: 96 Member
    As someone who's been in both a D/s and an emotionally abusive relationship, I can tell one from the other pretty well and this book gives me mad chills of terror. 0/10 would not bang.

    Couldn't have said it better myself. While the "adventure" of it might seem fun, the controlling, psychotic, abusive behavior always follows after that sort of draw--that's how emotionally/physically abusive men brain wash women into staying in relationships with them. They make them feel guilty for doing things like skipping a meal or forgetting to call. REALLY?

    I stopped after the first book. He reminded me too much of my ex.
    He just cared about her!

    Geez!
    I'm worried about you.
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    Couldn't get beyond five pages of the horrible writing, or the fact that it's just Twilight all over again.
  • sugarlips1980
    sugarlips1980 Posts: 361 Member
    It makes me so mad every time she says he touched 'my sex'. Grrrrr!!! It's an OK, light-hearted book. But the author doesn't deserve to be a gazillionaire...her writing is generally poor and she's too repetitive.

    Also, there's a feeling of people jumping on the bandwagon... I suspect 99.9% of the people swooning over Christian Grey would run a mile if they were presented with a flogger or a stainless steel anal hook! If S&M is your thing, then each to their own, but why would you decide you suddenly like it from reading a book that's all the rage?!
  • AlayshaJ
    AlayshaJ Posts: 703 Member
    Lol didnt care for the books. The Ana pissed me off a lot, what an annoying character. I can see how the sex scenes could be hot for vanilla women, but i didnt think they had much sparkle. No description of the actual feeeling of completely submitting to someone and the...eh its too much to describe. I loved christian grey the character. I really wish the books had been just about him and his life. With dialoge snipettes from his therapy sessions and drawings he made as a child.


    I did love the ending of the thirs book though. It was so cute and sweet.:flowerforyou:
  • MikkLuhnRozzWhuh
    MikkLuhnRozzWhuh Posts: 240 Member
    Orange you gonna tell us more. Maybe that she blue him, right after they met, I mean they had just said yellow.

    Yes. Agreed.....have you "read" 50 Shades of Grey? I'd figure if somebody had the ability to read a book, they'd probably spell such a simple word......
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    I have all three of them on my Kindle, have yet to even start them, and I have had them for 6 months probably...
  • MikkLuhnRozzWhuh
    MikkLuhnRozzWhuh Posts: 240 Member
    Orange you gonna tell us more. Maybe that she blue him, right after they met, I mean they had just said yellow.

    CORRECTLY...
  • JezzD1
    JezzD1 Posts: 431
    http://youtu.be/5K1RcKJVbHA

    OMG Iaughed SO HARD!
  • hearthemelody
    hearthemelody Posts: 1,025 Member
    As someone who's been in both a D/s and an emotionally abusive relationship, I can tell one from the other pretty well and this book gives me mad chills of terror. 0/10 would not bang.

    Seconded. That book is utter garbage. It misinterprets BDSM relationships and puts them in an abusive context. I haven't read them myself, but I went to a PP training on the books and after reading only a few excerpts I feel like I have a basic understanding of what's in them and how detrimental they are to women and our understanding of healthy relationships.

    Oh and he's not sad. He's an emotionally abusive stalker control freak who uses his past abuse as an excuse to treat his love interest like *kitten*. And my boyfriend is much better.

    Couldn't have said it better myself!
  • homerjspartan
    homerjspartan Posts: 1,893 Member
    Christian Grey?? Seriously? Please, I'll take Ron Weasley any day!
    I second that

    3rd. Wait, what?
  • Ginnyesq
    Ginnyesq Posts: 109
    This review was was better than the book: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215

    Thanks for posting this, I've read it before and every time I read it again I realize how perfect it is.

    Also this is good for hours of entertainment

    http://50shadesofsuck.tumblr.com/
  • Dyann_Alvarez
    Dyann_Alvarez Posts: 61 Member
    :yawn: I couldn't get into the first at all.... Still unfinished on my Nook. Might watch it though... If the rating is right!
  • plaingirly
    plaingirly Posts: 378
    Not read them - the girls at work have and told me to stick with Jane Austen! Some of the ladies at knitting club have read them too but, again, they warned me off them! x
  • KrisThomas1964
    KrisThomas1964 Posts: 150
    This is a terrible book! It's very poorly written (originally a Twilight fan fiction if I understand correctly). The characters are paper thin and aren't believable at all; Christian Grey is a 26 year old chief executive who just happens to be a billionaire, with his own helicopter and jet. In his spare time he is trying to bring about world peace and end famine. However, you will soon discover that he is nothing more than a psychotic rapist who carries a never ending supply of "foil packets" and only converses with people by "murmuring" to them. In fact I'm not sure how he manages to hold conferences as a CEO since the people at the back would never be able to hear him. The problems with the female character are too probably too rude to mention on here but they soon become apparent :)

    Only read if you fancy a laugh, but don't if you get annoyed easily!

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