50 shades is BORING

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  • 007bondage
    007bondage Posts: 631 Member
    The writing may be cr@p, but the Marketing is pure genius. :wink:
  • birdieintx
    birdieintx Posts: 298
    The author is doing a book tour starting in my city (where the book is based).

    An article in the newspaper stated that the book was originally intended for Twilight fans...now I *really* have no desire to read it!

    It wasn't intended for Twilight fans it was straight up Twilight fanfiction posted for free on the internet for all to read. I've heard from people who have seen both texts the author just used the find/replace feature to change the names. So if a story of a inexplicably damaged man who could never love (Edward/Christian) falling for a ditzy, spineless, devoid of personality shell of a girl (Bella/Ana) isn't your cup of tea you won't enjoy it.

    Plus it's more poorly written that Twilight and that's saying something. I have to admit I've pitied the people who tell me the sex is "sooooo hot" it tells me a lot about their sex lives.

    so all those mommies reading their 'mommy porn' are really just bored, sheltered housewives?

    Didn't say that. Just said if they think the sex scenes are amazing like nothing they've ever heard it tells me a lot about what they've experienced.
  • kaylaandthestarcatcher
    kaylaandthestarcatcher Posts: 836
    I wish I could turn my fanfictions into books and make tons of money, too....
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
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  • Promqueen_74932
    Promqueen_74932 Posts: 203 Member
    http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215 <<
    "The best thing about 50 Shades of Grey is this review"


    HILARIOUS!
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    The author is doing a book tour starting in my city (where the book is based).

    An article in the newspaper stated that the book was originally intended for Twilight fans...now I *really* have no desire to read it!

    LOL!
  • sarahp86
    sarahp86 Posts: 692 Member
    THANK YOU!!! I thought it was absolute dog sh1te!!! I skipped over the sex cos it was repetitive and boring amd Christian grey is a prick! He's bossy, rude, has serious baggage and mental problems! Don't care if he's a gazillionaire! He's a ****!
  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
    http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215 <<
    "The best thing about 50 Shades of Grey is this review"

    i'm glad i'm not the only person in the world that didn't care for it. i don't normally read romance, but plodding through this drudge was just too much. that and the ****ty writing. this review was the best part of the book.
  • fcp1234
    fcp1234 Posts: 1,098 Member
    As a full time working mom whose husband is away lot, I like to spend my time reading books that either I can learn from or are very entertaining. And 50 shades was none of that. I went back to reading " Secrets of toddler's life"
  • kzcortes
    kzcortes Posts: 208 Member
    You mean...women think about sex too??? O.o
  • lind3400
    lind3400 Posts: 557 Member
    Pulling out my tampon will not turn me on......
  • btolds
    btolds Posts: 1
    No kidding, books 2 and 3 were so bad that I had to force myself to keep reading b/c I thought it HAD to get better and I wanted to finish. I ended up skipping the 3rd part of the 3rd book just to finally get to the end and BE DONE WITH IT!
  • phatsoslim
    phatsoslim Posts: 257 Member
    I agree! I made it halfway through the second book and then I put it down and started reading something else. I may pick it up again.
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    lol I agree that it probably says a lot about the sex lives of the people that thought that this book was soooo hot.

    Nope.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Pulling out my tampon will not turn me on......

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Kimminer77
    Kimminer77 Posts: 39 Member
    The book may be boring but my fitness group isn't! https://www.facebook.com/groups/50shadesoffitness LOL, though its not about porn...I'm looking for people of all levels of fitness.
  • danasings
    danasings Posts: 8,218 Member
    It was a pleasantly erotic mindless holiday book.
    If I wanted quality literature I would read the classics.
    That doesn't make me (or anyone else brave enough to say they enjoyed it) stupid or poorly read.
    It's harmless fun.

    I agree...I enjoyed reading them. Would I read them again? No. Hopefully, I can resell the trilogy on Amazon and use the $$ toward buying yet another box of diapers for my sons. :tongue:
  • j1wright
    j1wright Posts: 286 Member
    I liked the first book until they started having sex and then it never stopped and then it was the same sex over and over again and I am still not sure what the plot is. I am on book 2 on like page 120. I haven't picked it up in 3 weeks. I am determined to read them so I can sell em on Craiglist and get my money back. Everytime I pick it up I roll my eyes about every three minutes. It is awful!
  • danasings
    danasings Posts: 8,218 Member
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    Hahaha!!! So true!!
  • 007bondage
    007bondage Posts: 631 Member
    The book may be boring but my fitness group isn't! https://www.facebook.com/groups/50shadesoffitness LOL, though its not about porn...I'm looking for people of all levels of fitness.

    "Like"
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    I've read better porn written by fifteen year old virgins on the internet.

    Thank you. I knew I had at least one fan out there. :flowerforyou:
    I wish I could turn my fanfictions into books and make tons of money, too....

    QFT.

    The difficult part is getting my books/novellas publicized enough that strangers will give me money.
  • WTBSE
    WTBSE Posts: 72 Member
    I didn't read it, but from what I understand it's book porn.

    Why in the f@#k would I READ porn? There's this lovely thing called the internet.

    ^^Totally agree!
  • Greenf350
    Greenf350 Posts: 2
    I have to agree. I flipped through five pages at a time to get through the sex and on to the story line! How are they ever going to make it into a movie? There's already plenty of porno around.
  • jenluvsushi
    jenluvsushi Posts: 933 Member
    Isn't it interesting how men like to watch porn and many woman (not all) like to read it? Has anyone here read Secretary? I know the movie but I recently heard it was also a book...loved that movie by the way. James Spader was soooo naughty. Sorry for thred hijacking...lol!
  • _KatieKat
    _KatieKat Posts: 224
    I guess I'm the oddball here but I liked it!
  • artickb22
    artickb22 Posts: 411 Member
    needle play, knife play, fire play, cupping, lashing...these are a few of my favoirte things...and they are way to adventurous for such an atrocity as 50!
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,284 Member
    If you have read ONE S&M book, you've pretty much read them all. :D
  • fcp1234
    fcp1234 Posts: 1,098 Member
    Isn't it interesting how men like to watch porn and many woman (not all) like to read it? Has anyone here read Secretary? I know the movie but I recently heard it was also a book...loved that movie by the way. James Spader was soooo naughty. Sorry for thred hijacking...lol!

    Men like to watch porn cause men are visual creatures. Women like hearing things, we like words. I don't like erotic books though, waste of time
  • alias1001
    alias1001 Posts: 634 Member
    http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215 <<
    "The best thing about 50 Shades of Grey is this review"

    Thank you. Even though I never had any intention on reading this, I now know I would've hated it anyway. Yay.
  • BrieLP
    BrieLP Posts: 300 Member
    Okay so I might get the Sh** kicked out of me in here. But I enjoyed the books.. I couldn't put them down and to me they were hot. No there is nothing wrong with my sex life AT ALL!!!!!! But I never was "interested" in half the crap that are in the book... I did feel it got too repetitive though and since found a new genre of books I enjoy.


    Oh and I liked Twilight before it was all the rage.

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