50 shades is BORING

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  • marvelscale
    marvelscale Posts: 135
    If you want a good laugh

    50shadesofwhereisyourgodnow.tumblr.com

    :tongue:
  • paeli
    paeli Posts: 295 Member
    Now that we all know 50 shades is boring, I'll take some good erotic novel recommendations!
  • oOMusicBabii
    oOMusicBabii Posts: 494
    Read it hoping for some good writing and the BDSM, barely got a couple chapters in then had to put it down due to awful writing and lame vanilla sex. book recommendations always welcome.
  • phatycake
    phatycake Posts: 216
    I actually loved the series. Sad to see it end =/
  • EyeLikeTacos
    EyeLikeTacos Posts: 324 Member
    Read some of Zane's stuff....


    I read Zane's Sex Chronicles when I was in College....It was pretty good...She writes from POV of vairous characters.....
  • RLDeShazo
    RLDeShazo Posts: 356 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.

    I just read the first book, and I enjoyed it. It was a fun read. At some level, I could relate to her character (the wanting more out of a hopeless relationship). I will read the other 2 books.

    And I read all the twilight books. Before it was cool to read them. LOL
  • EyeLikeTacos
    EyeLikeTacos Posts: 324 Member
    Now that we all know 50 shades is boring, I'll take some good erotic novel recommendations!

    I liked some of Zane's work...

    perhaps google her and author's like her?
  • Derpina7
    Derpina7 Posts: 552 Member
    http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215 <<
    "The best thing about 50 Shades of Grey is this review"

    Was actually just going to post this - sums up exactly what I thought:bigsmile:
  • lika50
    lika50 Posts: 140 Member
    Yes, it is. BORING.

    I barely got through the second book and couldn't justify wasting my time on the third.

    However, I do have friends that loved it and think it's extremely risqué and kinky.

    My response to them - if you think THAT'S kinky, you really, really need to spice up your sex life. I've read better porn (with better writing) on the internet....

    With that said, we can knock the series and the author all we want... But I bet she's is laughing all the way to the bank.
  • jackieatx
    jackieatx Posts: 578 Member
    ****ty writing, stupid story, and not BDSM. That **** is straight vanilla.

    This
  • WickedBean
    WickedBean Posts: 244 Member
    There was more than one page to that book?
  • PinkEnvyx
    PinkEnvyx Posts: 172
    The sex part was not all that because they did not have the real dom parts in it just what he tried with a newby virgin who was not willing to do much? I am shocked at the negative comments. I agee it dragged on but just because i liked it that makes me bored, or have a bad sex life, or uneducated? Wow that is quite a presumptuous observation and judgment on the readers. Sure it was not greatly written but its not Socrates its a love story.
  • Jess207
    Jess207 Posts: 90
    My friend LOVED the book so I read it....and I don't understand the hype. Boring, awful writing, yawn. I was getting annoyed at the "inner goddess" references and the repetition. I didn't find it hot at all. I agree with Bethanny Frankel on The Ellen Show who said that book was for frustrated housewives who think they're being naughty.
  • saramariebabyy
    saramariebabyy Posts: 245
    I guess I'm the oddball here but I liked it!

    I did too :)
  • rjt1000
    rjt1000 Posts: 700 Member
    Who else find it boring?

    I think its a very slow book, the story is not that bad, but I thinks the sex is boring. I cant stand reading 5 pages of boring sex at a time. She makes Mr. Grey like he is this kinky man, come on, thats vanilla

    not to mention the plot was done 30 years ago and named "9 1/2 Weeks".
  • cestlafete
    cestlafete Posts: 71 Member
    Bless (majority of) this thread

    I come bearing NSFW gifts, for those who haven't seen/heard it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K1RcKJVbHA
  • domnut
    domnut Posts: 32 Member
    I read it just to see what all the fuss was about. I ended up skim reading it because I found it quite boring and mindless.
    It annoyed me how she was always saying "jeez" and other irritating things throughout the book too. I won't be reading the next 2 in the series that's for sure!
    I'm sure the author is happy though - they would have made a killing off this!
  • Pepper2185
    Pepper2185 Posts: 994 Member
    Story of O (Pauline Reage even with the publicized alternate ending, it's more real)
    Beauty Trilogy by A.N Roquelaure
    anything by Nancy Friday

    I second the recommendation for the Beauty Trilogy! And the Story of O!

    I did enjoy 50 Shades. Mindless summer reading. Wouldn't call them "boring" though.
  • Trinityblade24
    Trinityblade24 Posts: 3 Member
    I take 50 Shades for what it was, mind candy and just pure entertainment. If I wanted to stimulate my mind I would look at my old college English book list.
  • CarrieQuiteContrary
    CarrieQuiteContrary Posts: 98 Member
    I REFUSE to read those books! ughhh.
  • aqm22
    aqm22 Posts: 153 Member
    I take 50 Shades for what it was, mind candy and just pure entertainment. If I wanted to stimulate my mind I would look at my old college English book list.

    Sorry, I've read better. I'll take any of Megan Hart's book than 50 shades. The writing's better, the sex scenes are better...it's just better.
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    I haven't read it after hearing how bad the writing is. If I want to read fanfiction, I'll read GOOD fanfiction online... like I've been doing since I was 13 :)

    If you're looking for kinky, fanfiction.net is probably your best friend...
  • amylou1977
    amylou1977 Posts: 41 Member
    okay it had a great story line book one was harder to get through but 2 and 3 are awesome, kinda like reading twighlint but sex instead of vampires ... If i want porn have no problem getting it so its not shy about porn for me I read the 3 books in 5 days
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    Bless (majority of) this thread

    I come bearing NSFW gifts, for those who haven't seen/heard it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K1RcKJVbHA

    I knew what this would be before I even went to the link. The first time I saw it I laughed so hard I cried. And maybe peed a little.
  • hungrymarathongirl
    hungrymarathongirl Posts: 444 Member
    ****ty writing, stupid story, and not BDSM. That **** is straight vanilla.

    ^^This. I felt my IQ dropping with each page I read. A little spanking? Bor-ing!!! Teach me something I can use! And what 21-year-old says "crap!" and "double crap!" and "oh my!" that often. SO stupid.

    Although, it did open up my eyes to REAL erotica--at a friend's suggestion (who has a degree in sexology), I'm currently reading "Fanny Hill", "Venus in Furs", and "Fear of Flying".

    Try

    Made for Sex by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd.

    Trouble, Wicked, Sexy Devil, all by Sasha White.

    One Wicked Night by Noelle Mack.

    What Happens In Vegas by Jodi Kybb Copeland, Anya Bast, Lauren Dane, & Kit Tunstall.

    Tempted by Megan Hart.

    Going Down by Vonna Harper.

    Thanks! I'll give these ones a try
  • jeyko
    jeyko Posts: 368 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.
    Totally agree!
  • PinkEnvyx
    PinkEnvyx Posts: 172
    I must be bored now because I am reading posts from the bored about a book they thinkis boring? Anyone else find th irony in this?
  • natalianogueira
    natalianogueira Posts: 76 Member
    This comes from Twilight... No way in hell this could be good. :yawn:
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    I'd rather have sex than read about it.

    And my husband could certainly teach Christian Grey a thing or two.
  • terri0527
    terri0527 Posts: 678 Member
    Don't understand the obsession, read regular romance novels with the sex more interesting than what was in that book! :yawn:

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