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

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  • firstnamekaren
    firstnamekaren 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:
  • misslindseylou
    misslindseylou Posts: 141 Member
    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!
  • saxmaniac
    saxmaniac Posts: 1,133 Member
    My wife read it and said: "George Lucas writes better dialog and love scenes".
  • katamus
    katamus 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:
  • jmjm55077
    jmjm55077 Posts: 41 Member
    Thinking of writing my own version called 50 shades of gravy....:-)
  • rhondat48
    rhondat48 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
  • CannibalisticVegetarian
    CannibalisticVegetarian 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.
  • oneworkoutatatime
    oneworkoutatatime Posts: 312
    nope..
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 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.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    I haven't read it and have no desire to.
  • P05T5CRIPT
    P05T5CRIPT 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!
  • Bella1hud
    Bella1hud Posts: 530 Member
    Good bad or indifferent writing, I have no interest in reading the book.
  • boperoni10
    boperoni10 Posts: 3,034
    I AM ONE OF THE FEW MOMS I KNOW WHO HAVENT READ IT.
  • brevislux
    brevislux 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.
  • GorillaEsq
    GorillaEsq 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.
  • DollaMimi86
    DollaMimi86 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
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 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.

    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.
  • Betsiz17
    Betsiz17 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.
  • A1C_Phillips
    A1C_Phillips Posts: 1
    my friend Petukh III read it and said he liked it. i couldnt get past the first page.:glasses:
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym 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.
  • kathim429
    kathim429 Posts: 379 Member
    No desire to read it. Wouldn't buy it and certainly wouldn't check it out at the library!!! YUCK!!
  • Joreanasaurous
    Joreanasaurous 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.
  • MonicaLee92
    MonicaLee92 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.
  • shammxo
    shammxo 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.
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet 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.
  • HeatherNScanada
    HeatherNScanada Posts: 1
    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
  • hughtwalker
    hughtwalker Posts: 2,213 Member
    the reviews on Amazon are even better
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW 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.
  • mikurulove10
    mikurulove10 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.
  • hellohappylisa
    hellohappylisa Posts: 141 Member
    There is better, free porn literature on the internet, that's all I'm gonna say.

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