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

Life is too short to read ****ty books.

Haha, my friend found out I liked the Anne Rice vampire chronicles and recommended I read Twilight. That's probably why I have such a bad attitude towards literature that gets over-hyped.

I've read some of it but not the entire series. I'm really not that interested. There's better smut fan fiction I could read. lol.

I tried to read the first book after it was highly recommended by several friends. I don't read a lot of popular fiction. I found the writing style juvenile, the plot predictable, and the sex ho-hum. I just don't get it. I think we've become very "dumbed down" in America.

nope, you're not only one, I've never read it!

You aren't the only one

Let's see: I want to write a book that millions will read.
I know - I'll fill it with unbridled sexual content - that will guarantee me that about 10 million poeple in the U.S. will read it. I'll make it so filthy that the critics will condemn it roundly. That way, another 10 million will read it just to see what all the hubbub is about.

I hope that when authors like this (and several Supreme Court judges) die, they will be brought before Thomas Jefferson and the other framers of the Constitution to explain exactly how this kind of trash is Constitutionally guaranteed 'free speech'. On second thought, I'd rather not see one of the greatest men in American history crying.

Just because something is popular doesn't mean it isn't good. Sometimes something is popular because it actually is that good. But if you feel better about yourself for not reading or watching or listening to something simply because a lot of other people enjoyed it, then you're the one missing out.

I never said it made me (or made me feel like ) a better person for not reading them, or feel better about myself. Just simply pointing out the long list of 'popular' media that I haven't been interested in. But thanks for judging my motives for me.

I avoided and avoided ... especially as I primarily read non-fiction ... but curiosity finally got the better of me and I downloaded it.

AWFUL! What a waste of time! The style of writing is poor, the content even worse. How can someone bite their lip that much, much 'mutter' and 'murmur' everything they say instead of just speak directly. I actually finished the first book because I was incredulous it could continue in such a manner the whole way through.

And as a mother of an 18 year old daughter ... who is bright, ambitious, confident, yet impressionable given her age ... I'm saddened at the message it could give females. And as the founder of my own company ... saddened at the fairy tale that doesn't talk about hard work, setting goals, earning respect, celebrating true achievement.

If you like MyFitnessPal, seem incongruent to like 50 Shades. Begs the question ... why is it so popular? Sad.

I have a huge pile of books waiting to be read, this isn't one of them ... and won't be from what I've heard!

I haven't read it. Not interested.