50 Shades of Grey....Love it or Hate it?

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  • laurenz2501
    laurenz2501 Posts: 839 Member
    Horrendous. If it wasn't for the subject matter, I would expect to find it in the Teen section. I gave it to a friend after Chapter 2.
    And, finally, the vast number of women who think it's romantic and are "in love" with Christian Grey, who's an abusive nightmare that no one would really want to date if she met him. He's awful and exhausting in his controlling neediness.

    Nailed it.
  • laurenz2501
    laurenz2501 Posts: 839 Member
    Hated them. Seriously ****ed up story, and I'm sad that so many people think this is prince charming...

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    ^^this..

    LMFAO SO TRUE!!!
  • dawnshot
    dawnshot Posts: 137 Member
    Bought them, read the first got halfway through the 2nd and was too bored to finish it
  • surromom2010
    surromom2010 Posts: 457 Member
    My real sex life is more interesting. I could have liked it more if it was written better maybe, but it was pretty much an R rated book that seemed like it was written by a teenager.. Luckily I borrowed from a friend instead of paying for it.
  • richellekramer
    richellekramer Posts: 42
    Hated the series. Terrible books.
  • RilantheFirebug
    RilantheFirebug Posts: 207 Member
    Let me put it this way; it started as Twilight fanfiction. Still not enough reason? The male lead is awful and just as controlling and stalkerish as Edward Cullen. The female lead is just as boring and nondescript as Bella Swan.
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
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    Love this.
  • PayneAS
    PayneAS Posts: 669 Member
    Best review I've ever seen.

    http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215
  • Heather0123456789
    Heather0123456789 Posts: 91
    I read all three of that trashy hotness ;)
  • Carovnik
    Carovnik Posts: 17
    I work with a lot of people that have read it, and they discussed it in depth. I hate the trilogy and haven't even read any of it. Heh. For a bit of 50 shades fun, have a read of this - it was sent to me by a friend. Lol!

    FIFTY SHADES OF GREY -a husbands view
    The missus bought a paperback
    .... down Shepton , Saturday.
    I had a look inside her bag
    T'was fifty shades of Grey.

    Well I just left her to it
    and at ten I went to bed
    an hour later she appeared,
    the sight filled me with dread.

    In her left hand she held a rope
    and in her right a whip!
    She threw them down upon the floor
    and then began to strip.

    well fifty years or so ago
    I might of had a peek,
    but Mabel has not weathered well
    and she's eighty four next week !!

    Watching Mabel bump and grind
    could not have been much grimmer,
    and things then went from bad to worse
    when she toppled off her Zimmer !

    She struggled back upon her feet
    a couple minutes later
    she put her teeth back in and said ,
    " I AM THE DOMINATOR "!!!

    Now if you knew our Mabel
    you'd see just why I spluttered,
    I'd spent two weeks in traction
    for the last complaint I uttered.

    She stood there nude and naked
    bent forward just a bit,
    I went to hold her sensual like
    and stood on her left tit!

    Mabel screamed ,her teeth shot out
    my god what had I done?
    She moaned and groaned then shouted out,
    "STEP ON THE OTHER ONE "

    Well readers , I can't tell you more
    of what occurred that day.
    Suffice to say my jet black hair
    turned fifty shades of grey !!!
  • CrazyAnne
    CrazyAnne Posts: 217 Member
    Have no desire to read 50 Shades of Grey.
  • elektradarling
    elektradarling Posts: 85 Member
    To begin with I thought it was terrible, then I got into the story, its quite a reasonable storyline, apart form the shockingly bad grammar, repetitiveness and terrible innuendos, I read all three because despite all of these annoyances, I wanted to find out what happens in the end!

    As for the "sexual" side of things, didn't rock my boat I'm afraid!
  • stephc0711
    stephc0711 Posts: 1,022 Member
    It was okay. My husband benefited through the first book, then it became a pooly written story I couldn't put down... :grumble:
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    To begin with I thought it was terrible, then I got into the story, its quite a reasonable storyline,

    You must not read much.
  • Cindib13
    Cindib13 Posts: 234 Member
    I loved them.
  • elektradarling
    elektradarling Posts: 85 Member
    To begin with I thought it was terrible, then I got into the story, its quite a reasonable storyline,

    You must not read much.

    As I already noted, the grammar and repetitiveness was terrible, but I still wanted to know what happend, I read it in about 2 days! And for the record I read ALOT.
  • BEAUTY4UBEAST
    BEAUTY4UBEAST Posts: 372
    OH BE STILL MY HEART!

    I think this is why I decided to get back on MFP.... I was so envious of there relationship, Christian and Ana were both in awesume shape... made me wana be healthy and be in top fitness condition.. The books soooooooooooo Changed my life..... When i wanted to eat unhealty.. I wld refelct back on several meetings between the 2!... amazing story! Make ya wana be the best ya can be! N~JOY !!
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    To begin with I thought it was terrible, then I got into the story, its quite a reasonable storyline,

    You must not read much.

    As I already noted, the grammar and repetitiveness was terrible, but I still wanted to know what happend, I read it in about 2 days! And for the record I read ALOT.

    But ... there is no story in those books.
  • elektradarling
    elektradarling Posts: 85 Member
    To begin with I thought it was terrible, then I got into the story, its quite a reasonable storyline,

    You must not read much.

    As I already noted, the grammar and repetitiveness was terrible, but I still wanted to know what happend, I read it in about 2 days! And for the record I read ALOT.

    But ... there is no story in those books.
    Well I thought there was. Anyway, everyone has their own opinion of it, you might not have liked it but others did, I'm kind of neutral on the matter, I wanted to find out what happened but it was painful getting there will all the terrible "love" scenes. Other people think its wonderful, everyone has entitlement to their opinion and everyone will see things differently :)
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
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  • kenazfehu
    kenazfehu Posts: 1,188 Member
    Don't know; don't care.
    Heard of it. That's all.
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    OH BE STILL MY HEART!

    I think this is why I decided to get back on MFP.... I was so envious of there relationship, Christian and Ana were both in awesume shape... made me wana be healthy and be in top fitness condition.. The books soooooooooooo Changed my life..... When i wanted to eat unhealty.. I wld refelct back on several meetings between the 2!... amazing story! Make ya wana be the best ya can be! N~JOY !!

    :noway: :explode: :laugh:
  • VanessaGS
    VanessaGS Posts: 514 Member
    My wife read these books. Best two weeks of my life......

    Wow a man who finally enjoys the books without even reading them. LOL I'm not into all that BDSM stuff, but I found the books entertaining.
  • MissTattoo
    MissTattoo Posts: 1,203 Member
    I don't like it because people think that's hardcore BDSM and it's not. It's like intro to BDSM kiddie course.
  • elektradarling
    elektradarling Posts: 85 Member
    I don't like it because people think that's hardcore BDSM and it's not. It's like intro to BDSM kiddie course.

    Agreed! After all it is based on teenage fan fic :)
  • indigo_rose
    indigo_rose Posts: 250
    Read them coz I had a broken leg.. Never finished the 3rd.. picked up an old Anne rule book and read that instead. Lol.
  • Dana2282
    Dana2282 Posts: 9 Member
    i read all three books thinking they would keep getting better with each one. but it was the exact opposite. the first book was the best, 2nd was boring and the 3rd was a disappointment. after all the good things i heard about it, maybe i was expecting too much. but it seemed like alot of stuff was repeated over and over.
  • Jenn728
    Jenn728 Posts: 683 Member
    Hate it! I only read half the first book. It annoyed me. I didn't like so many traits about both characters and the girl just got on my nerves.
  • BEAUTY4UBEAST
    BEAUTY4UBEAST Posts: 372
    OH BE STILL MY HEART!

    I think this is why I decided to get back on MFP.... I was so envious of there relationship, Christian and Ana were both in awesume shape... made me wana be healthy and be in top fitness condition.. The books soooooooooooo Changed my life..... When i wanted to eat unhealty.. I wld refelct back on several meetings between the 2!... amazing story! Make ya wana be the best ya can be! N~JOY !!

    :noway: :explode: :laugh:

    GLAD I MADE YOU LAUGH! LOL:huh:
  • BUBrat2
    BUBrat2 Posts: 2 Member
    Pretty sure it was meant for a Young Adult audiance based on the writing. For all those women out there that think Christian Grey is a great guy and are "madly in love with him" need to get their heads examined if that's the type of man you like. Please let my husband call me stupid and control my every move and I would enjoy wondering if I made him mad all the time and tip toe around his anger. That would be a lot better than the always sweet, loving, has me on a pedistal and I can do no wrong husband I have. I read the books out of pure curiosity to see if the main character actually got smart. Caught myself more than once physically rolling my eyes.

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