Has anyone else red 50 Shades of Grey?

If its so bad, why was it such a best seller? I don't get it.

I've thought about reading just for research. But, then I read reviews and I don't want to waste my time. Why do bad reviews and sales not match up?

It isn't bad. People are just JEALOUS.

It's dreadful. Even the AUTHOR admits that it's a very badly written set of books!

I read them all out loud to my husband because the first one was hilarious and I kept wondering when it would get kinky (it never really did).

On a related note, it makes an excellent drinking game as it's so repetitive and clichéd.

is that a typo or a play on words in the thread title?

You wish your boyfriend was deeply emotionally damaged and incapable of having a healthy relationship?

Oh you mean you wish he was wealthy? I can get behind that!

HAHAHA. Yes, this!

Ewww. No. Just, ew. No.

eh, I don't find torture erotic...and they were so craptastically written, nope..I couldn't get past chapter whatever... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Note: for the record, Christian Grey can't hold a candle to my bf...so maybe you just need a new bf in real life...just break up.

snicker.

I read all three, liked all of them...I thought it was a great story....but Its not literary work of art.

Read the free sample on my Kindle. Glad I didn't pay for it. The writing was bland and thoroughly unconvincing. People in the Pacific Northwest don't use British slang (unless they're actually British). I never got to any of the sex scenes, but if they're written anything like the rest of the book, I would not enjoy them.

I followed the same logic that someone else on here had. I read the first 1, might as well read the 2nd, then might as well read the 3rd. I hated Ana and the writing, but I loved Christian after he fell in love with Ana (not enough to want to FIND a Christian Grey, unless he's wealthy and handsome, but ain't nobody got time to be in a relationship with an emotionally damaged man/woman). Although I do find myself loving male characters that are emotionally damaged, such as Christian Grey and Chuck Bass (Gossip Girl); I think that's the nurturer in me...

Try Harper Lee, John Steinbeck, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, E.B. White and hell I'd take Stephen King over 50 Shades and most the garbage out now.

What kind of stuff do they write?

I'm officially writing you off as a troll.

If its so bad, why was it such a best seller? I don't get it.

I've thought about reading just for research. But, then I read reviews and I don't want to waste my time. Why do bad reviews and sales not match up?

Peer pressure, media exposure and decline in quality education. Just look at all the people buying Dr. Oz suggested products. Also, take a look at the grammar and spelling on social media sites like this. The book got media attention, so people wanted to see what it was about. Many of them think it's good because they really don't understand quality literature.

You mean, like, VC Andrews books?

Try Harper Lee, John Steinbeck, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, E.B. White and hell I'd take Stephen King over 50 Shades and most the garbage out now.

What kind of stuff do they write?

If you seriously have to ask that, then your high school English teachers should be working in another field.

I followed the same logic that someone else on here had. I read the first 1, might as well read the 2nd, then might as well read the 3rd. I hated Ana and the writing, but I loved Christian after he fell in love with Ana (not enough to want to FIND a Christian Grey, unless he's wealthy and handsome, but ain't nobody got time to be in a relationship with an emotionally damaged man/woman). Although I do find myself loving male characters that are emotionally damaged, such as Christian Grey and Chuck Bass (Gossip Girl); I think that's the nurturer in me...

Same here! I couldn;t wait to see where Christian went with his new emotion of love. I could have cared less about Ana, she annoyed me and was nothing major in my opinion. I was bummed how the final book just sort of blew through Christians developement and ended. Hated it for that reason. Almost like the author was sick of writing and had no desire for his characters without the sex. I'd still probably eventually read them again.

I read them out of curiosity. Couple of scenes were kinda hot-ish, the writing idiotic, and the female character a twit. If I had to read the phrases "my sex" or "my inner goddess" one more GD time, I would have smashed my laptop.

If its so bad, why was it such a best seller? I don't get it.

I've thought about reading just for research. But, then I read reviews and I don't want to waste my time. Why do bad reviews and sales not match up?

It isn't bad. People are just JEALOUS.

they ARE jealous, ignore the haters!! TEAM Christian!

I think everyone's comments are funny. BDSM does exist in real life and you can incorporate it into your love life even if its just light hair pulling and spanking. No big deal, some people shouldn't act like it's completely unobtainable. Just ask the person you are with to do it!

I personally read all 3 and loved them and can't wait for the movie.

Yes, consensual BDSM exists in real life, but "50 Shades of Grey" is not a good example of a BDSM relationship.