fifty shades of grey

harderpa
harderpa Posts: 153 Member
edited November 5 in Chit-Chat
Do you love it or hate it. Why?

I LOVE IT
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  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    What do you love about it?
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,242 Member
    George Takei. I can't read that daft twit saying "Oh, my" without hearing George Takei in my head.

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    It's also just a very badly written book.
  • drop_it_like_a_squat
    drop_it_like_a_squat Posts: 377 Member
    It's also just a very badly written book.

    ^ This.
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Haven't read it, myself.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,242 Member
    Haven't read it, myself.

    To be honest, I read 3 pages while waiting in line at the grocery store. That was enough. The writing is friggen awful.
  • BlueAngelChar
    BlueAngelChar Posts: 1,364 Member
    with love ladies, you aren't really reading it to critique the writing are you:huh: ... I personally enjoyed it for what it was, smut, easy read with a hot kinky control freak male lead! I dig that lol and I will be going to see the film version when it arrives in the sunny UK!

    It certainly wasn't meant to be critically acclaimed so enjoy it for what it was...
  • elaine_des
    elaine_des Posts: 189 Member
    I liked it but I think the Crossfire serie by Sylvia Day is much much better.
  • OllyReeves
    OllyReeves Posts: 579 Member
    It's absolutely appalling. If you want erotic writing aimed at women, there are SO MANY other places to look. This trash is just rubbish. I don't think I have ever read anything so badly written....
  • michael1976_ca
    michael1976_ca Posts: 3,488 Member
    i haven't read it but there filmit in vancouver bc. a couple of hours away from me
  • GeeWillickers
    GeeWillickers Posts: 85 Member
    Poorly written, not even remotely researched, celebrates and romanticizes pedophilia of young teenage boys, romanticizes abuse. She confused domineering with dominant and aggressive with alpha. I can see so many young inexperienced women getting taken in by predators. Also, along with the movie I expect we'll see poorly designed toys with little to no instruction which should lead to a number of 911 calls/hospital visits.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Shlt. I can write better erotica than that.
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    Ever since I learned it was originally Twilight fan faction, :sick: I decided that I would never bother. There are too many great books in the world to waste time on utter garbage.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    with all the other better written novels about this lifestyle, it baffles me why 50 shades of grey received the notoriety and popularity that it did. who, in fact, did the author sleep with to guarantee such success?
  • coretemp
    coretemp Posts: 1,796 Member
    I'm aware of the subject matter and wouldn't exert the energy required to even crack the cover!
  • ihateroses
    ihateroses Posts: 893 Member
    I will bet anyone 50 bucks that the lady who wrote that book has never watched porn or read any real erotica. 50 bucks!
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    I also wanted to tie Anastasia up and beat her. Annoying whiny b!tch.
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    Shlt. I can write better erotica than that.


    Waiting......B-)
  • joolywooly33
    joolywooly33 Posts: 421 Member
    Poorly written rubbish....if you want titillation why not just watch porn?
  • TheGirlsATimeBomb
    TheGirlsATimeBomb Posts: 434 Member
    besides the fact that i'm 90% sure my 7 year old neighbor could have written better, meh.
  • jigsaw_me
    jigsaw_me Posts: 616 Member
    I pushed myself through 15 chapters and then just couldn't do it anymore .. I found it puerile ... there are so many better written books in the genre.
  • tattygun
    tattygun Posts: 447 Member
    Stories section on xhamster > 50 shades of grey
  • bperkins88
    bperkins88 Posts: 357 Member
    this is not what a dominant and submissive relationship are supposed to reflect. it was an abusive relationship more than anything.

    Theres a difference between a healthy Dominant sexual relationship and an Abusive relationship. If it gets your rocks off though, go for it. lol
  • anro86
    anro86 Posts: 790 Member
    I love to read. I read all three of the Fifty Shades of Grey books, they were quick easy reads with some *exciting* parts. I didn't love it, but it kept me entertained. Unlike a lot of James Patterson books where the writing makes the book too painful to read. Those are absolutely different genres, by the way.

    Favorite series of all time: The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Amazing.
  • wanna_b_there
    wanna_b_there Posts: 295 Member
    . who, in fact, did the author sleep with to guarantee such success?

    Why do people only ask something like that when the author is a woman? I get that the book sucks, but sexist much? Geez
  • harderpa
    harderpa Posts: 153 Member
    I love it. And I love it because it goes on about the man's post and why he is that way and the fact that people are really like that. I hired I just dig it. I haven't read crossfire.
  • VelveteenArabian
    VelveteenArabian Posts: 758 Member
    I thought it was disappointing, especially the way it ended.
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    She slept with this guy...http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0502727/
  • kathrinnbauer
    kathrinnbauer Posts: 74 Member
    I would not read that book, I read parts of it and I won't read the books for 2 reasons:
    1. I cannot enjoy it if I am constantly annoyed by the grammar, style and whatever. It bothers me. Even if it were the sexiest book in the world it would still annoy me too much.
    2. I read the chapter summaries at a blog called pervocracy and it seems pretty clear that the guy is an abusive control freak without too much consideration of women's opinions and emotions. I do love strong men. But that guy is abusive and I don't find it very alpha to find himself a little unexperienced girl and practically force her in a relationship where he controls most of her life - including what she eats. Sounds like he needs a good shrink. Not sexy at all.
  • Kerilynnda
    Kerilynnda Posts: 129 Member
    I did read it, but I had much more fun reading this blog reviewing how crappy the book was written... lol.:laugh:

    http://bizzybiz.blogspot.ca/2012/06/50-heaves-of-puke.html
  • ihateroses
    ihateroses Posts: 893 Member
    I love it. And I love it because it goes on about the man's post and why he is that way and the fact that people are really like that. I hired I just dig it. I haven't read crossfire.

    That's probably the worst part, because it makes people think that people with sexual fetishes were all somehow messed up as kids.

    But hey, if you liked it you liked it.
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