50 shades of gray?
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I can't get down with the butt plug pony play, etc in SB Trilogy. :grumble: To each their own, it was just a bit much for me to handle.
I don't even see how it can be compared to 50 Shades, honestly. One is repetitive lightly graphic mommy porn (and horribly written, even by the authors admission). The other is full out sex slave erotica (and yes, very well written).0 -
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty is 10x worse than 50 Shades of Grey.
Hmmm.... is it atleast better written? As in not using the same phrases and adjectives multiple times in a row?
Anything HAS to be better written than 50 Shades. Seriously. And you aren't kidding about the same phrases over and over again..."Oh my poor fifty" and I was REALLY tired of hearing about what her "inner goddess" was doing by the end of the first book. I mean seriously...who has an inner goddess that glares and does back flips? LoL0 -
Okay, first of all the Sleeping Beauty series was written by Anne Rice under a different name. Much better writing, in terms of how those things go. I read about the first 100 pages of the first Fifty Shades book and hated it, had to put it down. The chick was this sniveling little whiny priss, and there was just too much gasping and "Oh my!"s for my taste. And to be honest, I never read the full Sleeping Beauty series either...I just skipped around and giggled over the naughty bits when I was younger.
That being said, I have to admit I loved the Twilight series. Really. Hated the movies. The movies make me want to puke. Kristin Stewart makes me want to puke. Wretched, all around. But the books, I really enjoyed. Also read Stephenie Meyer's _The Host_, which was AWESOME (after I finally broke through the first fifty pages, which I had to read about 12 times just to get into).
My take on the Fifty Shades books are: if I want some 'mommy porn' I'll just hop onto that crazy thing people call 'The Internet' and look at any weird old freaky sexy thing I can think of...for free. And without having to wade through Ana's obnoxious little internal dialogues. (Snoooooooze.)
There. My $0.02 on porn lit for the day.
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50 Shades has NOTHING to do with Twilight!!!
It absolutely does. It was fanfiction. Orginally self-published. I have never read Twillight so I only know this based on interviews.
I saw nothing in the Shades that even made me think of Twilight.0 -
Every time I go to the pool I see at least 5 women reading that book. I have no idea what it's about it, but I don't pay attention to the fads. I read books that sound interesting to me. Just because something is super popular does not make it good. Just look at Twilight. My god.
I put the book jacket from John Grishams Ford County over my Fifty Shades book so I could read it at the pool without embarrassment! :laugh:0 -
no need to read because matthew mcconaughey is going to be in a stripper movie with channing tatum!
And Joe Manganiello
and Matt Bomer.0 -
BEST TRILOGY I HAVE EVER READ.. I could not put the books down... awesome fabulousness.... I wish there were more books just like them...
Try the Colter's series by Maya Banks! My husband really appreciated me reading that series.
Oddly enough, the Blaze series that they sell at Wal-mart is usually just about as graphic as 50 Shades. I don't really see what all the hoopla is about when you really compare them!
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By "worse" I ment more explicit... Sleeping Beauty is well writen... I own the series
I just found a book called The House of Holes that is comically crude and amateurish. I'm reading if just for the laughs. 0 -
Reading a terribly-written book is worse than not reading anything. Sorry, but it's true.Every time I go to the pool I see at least 5 women reading that book. I have no idea what it's about it, but I don't pay attention to the fads. I read books that sound interesting to me. Just because something is super popular does not make it good. Just look at Twilight. My god.
twilight sucked. but hey, it was better than reading nothing:P0 -
LOL
I have to say, I love the reviews here.
If you want real BDSM-based novels, check out the Claiming of Beauty series (Anne Rice writing as Anne Rolequare or something similar) and "The Story of O." I haven't read Shades but I tried reading the excerpt from Amazon. I couldn't finish - it read like a Harlequin and I can't imagine it got any better.
Oh and Secretary was a good movie. I heart Maggie Gyllenhaal.0 -
I didnt even find it that shocking so I am wondering what that says about me. I kept thinking, when we will get to the part that is going to make me blush and it didnt happen. By the 3rd book I found it so repetitive . I mean didnt she get chaffed from all that action?0
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty is 10x worse than 50 Shades of Grey.
Hmmm.... is it atleast better written? As in not using the same phrases and adjectives multiple times in a row?
Anything HAS to be better written than 50 Shades. Seriously. And you aren't kidding about the same phrases over and over again..."Oh my poor fifty" and I was REALLY tired of hearing about what her "inner goddess" was doing by the end of the first book. I mean seriously...who has an inner goddess that glares and does back flips? LoL
I completely agree with this. Again, I loved the steamy scenes and the email exchanges.
But:
Wanton.
Oh My.
Laters, Baby.
Inner Goddess.
REPEAT!!0 -
I can't get down with the butt plug pony play, etc in SB Trilogy. :grumble: To each their own, it was just a bit much for me to handle.
I don't even see how it can be compared to 50 Shades, honestly. One is repetitive lightly graphic mommy porn (and horribly written, even by the authors admission). The other is full out sex slave erotica (and yes, very well written).
i'm glad we're friends.0 -
Appropriate for non-prudish adults: yes, appropriate for teens: no.
The books are ok, not great but not bad. If' you're read the first Twilight, take out the vampire/werewolf stuff and add in BDSM and you basically have the story. IMO, there are many books that are much better out there but 50 Shades is certainly the fad right now.
whats BDSM?
You don't need to read this book for the following reasons:
1. You like Twilight
2. You don't know what BDSM is
3. It's a horribly written book
4. Magic Mike is almost out
5. You like Twilight
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA. I just spit out my water laughing.0 -
I didnt even find it that shocking so I am wondering what that says about me. I kept thinking, when we will get to the part that is going to make me blush and it didnt happen. By the 3rd book I found it so repetitive . I mean didnt she get chaffed from all that action?
Couldn't agree more. She was a virgin that never masturbated and orgasm-ed in minutes from her first encounter.
Oh, yeah, sorry... spoiler and stuff.0 -
don't forget:[But:
Wanton.
Oh My.
Laters, Baby.
Inner Goddess.
REPEAT!!
gasp
murmur
eyes widening
my subconscious
Holy Crap0 -
I can't get down with the butt plug pony play, etc in SB Trilogy. :grumble: To each their own, it was just a bit much for me to handle.
I don't even see how it can be compared to 50 Shades, honestly. One is repetitive lightly graphic mommy porn (and horribly written, even by the authors admission). The other is full out sex slave erotica (and yes, very well written).
i'm glad we're friends.
So am I Blue Footed Boobies!!!! 0 -
It is the D*ck 'n Jane for BSDM0
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty is 10x worse than 50 Shades of Grey.
And by that you mean 10x better. And 100x better written.0 -
don't forget:[But:
Wanton.
Oh My.
Laters, Baby.
Inner Goddess.
REPEAT!!
gasp
murmur
eyes widening
my subconscious
Holy Crap
LIP BITTEN!
And honestly, that inner-goddess would have eventually broken a leg with all those damn back-flips.0 -
I thought this said "50 Shades of Gay". Now I'm seriously dissapointed.
In all seriousness, the reason it's like a "poorly written Twilight" is because it IS A POORLY WRITTEN TWILIGHT. It was written as an INTERNET FAN FICTION of Twilight. The names were changed to avoid copyright issues. *facepalm* So if you like melodramatic women with self esteem issues clincing to overbearing and controlling men with some porn/lol/ thrown in - this book is for you!
i just have to step up on this for a min - i am a fanfic writer and not ALL fanfic is bad. is there some srs crap out there written by confused 12 yo's? yes. but there's also a LOT of really exceptionally-written, well-characterized, beautiful stories. and most of them have porn. i'm talking the GOOD porn.
i have been in competiton for awards where the writing level was so amazing that i couldn't believe my pure, dumb luck at being in consideration.
50 Shades isn't well-written, it's the bad porn, and i have no idea how it got published.
but just b/c something starts as fanfic does NOT mean that it's not good.
*gets off soapbox*0 -
whats BDSM?
You don't need to read this book for the following reasons:
1. You like Twilight
2. You don't know what BDSM is
3. It's a horribly written book
4. Magic Mike is almost out
5. You like Twilight
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA. I just spit out my water laughing.
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Her Inner Goddess was really just her inner dirty wh0re :laugh:
don't forget:[But:
Wanton.
Oh My.
Laters, Baby.
Inner Goddess.
REPEAT!!
gasp
murmur
eyes widening
my subconscious
Holy Crap
LIP BITTEN!
And honestly, that inner-goddess would have eventually broken a leg with all those damn back-flips.
(not that there's anything wrong with that)0 -
don't forget:[But:
Wanton.
Oh My.
Laters, Baby.
Inner Goddess.
REPEAT!!
gasp
murmur
eyes widening
my subconscious
Holy Crap
LIP BITTEN!
And honestly, that inner-goddess would have eventually broken a leg with all those damn back-flips.
lol..I did want to knock the inner goddess out a couple of times0 -
I thought this said "50 Shades of Gay". Now I'm seriously dissapointed.
In all seriousness, the reason it's like a "poorly written Twilight" is because it IS A POORLY WRITTEN TWILIGHT. It was written as an INTERNET FAN FICTION of Twilight. The names were changed to avoid copyright issues. *facepalm* So if you like melodramatic women with self esteem issues clincing to overbearing and controlling men with some porn/lol/ thrown in - this book is for you!
i just have to step up on this for a min - i am a fanfic writer and not ALL fanfic is bad. is there some srs crap out there written by confused 12 yo's? yes. but there's also a LOT of really exceptionally-written, well-characterized, beautiful stories. and most of them have porn. i'm talking the GOOD porn.
i have been in competiton for awards where the writing level was so amazing that i couldn't believe my pure, dumb luck at being in consideration.
50 Shades isn't well-written, it's the bad porn, and i have no idea how it got published.
but just b/c something starts as fanfic does NOT mean that it's not good.
*gets off soapbox*
I really enjoy fan fiction. That's why I was excited about this, but it just didn't seem good to me.
I have read some GREAT Harry Potter and Buffy (I'm a huge huge dork) fan fictions!! Some of my favorite "steamy reads" have come from this genre!
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lmao thats greatno need to read because matthew mcconaughey is going to be in a stripper movie with channing tatum!
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I couldn't get into this book because the story was so awful and unbelievable. I guess it would make a good humor book because the "plot?" is laughable.
But I guess that's like most pornos.. you don't watch for the story, just like people don't read this book for the story.0 -
gets in the "waiting for a master" line....0
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Maybe then the sucess of this book is a good thing. I for one had never heard of fanfiction. Maybe it will create bigger opportunities for Fanfic writers, no?0
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I thought this said "50 Shades of Gay". Now I'm seriously dissapointed.
In all seriousness, the reason it's like a "poorly written Twilight" is because it IS A POORLY WRITTEN TWILIGHT. It was written as an INTERNET FAN FICTION of Twilight. The names were changed to avoid copyright issues. *facepalm* So if you like melodramatic women with self esteem issues clincing to overbearing and controlling men with some porn/lol/ thrown in - this book is for you!
i just have to step up on this for a min - i am a fanfic writer and not ALL fanfic is bad. is there some srs crap out there written by confused 12 yo's? yes. but there's also a LOT of really exceptionally-written, well-characterized, beautiful stories. and most of them have porn. i'm talking the GOOD porn.
i have been in competiton for awards where the writing level was so amazing that i couldn't believe my pure, dumb luck at being in consideration.
50 Shades isn't well-written, it's the bad porn, and i have no idea how it got published.
but just b/c something starts as fanfic does NOT mean that it's not good.
*gets off soapbox*
I really enjoy fan fiction. That's why I was excited about this, but it just didn't seem good to me.
I have read some GREAT Harry Potter and Buffy (I'm a huge huge dork) fan fictions!! Some of my favorite "steamy reads" have come from this genre!
thank you for restoring my faith in humanity.
HP and Jossverse are made for porn. if you like slash, let me know, i'll totally toss you links.0
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