Anonymous
Post 05/23/2012 10:38     Subject: 50 Shades of Gray
I loved it. I read all 3 in a week. I was glad it wasn't more hardcore s&m because that creeps me out. I read one novel years ago where the female Dom put her subs balls in locked little cage things so it would hurt if they got aroused without her consent...clearly that stuck with me in a bad way.

I honestly skimmed a lot of the sex scenes bc they were repetitive and eh. But the premise was very intriguing to me. Not the submissive/dominant aspect, but rather Christian opening up to love.

I will admit that I did enjoy reading some of the more poorly written parts aloud to my husband to make him laugh.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2012 10:33     Subject: Re:50 Shades of Gray
Anonymous wrote:I liked it. It was Twilight fan fiction so if you hated Twilight, don't bother with this. The sex scenes and themes have gotten a lot of attention but I can genuinely say that the most interesting and rewarding part is the emotional relationship and development. Certain things annoyed me (repetitive phases, etc.) but didn't ruin the books for me. The author is British and on one hand, the conversation between the characters is not what you'd expect from young Americans in Oregon and Washington state. At the same time, the main female character is all into British historical fiction and a geek, so perhaps it's ok. It's an entertaining read. I wasn't totally shocked but it's an interesting concept and kept me turning the (virtual) pages.


I wondered why they used phrases like 'get sorted out'. Makes sense...
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2012 10:24     Subject: Re:50 Shades of Gray
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I liked it. It was Twilight fan fiction so if you hated Twilight, don't bother with this. The sex scenes and themes have gotten a lot of attention but I can genuinely say that the most interesting and rewarding part is the emotional relationship and development. Certain things annoyed me (repetitive phases, etc.) but didn't ruin the books for me. The author is British and on one hand, the conversation between the characters is not what you'd expect from young Americans in Oregon and Washington state. At the same time, the main female character is all into British historical fiction and a geek, so perhaps it's ok. It's an entertaining read. I wasn't totally shocked but it's an interesting concept and kept me turning the (virtual) pages.


I liked it too. You know, when I read it, I had no idea it was Twilight fan fiction until after I read it. I didn't like Twilight (the books), but I liked this book, and I did not see a connection at all. I don't understand how it got so much exposure though. I read frequently, and I have read romance books better than this, that received no attention at all. I think it's one of the reasons some are turned off by the book. If you never read a certain genre of books, but you see all the attention a book gets and read that genre for the first time, you are pretty much guaranteed to hate it or love it.


Funny, I did enjoy Twilight and I can't get into these books. Of course I bought all three...
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2012 09:45     Subject: 50 Shades of Gray
hahahahaahahha the gilbert godfried version is hysterical.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2012 23:13     Subject: 50 Shades of Gray
I liked it too. I don't consider it Erotica. I thought it was interesting. I'm on the second book. I don't think the writing is that bad. I skim through some paragraphs, but it is not the worst I've ever read. It's an easy read.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2012 21:42     Subject: Re:50 Shades of Gray
Anonymous wrote:I liked it. It was Twilight fan fiction so if you hated Twilight, don't bother with this. The sex scenes and themes have gotten a lot of attention but I can genuinely say that the most interesting and rewarding part is the emotional relationship and development. Certain things annoyed me (repetitive phases, etc.) but didn't ruin the books for me. The author is British and on one hand, the conversation between the characters is not what you'd expect from young Americans in Oregon and Washington state. At the same time, the main female character is all into British historical fiction and a geek, so perhaps it's ok. It's an entertaining read. I wasn't totally shocked but it's an interesting concept and kept me turning the (virtual) pages.


I liked it too. You know, when I read it, I had no idea it was Twilight fan fiction until after I read it. I didn't like Twilight (the books), but I liked this book, and I did not see a connection at all. I don't understand how it got so much exposure though. I read frequently, and I have read romance books better than this, that received no attention at all. I think it's one of the reasons some are turned off by the book. If you never read a certain genre of books, but you see all the attention a book gets and read that genre for the first time, you are pretty much guaranteed to hate it or love it.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2012 21:36     Subject: Re:50 Shades of Gray
I liked it. It was Twilight fan fiction so if you hated Twilight, don't bother with this. The sex scenes and themes have gotten a lot of attention but I can genuinely say that the most interesting and rewarding part is the emotional relationship and development. Certain things annoyed me (repetitive phases, etc.) but didn't ruin the books for me. The author is British and on one hand, the conversation between the characters is not what you'd expect from young Americans in Oregon and Washington state. At the same time, the main female character is all into British historical fiction and a geek, so perhaps it's ok. It's an entertaining read. I wasn't totally shocked but it's an interesting concept and kept me turning the (virtual) pages.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2012 21:26     Subject: 50 Shades of Gray
So lame- for bored housewives.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2012 21:25     Subject: 50 Shades of Gray
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It is erotic/romance ya know.

The writing is so painfully bad. I am slogging through to get to the sex b/c a friend recommended it to me. So far it is a chore.



As my husband would say, "You don't watch porn for the storyline."


true

But if you're WRITING about porn, and you SUCK at writing, the sex on the page will suffer!


It's not an erotica (porn) book. Is this your first adult romance book? My friends who read this thought it was akin to porn to and I found it laughable because of how naive they were.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2012 21:19     Subject: 50 Shades of Gray
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It is erotic/romance ya know.

The writing is so painfully bad. I am slogging through to get to the sex b/c a friend recommended it to me. So far it is a chore.



As my husband would say, "You don't watch porn for the storyline."


true

But if you're WRITING about porn, and you SUCK at writing, the sex on the page will suffer!
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2012 20:16     Subject: 50 Shades of Gray
Anonymous wrote:Read it. Not going to lie, I did like it. I do NOT think it's erotica, but more of an erotic romance. Anyone who thinks it's 'mommy porn' doesn't read much romance or erotic books.

Another book that recently came out, Bared to You by Sylvia Day, is being compared similar to to Fifty Shades, but better. It's a good read.


Or has a boring sex life.