Fifty Shades....

[WJ49]

Also tried to see what the fuss was about this book and while I was hoping for something like the Anne Rice Sleeping Beauty trilogy, I had to give up after three chapters. As far as the first three chapters go, just imagine the following repeated again and again for 35 pages, and then you'll have some idea of how the book reads:


I’m a college senior who has never had a boyfriend before and now I’m interviewing Christian Grey. He’s so handsome! Such wide shoulders! He’s only 26 years old and he’s already a self-made billionaire! I feel so flushed when he looks at me. Oh my…

Could he really like little old me? No! That would never be possible…

Lots of other cute boys have crushes on me and want to ask me out on romantic dates, but I don’t really feel for them that way (they are more like brothers to me), but when I see Mr. Grey, I feel something that I’ve never felt before.

There he is again! So commanding! So handsome! So rich! Such nice trousers! Oh my…

Could he really like little old me?

No sex at all in those first 35 pages, but the way those first 35 were written I was pretty confident that I wasn't going to enjoy it even when it got to the 'good' parts.

 

[TeasePlease]

That's why I stopped after 8 pages. The writing style bored me. But, the book jacket and the Amazon synopsis sure made it sound promising.

 

[TheKittensMEOW]

Also tried to see what the fuss was about this book and while I was hoping for something like the Anne Rice Sleeping Beauty trilogy, I had to give up after three chapters. As far as the first three chapters go, just imagine the following repeated again and again for 35 pages, and then you'll have some idea of how the book reads:


I’m a college senior who has never had a boyfriend before and now I’m interviewing Christian Grey. He’s so handsome! Such wide shoulders! He’s only 26 years old and he’s already a self-made billionaire! I feel so flushed when he looks at me. Oh my…

Could he really like little old me? No! That would never be possible…

Lots of other cute boys have crushes on me and want to ask me out on romantic dates, but I don’t really feel for them that way (they are more like brothers to me), but when I see Mr. Grey, I feel something that I’ve never felt before.

There he is again! So commanding! So handsome! So rich! Such nice trousers! Oh my…

Could he really like little old me?

No sex at all in those first 35 pages, but the way those first 35 were written I was pretty confident that I wasn't going to enjoy it even when it got to the 'good' parts.

While the book is not a complex read, a bit slow to get into and boring at times it's good once you get into it.


When I was purchasing the first book, the cashier says "The box set is on sale" I laughed and said, "This isn't the genre I normally read, so I'll start with one and see how it goes."


Well, the next day, I was there before the store open trying to feast my brain on the second book ha ha ha.

 

[MPAsquared]

Also tried to see what the fuss was about this book and while I was hoping for something like the Anne Rice Sleeping Beauty trilogy, I had to give up after three chapters. As far as the first three chapters go, just imagine the following repeated again and again for 35 pages, and then you'll have some idea of how the book reads:


I’m a college senior who has never had a boyfriend before and now I’m interviewing Christian Grey. He’s so handsome! Such wide shoulders! He’s only 26 years old and he’s already a self-made billionaire! I feel so flushed when he looks at me. Oh my…

Could he really like little old me? No! That would never be possible…

Lots of other cute boys have crushes on me and want to ask me out on romantic dates, but I don’t really feel for them that way (they are more like brothers to me), but when I see Mr. Grey, I feel something that I’ve never felt before.

There he is again! So commanding! So handsome! So rich! Such nice trousers! Oh my…

Could he really like little old me?

No sex at all in those first 35 pages, but the way those first 35 were written I was pretty confident that I wasn't going to enjoy it even when it got to the 'good' parts.

Wow, talk about judging a book by its intro. Ummm you need to set the story before u can launch into S&M mode. Its too bad u stopped, chapter 5 is crazy! Next thing you know she's strapped to a bed, flogged, slightly humiliated, teased mercisly, and cums like no woman has cum before. And then he fucks her senseless. In detail!

People wouldn't be going nuts for it if it wasn't special. Gotta love terbies....they choose a lifestyle far from conventional, and then are the 1st to judge. *rolling my eyes".

KittensMeow, I'm with you! I bought book 1 thinking let's see how this goes,I finished the book on vacation and Cuba doesn't sell the 2nd lol. I ran to the book store when I got home. Sold out! 3 more Chapters, sold out! Ended up at Worlds Biggest Bookstore, bought 2 & 3.

 

[Dahlia Sage]

That's why I stopped after 8 pages. The writing style bored me. But, the book jacket and the Amazon synopsis sure made it sound promising.

I'm with you there. As an eng lit/ journalism major I've read way better and more memorable erotica. I love how popular this is though! It's making people who dont often read pay attention and that's good

 

[HG Hunter]

*rolling my eyes".
.

You know what that just earned you, don't you? :happy:

 

[LadyTY2Uall]

Hm, I have not read it yet though I have had it suggested to me by numerous people. I suspect I will have to buy two copies of each if it is as good as most people claim. One for show and one for filling up with dog ears on the best parts I find erotic literature much more stimulating than porn movies, my imagination usually works best with the written word. I am sick and twisted that way lol

 

[TheKittensMEOW]

You know what that just earned you, don't you? :happy:

HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA clever guy lol

 

[mandrill]

Yes, 9-1/2 Weeks. I'm getting senile.

I'm not surprised that WJ didn't get thru the book. I am assuming WJ is a guy. Guys are more immediate and visual. A friend of mine tried to write women's romance novels and showed me some of the successful novels that she was using as a model. Holy shit!!! I didn't realize anyone could use 15 adjectives in 1 sentence before! No male could make it beyond page 2 without giving up from verbosity overload. Yet women LOVE that stuff like fruit flavoured sugary cocktails!

 

[WJ49]

Wow, talk about judging a book by its intro. Ummm you need to set the story before u can launch into S&M mode. Its too bad u stopped, chapter 5 is crazy! Next thing you know she's strapped to a bed, flogged, slightly humiliated, teased mercisly, and cums like no woman has cum before. And then he fucks her senseless. In detail!

People wouldn't be going nuts for it if it wasn't special. Gotta love terbies....they choose a lifestyle far from conventional, and then are the 1st to judge. *rolling my eyes".

MPAsquared's post made me think that my initial judgment may have been a little premature, and it encouraged me to read another 4 chapters of this dreadful book. The promised hot scene in chapter five never materialized, and at the end of seven chapters (in which we learn that Grey flies his own helicopter and plays the grand piano very well) the closest thing we have had to a sex scene is a brief passionate kiss in an elevator. Things look like they may heat up soon, but the writing for those first 80 pages was so terrible, its hard to imagine that they could be worth the trouble.

This is not a genre that I've ready much of, but none of the three other examples that I have read ("The Story of O", "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty", and "Carrie’s Story") spent anything close to 8 chapters on 'stage setting'. I've got nothing against character development, but the three novels mentioned above all managed to get more character development into their first two chapter than I've seen after 7 chapters of "50 shades".

If you are a fan of any of the three other books mentioned above, please don't pick up "50 shades" thinking that you might get anything like that. It's less a contemporary version of "The Story of O" than it is this decade's answer to "The Bridges of Madison County", and, like "The Bridges of Madison County", I don't think that many men will enjoy it.

 

[dreamblade]

The fact this started as Twilight fan fiction does not bode well for the quality of the writing. Seeing women read this on the subway makes me think of old sketchy men reading a Penthouse in public.

 

[MrJake]

Please stay tuned for my book, "Fifty shades of Blue, A tale of 2 Balls"

 

[Petzel]

Nothing new under the sun. It seems like a rehash of the old 8-1/2 Weeks movie from the '80's.

Women have been reading porn in the guise of "explicit romance" novels for decades now. This is nothing new.

Actually, it was 9 1/2 Weeks!

 

[TheKittensMEOW]

Here's a funny one. I am walking into Chapters and they have a display of 50 shades of grey series as you walk in. There's a lady ahead of me and her young son very loudy says "Hey MOM, you have all those books" pointing at them. ha ha ha ha

She turned 50 shades of purple.

 

[Drew Of Niagara]

I've been reading this series cant seem to put it down

 

[wigglee]

I have not read them but I heard a literary panel discussing the books and they thought the writing was pretty lame....wouldn't Fanny Hill be far better?

 

[HG Hunter]

Here's a funny one. I am walking into Chapters and they have a display of 50 shades of grey series as you walk in. There's a lady ahead of me and her young son very loudy says "Hey MOM, you have all those books" pointing at them. ha ha ha ha

She turned 50 shades of purple.

Now that's classic!

 

[MPAsquared]

My apologies, its a few more chapters in. My point was still clear. Its not the next Hemmingway. Its simply bold due to its graphic detail of BDSM in an otherwise "normal" book. Its hot. Very!

Wives & gf's everywhere are now asking their men about how they can tap into his Fifty Shades....so hate it or love it, ur women are hot & bothered & secretly wishing for a fateful S&M twist in their lives. Get with the program or she'll find her own Fifty

 

[cb123]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWrsVlNgVo

 

[Molly Robinson]

Just as I expected I was bored and there was nothing new and titillating about it. However I can definitely see the appeal. Take something that's a lil taboo and package it as mainstream and get the masses talking about it and bloody hell you would think the wheel was just invented.

Happy reading....if you want to experience 50 shades of grey then give me a shout and we will turn it techno colour