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Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy: A Parody

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A hilarious parody of an erotic bestseller and a romantic classic—those wanting alittlenaughtiness in their livesshould prepare themselves for Mr. Darcy's Blue Broom-Cupboard of SeriouslyKinky Sh*t
Lizzy Steele had been brought up to be a proper lady with perfect manners, skilled in conversation, and well respected in the community. But when Mr. Elliot Bingley comes to cour...more

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Published August 30th 2012 by Michael O'Mara

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Nov 03, 2012 Blacky *Mistress of doom* rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, arc, of-course, 3-stars-for-quality, 5-stars-for-enjoyment

"It is a truth universaly acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good riding crop must be in want of a pair of bare buttocks to thrash."

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This was the funniest book I have EVER read! I don't remember laughing so much that I cried (several times), and burst out with shocked laughter (practically at every page)!

First I have to say - Pride and Prejudice, fell in love with the story when I first saw the mini-series from 1995.

watched it about a million times. Read the book more times t...more

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Dec 03, 2012 Nessa marked it as to-read

Shelves: fiction, review

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Nov 16, 2012 Tracy is currently reading it

Shelves: ebooks, jane-austen

Came across this on Tumblr and I'm really curious. It looks hilarious! Very meta, which is definitely my thing. I might not read it if it's not available in an ebook, though... for obvious reasons...

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Oct 25, 2012 Tori smexys_sidekick rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: e-book, humor, i-can-t-stop-reading-this-crap, read-in-2012, arc, romance-historical, kinkey-fcukery, kindergarten-humor, parody

You remember how you felt when you were 5 years old and someone farted or started talking about poop? Yea, it's one of those books. lol

Review to come.

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Mar 19, 2013 Liz rated it 3 of 5 stars

I've not even read Fifty Shades of Grey (and nor do I intend to) and I found this hilarious. It does a great job of taking what is absolutely ridiculous about the parent text (which is quite a lot by all accounts) and then strips it of all pretence to romance and sexiness. Unsubtle double entendres and school-boy humour abound, but this only adds to the value of the parody. Oh and who would have thought a whole slew of Phil Collins jokes could be so funny...

A couple of choice quotes:

"Mr Darcy ha...more

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Nov 27, 2012 Christina rated it 1 of 5 stars

"Fifty Shades of Mr. Darcy" is described as "A titillating mash-up of an erotic bestseller and a romantic classic, peppered with puns." As an unabashed reader of anything Jane Austen or "Pride & Prejudice"... as well as a blushing, shameless fan of E. L. James' "Fifty Shades of Grey", I confess, my curiosity was piqued. How could it not? In a literary world of sequels, prequels and what ifs, it was but a foregone conclusion that someone would lampoon these two bestsellers together. Contrived...more "Fifty Shades of Mr. Darcy" is described as "A titillating mash-up of an erotic bestseller and a romantic classic, peppered with puns." As an unabashed reader of anything Jane Austen or "Pride & Prejudice"... as well as a blushing, shameless fan of E. L. James' "Fifty Shades of Grey", I confess, my curiosity was piqued. How could it not? In a literary world of sequels, prequels and what ifs, it was but a foregone conclusion that someone would lampoon these two bestsellers together. Contrived by a writer with a silly nom de plume, William Codpiece Thwackery, how could this be anything but a hoot? (Warning: Spoilers.)

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good riding crop must be in want of a pair of bare buttocks to thrash." Eh-hem. And that is how we find Elizabeth Bennet, tied to Mr. Darcy's bedposts, flashing back to how she came to such a moment... Mrs. Bennet, now on her 4th husband, Billy Bob Bennett--she previously "bonked" to death his predecessors (Thwackery's word choice, not mine) announces to her family, "I have heard that both men are considerably well endowed. Both have huge packages..." Unlike Austen's irrepressible Elizabeth who possesses a dry wit, enjoys spotting a fool, and refuses to be taken lightly, this Elizabeth is not even offended by Mr. Darcy's initial slight; she does at least resist her mother's pleas to don a leather mini-dress. "If Mr. Darcy considers himself above our station, I can understand it. After all, our stepfather has but two thousand pounds a year, and Mr. Darcy is a man of vast wealth, and well known for his charitable works." One of which is his support of unwed mothers in a business venture called Hooters. It was immediately apparent that this course, vulgar farce was simply going for shock value. And the mixing of modern with Regency made utterly no sense. But I soldiered on.

In addition to the burlesque plunder of Austen's beloved Darcy & Elizabeth and Bennet family, a train wreck of meanly written characters are hijacked from both novels. Elizabeth's Subconscious and "Inner Slapper" continually argue whether Mr. Darcy is in fact gay. Bingley's sisters have become Looseata and Carrotslime. Mr. Darcy's grand estate, Pemberley is now "Memberle y." Lady Catherine is a dominatrix over Mr. Darcy. Christian Grey's helicopter, Charlie Tango is now a hot-air balloon. Mr. Wickham has become Mr. Wackem who has a penchant for hiring maidens as his unpaid interns in his publishing company. And Mr. Collins is Phil Collins. Yes, that Phil Collins who used to be in Genesis.

Unlike the kinky, sexual prowess of Christian Grey, this Darcy flogs Elizabeth with no more than a toothbrush and an unfolded newspaper, leaving her wondering what all the bondage hype was about. (Me too, girlfriend. Me, too.) Elizabeth often broke the third wall expressing such nonsense as, "... I must beg your forgiveness. It is somewhat confusing being in a mash-up of two very different novels." I might inquire why, with so evident a design of offending and insulting, Thwackery chose to self-deprecate? For me, his humour fell short. "She could feel his grey eyes burning into her, like red-hot pokers stirring her desire. The more they poked, the higher her flames of longing rose, until the metaphor exploded in a burst of sparks and badly written prose."

" `I have many vices,' Mr. Darcy said huskily. `My libido, for one, I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding.' `That is a failing indeed!' cried Elizabeth. `Implacable lust is a shade in a character.' `I have many shades, Miss Bennet,' said Mr. Darcy. `About fifty, last time I counted.'" I suppose the occasional mash-up of Austen and James' famous lines were droll enough, however, it turns out that like Elizabeth, I was misled. " `You encouraged me to believe that "fifty shades" referred to your complex, multi-layered personality. Not... not this.' Fifty lampshades? It was just a bad joke." Yep, he was hiding a room full of lampshades. Badly done. Badly done joke indeed.

I'm all for diverting, quick-witted satire but indubitably buffoonery is in the eye of the beholder. I found myself questioning my own sense of humour, that maybe my funny bone wasn't evolved enough to catch the satirical tone. Despite the execution of purple prose mimicking E.L. James' generous and often redundant adjectives, as well as the plethora of puns on characters, places and sex acts, "Fifty Shades of Mr. Darcy" seems simply an over long collection of random absurdities and lewd wise cracks. In reviewing this, I was most diligent in my search to be able to use Christian Grey's line of, "Good point, well made." I was about to remark on the eye catching cover... but then it was pointed out to me that the boots aren't even Hessians but army field boots from the late Victorian age. (Later Darcy's boots are described as Cuban heeled riding boots. What? Me too. I was befuddled at every turn.) Shame on William Codpiece Thwackery's attempt to profit by slovenly satirizing Jane Austen's timeless classic, "Pride and Prejudice" and E.L. James' uber pop-culture phenom, "Fifty Shades of Grey" series and then hiding behind a pasquinade nom de plume. He deserves at least 20 lashes with a wet noodle.

And what about Austen's happily ever after? Well, yes. Lizzy does end up with the billionaire (why she would ever want this one, still is beyond me) but I will NEVAH be able to get back the 3 ½ hours of my life spent slogging through this obscenely boorish excuse for a parody... or the time spent crafting my thoughtful review. I can only imagine a jocular bunch sitting around drinking and throwing out nonsense as someone typed it -- you really need to be fall down, sloppy drunk to find any humour! Real writers will be offended by Thwackery's cheek. And readers will be angry for buying it. The "P&P and Zombies" books were far superior. My apologies for the spoilers, but hopefully the spoilers will be all you ever subject yourself to reading. (I got my advanced copy electronically via Net Galley.)(less)

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Nov 02, 2012 Carey Sabala rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Let me just preface this review with this tidbit, honestly this book couldn't have come to me at a better time. I have been bogged down with reviewing very heavy PNR and HR books that have little to no humor in them and sometimes take themselves way too seriously. When I was given the chance to review this ARC, I jumped at it or should I say...... on it.....muahhhahahahah. I knew this would definitely be a fun read (I mean just read the blurb and try to do it without smiling, LOL). Also let me t...more Let me just preface this review with this tidbit, honestly this book couldn't have come to me at a better time. I have been bogged down with reviewing very heavy PNR and HR books that have little to no humor in them and sometimes take themselves way too seriously. When I was given the chance to review this ARC, I jumped at it or should I say...... on it.....muahhhahahahah. I knew this would definitely be a fun read (I mean just read the blurb and try to do it without smiling, LOL). Also let me tell you, when I can get hubby to read to me in bed, a definite miracle has occurred and it wasn't just a few pages either. He definitely enjoyed reading the book and I laughed my butt off the whole night.
If you're not familiar with Pride and Prejudice or Fifty Shades of Grey, you probably won't appreciate this book as much as others who are will. It definitely blends the two worlds and doesn't apologize for not being accurate to the dateline at all. As an example, there's a character who's telling his supposedly sad past about an incident with Darcy and a teddy bear when Lizzy interrupts the dialog and says "Forgive me, Mr Whackem, for interrupting your account, but I believe teddies have yet to be invented" (his reply) "It is a deliberate anachronism Miss Bennet" said he, "Probably due to laziness on the part of the author. May we just gloss over it?". The author definitely loves poking fun at not only the very bad writing in Fifty Shades but also pokes fun at the pompousness of the classic historical romance as well. One thing that did keep going through my head though while reading FSOMD was "this would make a great Wayans movie". Basically it boils down to this, it's a parody on two opposite ends of the romance spectrum. It blends Fifty Shades, which is deemed "Mommy Porn", so come on, you know it's going to be heavy into the sex, BDSM and talking tons about naught bits, LOL. And it blends Pride and Prejudice which is a heavy historical romance which is all innocent pompous hearts and flowers. Like I said, it doesn't apologize for the smashing of the two genres and more likely rolls around in it like a pig in sh*t. If you want to read something that's raunchy and fun, I definitely suggest giving this book a try. I think you'll really enjoy it but again, take it for what it is, which is a total parody meant to make you laugh with the outrageousness of it.(less)

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Oct 27, 2012 Lorca Damon rated it 3 of 5 stars

Most of us love a good parody as much as the next person, but when the parody is making fun of two mainstays of popular reading at the same time the result is just fictional gold. Fifty Shade of Mr. Darcy (Pocket Star) manages to take on the recent widely popular erotica title and the work of Jane Austen in one tongue-in-cheek swoop.

Unfortunately, parodies still have to bring something original to the page, and both Fifty Shades and Pride & Prejudice have been taken on in so many different w...more

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Oct 18, 2012 Louise Culmer rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is an amusing parody of Pride and Prejudice and Fifty Shades of Gray. Like most parodies, a little goes a long way, but there are some very entertaining passages. I particularly liked this bit:

"From the very beginning, from the first moment, I may almost say, of my acquaintance with you, your manners impressed me with the fullest belief of your sex mania, your arrogance, and your verging-on-stalkerish behaviour. I have recognised you as an overgrown public schoolboy with a penis fixation. W...more This is an amusing parody of Pride and Prejudice and Fifty Shades of Gray. Like most parodies, a little goes a long way, but there are some very entertaining passages. I particularly liked this bit:

"From the very beginning, from the first moment, I may almost say, of my acquaintance with you, your manners impressed me with the fullest belief of your sex mania, your arrogance, and your verging-on-stalkerish behaviour. I have recognised you as an overgrown public schoolboy with a penis fixation. What is more, your constant exhortations to "ooh, give it to me, baby" belong in a bad amateur porn film rather than a romantic novel. In short, Mr Darcy, your character needs more weight.'
Mr Darcy's mouth set in a grim line. 'I must take issue with you, Miss Bennet,' he remarked coldly. 'I am, as you know, unbelievably hot, which makes most of my character flaws forgivable. If a balding, paunchy, middle-ages guy with bad shoes kept turning up when you least expected it, it would be creepy; when I do it, it is both ardent and deeply flattering.'
'You, sir, are a badly drawn, one-dimensional figure!' Elizabeth countered. 'Fifty shades? More like two; "gaggin for sex" and "in a bad mood."
Anger made her voluble as she continued: "Who - who - I ask you, at twenty-seven, controls a multimillion global company just by occasionally picking up the phone and saying "Talk to Peters" and "Get it there by Tuesday." What do you actually do anyway? Furthermore, what heterosexual man even has tracks by Nelly Furtado on his iPod, let alone considers them a suitably erotic soundtrack for an S&M sex session?'
'Miss Bennet' Mr Darcy remarked coldly, 'I do believe you are discussing the wrong book.'
Elizabeth checked herself. 'You are correct, mr Darcy,' she replied gravely. 'On that point I must beg your forgiveness. It is somewhat confusing being in a mash-up of two very different novels.'

And this one, occuring when elizabeth and Mr Darcy are ou ton the river listening to Mozart:

Elizabeth listened to the music in silence for some time, staring out over the sun-dappled water.
'I must ask, also, Mr Darcy' she said eventually 'Is this scene in Miss Austen's book?'
'No, it's in the other one.' siad mr Darcy with a wry smile. 'It's purpose, I believe, is to further reveal what a capable, suave, all-knowing alpha male I am, and cast light upon your own helplessness and general ignorance about everything from sex to classical music.'

Some of the characters from pride and prejudice appear in startling form - lady Catherine de Burgh as a leather-clad dominatrix for instance, and Mr Whickham as a published who wants - oh horror! - to entice Lydia into working for him as an editorial secretary.

Some of it is merely vulgar rather than funny, but it is worth reading for some genuinely amusing passages.(less)

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Nov 04, 2012 Catherine Darcy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit, jane-austen-adaptions

When I spotted this in WHSmiths my first thought was how on earth was it going to work on Pride and Prejudice. I have to say I was completely shocked with what I was reading when I started. I didn't know whether to be horrified or to laugh, but the more I read I just could not stop laughing to the point where I had tears running down my cheeks constantly.

I am still, a day later, shocked. I don't even know where to start. But I suppose it would make sense to start with how the author changed the...more

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Nov 05, 2012 ♥ Amanda rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: netgalley, reviewed-books

I received a copy of Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher.

Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy is of course a parody of the erotic Fifty Shades of Grey, and Pride and Pejudice. Lots of puns and sexual innuendos, this book did garner a few laughs out of me, and the first one was from the authors name alone. I mean, I love P&P, and Fifty Shades, so what better than a mash up of the two? And adding comedy can only make thing better, right? So after a few pages in, I started to t...more

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Apr 22, 2013 Jhed Parico rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, classics, i-doubt-this-is-good, ebook, erotica, i-own-a-copy, parody, multi-pov, ugh, i-think-this-is-horrible, william-codpiece-thwackery, mature-content

E. L. James's Fifty Shades Trilogy has become a very large trend since it was released physically and long before just a fan fiction posted on the Internet. It somehow piqued the interest of some erotic/BDSM authors, and thus became crowd-pleasing.

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good riding crop must be in want of a pair of bare buttocks to thrash.”

I have every intention on reading this book since I first saw it in a local bookstore in our place.

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Oct 13, 2012 Ebony Taylor rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: birthday-games

If you love P&P and hate FSoG (or are repelled at the thought of reading it, or even just find it all a bit ridiculous), you will love this. It pokes fun at FSoG, mixing the two plots together, pointing out the laziness of the author of FSoG in regards to spelling, grammar, imagination. The S&M scenes of FSoG are pretty dull and just weird most of the time In one S&M scene in FSoMD, Darcy is spanking Elizabeth with a toothbrush, a pencil and then a parsnip and Elizabeth is a bit unde...more

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Jan 13, 2013 Marybeth (Manhattan Reader) rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebook, arc

Awkward. This was very awkward on so many levels. I know that as a parody it was supposed to be awkward, but what makes this even more awkward is that this book has a higher rating than Fifty Shades. I have no idea how that happened; maybe because the story was so funny in that it was so ridiculous.

This was actually the first parody that I have read, which is why I found it so enjoyable. I don't know how the fans of Mr. Darcy would feel about their lover getting tormented in such a way, but some...more

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Dec 09, 2012 Tally rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: parody

This is one of the funniest parodies I've ever read. While raunchy and vulgar at times (and given its subject matter, there seems to be no escape from it, really), it is a brilliant mashup between Pride and Prejudice and the Fifty Shades trilogy, one which is witty, hilarious and completely self conscious. I was actually quite surprised how often those two completely different narratives could be set parallel to one another in terms of the plot. They were overlapping in a manner that actually ma...more

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Nov 06, 2012 Cynthia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads, with-a-twist, fik-shuh-n

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good riding crop must be in want of a pair of bare buttocks to thrash.” – That is the first sentence in the book.

I laughed. Pretty hard. Also, at some points I just cried a little bit inside (for the future of good literature).
Admittedly I have not read Fifty Shades of Grey (nor do I ever plan on it) but I think I've been exposed to enough of it that I could enjoy a parody especially when it's mixed with one of my favo...more

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Jan 02, 2013 Helen rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013

I was given this as a present for Christmas by family members who seem to think they're funny, and I can honestly say that it was truly and completely awful. For one, it seemed to try to take the mick out of the 'Fifty Shades' series which I am perfectly happy with because that is a poorly written series which I loathe anyway, but in doing so it just seemed to insult Pride and Prejudice in the same theme.

As a vivid fan of Jane Austen's works I can say that I have been truly insulted by this work...more

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Jan 15, 2013 Jane rated it 4 of 5 stars

How can I NOT read a book by William Codpiece Thwackery? Hilarious but now I want to read Northwanger Abbey and Mansfield Pork. Alas, it is not to be.

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May 14, 2013 Alice rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: If you liked P&P and Zombies

Recommended to Alice by: birthday present from my housemates :)

Laugh out loud funny. Just the right amount of witty observation about 19th century novels and modern day dirty paper backs. 'Thwackery' gauges the tone of his inner monologue intersections just right with a balance of traditional and modern dialogue. Sometimes the jokes are a little childish, as observed by the characters, but it was all in good fun and knowingly done. Characterisation was, obviously, very out of character, but humorously so and 'Thwackery' made good use of all the major charac...more

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Nov 14, 2012 Brandee Price rated it 3 of 5 stars

I picked this book for a bit of frivolity. As a fan of both Fifty Shades and Pride & Prejudice, I thought this might fit the bill. It was a novel idea and the author did a nice job of melding the two novels together. It was interesting to see both Elizabeth’s and Mr. Darcy’s thoughts as viewed through the minds of Ana and Christian. It was fun to see the author poke fun at Fifty Shades’ use of “literary devices” and readers’ restlessness over the slow plodding of the plot. I also appreciated...more

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Nov 04, 2012 Alanna Mooney rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: parody, books-2012, jane-austen-spin-offs

I came across the existence of Fifty Shades Of Mr Darcy by William Codpiece Thwackery on Goodreads and I confess I was more than a little excited by the prospect of a slightly more risque version of Pride and Prejudice. The title makes it very clear that this book is a parody, so I knew it was going to be nothing serious, but I was still looking forward to reading it; so much so that the book that I had already started was immediately put on hold for this.

The title kind of gives away the plot a...more I came across the existence of Fifty Shades Of Mr Darcy by William Codpiece Thwackery on Goodreads and I confess I was more than a little excited by the prospect of a slightly more risque version of Pride and Prejudice. The title makes it very clear that this book is a parody, so I knew it was going to be nothing serious, but I was still looking forward to reading it; so much so that the book that I had already started was immediately put on hold for this.

The title kind of gives away the plot a little – it’s Fifty Shades Of Grey with Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet as the main protagonists and a far less serious tone. In this version of the story, when Darcy comes to visit Elizabeth at the Hunsford Parsonage (where she is staying with her cousin Mr Collins and his wife – her best friend – Charlotte) it is not to propose marriage, as in the original story, but to propose that she become his sex slave. He brings a contract with him rather than a ring, and is desperate for Elizabeth to consent so that he can have his wicked way with her. When she eventually agrees to the terms of the contract (in the hope that she can save his soul, introduce him to a quieter way of living and eventually get him to fall in love with her and want to marry her), we get a look at the dark, secret side of Pemberley – one where rooms are dedicated to sexual debauchery and perverse torture.

Almost every character in the novel seems to be obsessed with sex; Mrs Bennet is disappointed that her five daughters are virgins and is more concerned with them having sex than them getting married and Lady Catherine de Burgh is a dominatrix who walks around in red leather at all times and takes great pleasure in sexually torturing guests in her home. The exceptions to the rule are Mr Bennet and Whackem (Wickham), who is obsessed with seducing girls in to the world of literary employment rather than into the bedroom.

I enjoyed the comical take on the characters and found the book generally quite funny to read. This was only enhanced by the puns and wordplay used to introduce Mr Phil Collins (who not so subtly dropped random song lyrics and album titles into the plotline at frequent intervals) and the late Lord Chris de Burgh, whose widowed wife, LADY Catherine de Burgh always wears RED. The tone was always very playful, with the sexual elements of the story also learning towards the comical rather than the sexual.

The one thing that most let this novel down in my eyes was the way the author attempted to interact with the reader. The narrative was often directed directly aimed at the reader, with mention of out of place items such as iPods and teddy bears, and frequent reference by the characters in the story as to how the author was getting confused in their attempt to mash two books together. I didn’t enjoy this part of the novel, as it made the novel feel vastly unreadable. I enjoy the comical, but this was over the top and irritating at times.

I managed to read this book in one evening, and it was a pleasant read for the most part with enough interesting content for me not to feel bored. However, I’m not sure I’d recommend the book to anyone if they asked me what I thought and I probably won’t be reading anything similar any time soon. It was an experience for sure, but I’m not sure it’s one I’d want to repeat.(less)

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Oct 29, 2012 GONZA rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

At the beginning I was really like:"..what is this shit?" Then, slowly the book became very very funny, specially if you've read both "Pride&Prejudice" and "50 shades", the irony was sometimes crass but in the end I couldn't stop laughing.

All'inizio mi sono veramente chiesta chi me l'aveva fatto fare, poi, piano piano, il libro diventa divertente, specialmente per chi ha letto "Orgoglio e pregiudizio" e "50 sfumature" in tutte le sue variazioni, caustico e a volte eccessivo sicuramente, ma a...more

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Mar 21, 2013 Kat rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: austen-inspired, review, erotic, read-2013

My review cross-posted from Wit and Sin: http://witandsin.blogspot.com/2013/03...

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets the grey-eyed Fitzwilliam Darcy, she has no knowledge of the kinky world he will soon draw her into. A world where the rules of society are thrown to the wind and leather hotpants-wearing billionaires wield vegetables as floggers with varying degrees of success. Yet even as she falls deeper under Mr. Darcy’s spell, Lizzy wonders if she can reach the man beneath the sex-addict exteri...more

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Jan 21, 2013 Shelley rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chicklitromance, historical

Oh, my God. I can't exactly believe I read this? I cannot in good conscience recommend this to anyone, but I laughed so hard. It's ridiculous, and only sometimes in the good way. Like, Mr Collins is Phil Collins. The singer. Lydia's shocking downfall is that Wickham seduced her into taking an editorial job - that was actually (gasp) an unpaid internship! I never read 50 Shades of Grey, so I'm really guessing as to what elements came from that, but it really was bizarrely hilarious. But so so bad...more

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Jan 28, 2013 Carrie Morales rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: why-would-someone-write-this-cr-p, please-don-t-read

I wish there was a "-four stars" to rate this piece of cr*p! Absolutely disgusting. This novel only copies the major scenes of Fifthy Shades of Grey exchanging the names Ana and Christian for Elizabeth and Darcy. Also, it does not pay attention to the fact that nipple clamps weren´t avaliable in the XIX Century... Not to mention the "sexy" lines such as "You are mine to punish and humble you, Elizabeth". I am sorry, but it takes much more to be called a "parody". Or a "novel".

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Dec 25, 2012 Chryssa rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone who likes parodies!

Shelves: eb-i-o, billionaire-and-playboy, hero-is-vain, the-austen-world, so-funny, are-you-kidding-me, wild-boys-never-lose-it, bdsm, food-lovers, hero-or-heroine-with-serious-issues, heroes-possessive-sexy-controlling, heroine-clumsy, heroine-is-a-virgin, mind-games, mixed-feelings-about-it, read-in-2012, romance-historical, romance-regency, several-shades-of-kinky, sex-slave, wanna-be-50shades-book, you-re-mine, you-ve-got-mail-message-or-letter

Should I start laughing? Should I start pulling my hair? Should I start crying for my wasted time? WTF, SERIOUSLY? (my apologies to the Gods of Inspiration and Writing and to all patrons of authors, as I don't like condemning any kind of books!)

This book should have been titled "50 Shades of F*cked up Books"!!!
3 stars for the idea of blending two of my favourite books! But in the effort to make the reader laugh - oh, yes, I did laugh! many times at my expense for choosing this book!- the author...more

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Oct 30, 2012 Lauren rated it 2 of 5 stars

Note: I received this book from Netgalley

There was some hilarious parts running throughout the whole thing and it was an inventive use of characterization. I found the book hard to get through and I wanted to skip over parts, it just did not keep my interest. It was an enjoyable one time read but not one that I will be repeating.

Also on http://lrjohnson13.blogspot.com/2012/...

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May 12, 2013 Taya rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, read-in-2013, parody

The excessive vulgarity of this put me off from the start, but it was well enough written that I persisted. It has consistency and reasonable writing skill going for it, so I can see how fans of the parody style would enjoy it. There's humour, innuendo, and a nice blending of the two stories.
I winced my way through it, but I'd still rather read this than Fifty Shades of Gray.

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Dec 26, 2012 Jo rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: austen-mania, erotica, historical-fiction, lets-talk-about, humour

I could probably point out many faults with this book but I'm stuck in bed really sick over Christmas and I've found something to cheer me up. It gets 4 stars alone for having Elizabeth Bennet use the words 'kinky fuckery'!! As the title suggests, it's a parody of the unfathomably popular Fifty Shades books. It's merciless in its mockery of the trite pushed out by E.L. James yet appears loving towards the original Austen characters, even going so far as to suggest that women have taken a step ba...more

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Oct 24, 2012 Elletee rated it 3 of 5 stars

It took me a while to get into this. For the first 2/3rd I found it a bit ho-hum with occasional paragraphs that made me smirk (Mr Collins - LOL). But then either the book really got warmed up or my mind finally clicked into it, and I found the last 1/3rd so ridiculous that it was thoroughly enjoyable. This book does provide the answers as to what "Fifty Shades" is really all about. LOL.

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