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Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
by E.L. James (Goodreads Author)
Manny's review
bookshelves: to-read, blame-jordan-if-you-like, the-goodreads-experience, mentions-twilight, if-research-were-romance
Apr 22, 12
bookshelves: to-read, blame-jordan-if-you-like, the-goodreads-experience, mentions-twilight, if-research-were-romance
Bad Book Is Like Other Bad Book Shock
At a standing-room-only press conference earlier today, top researchers from the world famous Goodreads Center for Bodice-Ripping, Bondage and Twilight Studies revealed that a bad book was quite a lot like another bad book.
"When I saw the final results of the data analysis, a cold shiver went down my spine," said the Center's director. "The chain of inference is long, and at first we weren't sure all the steps were watertight, but now we're confident enough to go public. Expressing it in layman's language, what we have here is basically that this bad book is similar to another bad book, which in turn closely resembles a third bad book. The implications are literally mind-blowing and we're still trying to understand them. Thank you."
In other news, E.L. James was briefly hospitalized after a pile of gold coins collapsed, partially burying her for several minutes. She suffered "minor contusions and abrasions" but was able to return home to her money-cave following a medical examination.
This review is in my book If Research Were Romance and Other Implausible Conjectures
At a standing-room-only press conference earlier today, top researchers from the world famous Goodreads Center for Bodice-Ripping, Bondage and Twilight Studies revealed that a bad book was quite a lot like another bad book.
"When I saw the final results of the data analysis, a cold shiver went down my spine," said the Center's director. "The chain of inference is long, and at first we weren't sure all the steps were watertight, but now we're confident enough to go public. Expressing it in layman's language, what we have here is basically that this bad book is similar to another bad book, which in turn closely resembles a third bad book. The implications are literally mind-blowing and we're still trying to understand them. Thank you."
In other news, E.L. James was briefly hospitalized after a pile of gold coins collapsed, partially burying her for several minutes. She suffered "minor contusions and abrasions" but was able to return home to her money-cave following a medical examination.
This review is in my book If Research Were Romance and Other Implausible Conjectures
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In other news, E.L. James was briefly hospitalized after a pile of gold coins collapsed, partially burying her for several minutes.Heh.
Also did you see this? http://dearauthor.com/features/indust... http://dearauthor.com/features/beyond...You can read the original fanfic HERE http://www.wattpad.com/1114636-master.... It was by "Snowqueens Icedragon." No, really. Really.
Good heavens, those researchers at the Center for Bodice-Ripping, Bondage and Twilight Studies are diligent!
I forgot about the premise, but is this the book with highly competitive bidding for the movie adaptation? Wherein a certain someone actually went out of the bidding to take a call from Obama? O.o
I hadn't heard about the call from Obama. I wouldn't expect him to be into Twilight fan-fics, but most likely it was for his daughters. You have to admit it'd be a great birthday present.
only have to look at my avi to see it's unlikely I'd agree with your take on this book...it's a GOOD book!!
Jane, my opinion of this book is based on pure, unadulterated prejudice and hearsay, and I'm proud of it. I have not even sullied my hands by picking up a copy, let alone opening one.
LMAO I finally sullied my hands with the 'printed' version today for fear my kindle might one day break and leave me without my '50' fix..........I can clearly see how some men could feel the need to call this a 'bad' book, after all they are bound to be intimidated by Christian and his charisma!!!
Hmm... if you look at my reviews, you'll see that I quite liked Histoire d'O but was less keen on Twilight, and this sounds like a cross between them. What is the mix, roughly speaking?
(I do follow your reviews they make me smile ...often!) mmmmmm let me see, well Twilight is about a sparkly Vampire.......I hate vampire books by the way, but Twilight was NOT really about the vampires it was about the love and the protection and the romance ahh *swoon*.....Sorry where was I? Oh yeah 50, now 50 is all about the control and the romance and insecurities and he is like he admits 'fifty shades of fucked up' now women just love a man who is vulnerable and Christian is exactly that....and of course he is sexy as hell too.......there is no comparison between the books....yes it started as MOTU in fan-fic but the only thing the characters shared were names, there is no vampires or werewolves in this book there is no fighting or action and contrary to what 'non' readers of the book say, there is not much sex in it either!!
Christine wrote: "Found the news bit!http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news..."
.....dear God, I wish the press would quit saying "mommy porn." It brings so many horrible images to mind. (Also, gasp, MOTHERS may read PORN! HEAVENS!!! //eyerolls forever)
Jane wrote: "(I do follow your reviews they make me smile ...often!) mmmmmm let me see, well Twilight is about a sparkly Vampire.......I hate vampire books by the way, but Twilight was NOT really about the vamp..."Jane, your honeyed words have convinced me to change my mind. Next time I see a copy of 50 Shades in a bookshop, I promise I will pick it up and leaf through it. But I'm still washing my hands afterwards.
Manny wrote: "Jane, your honeyed words have convinced me to change my mind. Next time I see a copy of 50 Shades in a bookshop, I promise I will pick it up and leaf through it. But I'm still washing my hands afterwards. "LOL
Well I really really really hope you do more than leaf through it and actually read it because I would love to read your review....I think you need to just so you know what the hype is all about!!! ...... I will personally send you some anti-bac soap as a thank you!!!!
OMG I Sooooo wish I was I'd be in LA right now instead of rainy England and I'd be making a bunch of money...... And clearly I wouldn't have time to be sat on Goodreads on a Friday night because I'd be out painting the town red with a Christian look-a-like on my arm!!!
But Jane, how do we know you aren't typing this on your PA's latest-model iPad in the private section of an expensive LA restaurant, while your Christian lookalike indulgently strokes your newly coiffed hair and occasionally tries to distract you in various charming ways?Though I must say that, if you are, I'm flattered. Thank you!
Jane wrote: "(I do follow your reviews they make me smile ...often!) mmmmmm let me see, well Twilight is about a sparkly Vampire.......I hate vampire books by the way, but Twilight was NOT really about the vamp..."we all know about those books with NOT MUCH SEX
Manny wrote: "But Jane, how do we know you aren't typing this on your PA's latest-model iPad in the private section of an expensive LA restaurant, while your Christian lookalike indulgently strokes your newly co..."haha I'm really not, but hey if you buy and review my book I'll sign it for you in A/B hand gel!
Tuck wrote: "Jane wrote: "(I do follow your reviews they make me smile ...often!) mmmmmm let me see, well Twilight is about a sparkly Vampire.......I hate vampire books by the way, but Twilight was NOT really a..."it really hasn't got 'much' sex you should read it too Tuck!!!
hah, no amount of soap would induce me. i like my trinie dalton romance better http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Jane wrote: "haha I'm really not, but hey if you buy and review my book I'll sign it for you in A/B hand gel!......it really hasn't got 'much' sex you should read it too Tuck!!!
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Ha, am I alone in thinking the lady protesteth first too much, but later perhaps not enough?
May I have my sig in purple, please Snowqueen?
..and how did you know that the British ELJ is in LA at the moment?
Actually, you could be SQ's sister, or cousin, or best friend... the possibilities are endless.
'Oh my'...What can I say? It could be that I am in fact the Ice-Dragons cousin 'FlameQueen-FireDragon but I wouldn't want to be accused of name dropping......... Alternatively I could just be some crazed stalker ELJ fan...... Then again I could just as easily be me, a reader who subscribes to Fifty's Blog and on occasion reads the news!!!'Laters' over and out Charlie Tango
I don't know who Jane is, but I'm positive she's not real.I'd really love to see you actually read this book, Manny. In fact, I double-dog dare you.
David wrote: "I don't know who Jane is, but I'm positive she's not real.I'd really love to see you actually read this book, Manny. In fact, I double-dog dare you."
I am real look there's a pic of me.........I'm a 'mug' lmao
Traveller wrote: "Is that your mug shot, Flamequeen? :P"Hahaha I've gone from being me to a dragon to a nobody to a criminal all in the space of one post......... and STILL Manny hasn't read the book!!!!
I think you should download it now Manny and read it.....surely I have gone through enough now to convince you it's worth the read!!!!.......(I hope Miss James appreciates the sacrifice I have made to convert the skeptics!!!)
Okay, okay!I promise I'll read it directly after The Hunger Games - my review of that book lists the current state of my queue, if anyone wants the details. I'm afraid I do have a few other books to get to first...
Nooooooooooo don't do that to me it's as good as still saying no you won't read it :(.........It's better than the Hunger Games can't you bump it up to at least above 'Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time?'.........Though it is really worthy of being read before 'Harold McGee, On Food and Cooking' too lmao
Don't despair, Jane! If you look a little more closely at my shelves, you'll see that I've already made substantial inroads into McGee and Quigley and that I've finished many long books...
You could always just pretend you read it, Manny.. XD Heheheheh. Just kidding.Hope it's less painful for you than HG was for me. Afterwards I felt full of hate towards Collins for having put me through that torture..
He can't do that I will test him with questions I know can only be answered by someone who has read the book!!!
HEHEHE Oh Manny! It's sooo BAD. That's why for some unknown reason I read the whole trilogy !! Think it was the same problem why you and I read all of the Twilight books. It's just so bad you can't believe its happening. Anyone else think she stole HUGE parts from "The Story of O"? Just saying
Now reading some of the other comments "Story of O" was awesome and well French!! She doesn't even use BAD and DIRRTY words in these books. Fucking lame.See what I did there? ; P
"Story of O" is an older French erotica books that is pretty infamous in the Erotica world. I also had to read it in one of my English classes. HAHAHA!http://www.amazon.com/Story-O-Pauline...
I'M SORRY but this book is soooo Twilight. To a point where I'm REALLY embarrassed for the author. Look at where it's located. Look at how the characters are described. Just replace the word Vampire for Sex and you'd be good to go. There are quite a lot of articles about how similar "Twilight" and "50" are. It's so bizarre. Also it's not even good erotica! I was most displeased with that.
Lameness
I cannot disagree more on the similarities between the two stories. Had it not been known first as 'TwitFanFic' no-one would think to compare the two. I can't comment on the story line being similar to that of 'The story of 'O' as I have not read it. I have however read a number of books that have obviously taken ideas from twilight from the sparkles to the mind reading and that does disappoint me.When this book was first published I felt sorry for E.L.James, for the way so many people jumped on the 'ooo it's fan fiction' band wagon, but now not so much. People have decided to see for themselves and anyone with an open mind who can take the book for what 'it is' not what 'it started out as'will either love the story or hate it. Me? well I love the story! As do a lot of others otherwise it wouldn't be so popular!
I read for pleasure, as an escape, just to relieve the pressures of a busy life. This book gave me somewhere to go, somewhere I didn't have to think about reality, so it's a good book.
When the day comes that I read a book only to see it's downfalls and comparisons to other stories I will stop reading because what will be the point?
Hey Jordan, have you read any Anais Nin books? Those are the purely erotics books I've read. Then mix genre (?) would be Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty. Need to crack open that Story of O copy now. Fifty Shades of Grey is such an intriguing title though...
Christine wrote: "Hey Jordan, have you read any Anais Nin books? Those are the purely erotics books I've read. Then mix genre (?) would be Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty. Need to crack open that Story of O copy now. Fi..."I have the sleeping beauty trilogy but haven't read them yet .... are they any good?
