Fifty Shades of Grey
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dont like it ..dont read it
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I totally agree!! Lol!!
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Sara wrote: "50 Shades is a Harlequin style erotica novel, and for its genre, it's definitely good; Unique, fast paced, and the sex scenes are sweltering. It's also fan-fic, for goodness sakes! I think people..."Funny that you mention, I LOVE Virginia Andrews and have read ALL her books......they are NOTHING like this crap though!!! pmsl
I do understand what you're saying, but using Virginia Andrews as a (somewhat) comparison is pure insanity!!!
I disliked 50 Shades Of Grey.....but the 2nd & 3rd book wasn't too bad, as they had an actual promise of a story!
Kris wrote: "B3cs wrote: " I think we can agree that Wuthering Heights must be revisted....I loved it too! "
I have just downloaded the audiobook. I'm going to listen to it this time around. :)
Christine wrote: "Kris wrote: One of the things that I found fascinating about 50 Shades is the number of gothic romance novels that were referenced. The heroine writes her thesis on Tess of the D'Urburveilles. And is reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. She also mentions Jane Eyre several times. Here I must confess my ignorance because I have not read any Thomas Hardy - he has been on my to-be-read list for awhile but I just haven't got around to him yet.
But Rebecca is also one of my favourite books and was actually the book I was named for according to my parents (I like to hope it was because they liked the name and not the personality- Lol!) But again, Mr de Winter is not a very likeable character. He is not a heartthrob for me, but he is interesting and mysterious, but not sexy or alluring in my opinion. I want to slap him every time he treats his wife like a child, or blows up at her - what a jerk! Haha!
But I am a sucker for Gothic romances and intrigues, I really must put Thomas Hardy onto my shortlist!
Tina J wrote: "I had no interest in reading them at all.....but then EVERYONE would not stop talking about them. I completely felt out of the loop. So I thought I'd give them a go!I still don't understand what ..."
why did you read the next two if you didn't like the first? i read the first one, then I was done. I am not a big basher, good for her for making a hit of the trilogy, but it was so badly written I chose not to waste any more time on it.
Sara wrote: "50 Shades is a Harlequin style erotica novel, and for its genre, it's definitely good; Unique, fast paced, and the sex scenes are sweltering. It's also fan-fic, for goodness sakes! I think people..."I agree I don't think it is fair to compare the books to fine lit, I said so myself in an earlier comment. But I do find it interesting to compare males in fiction who find redemption with the reader and why we forgive them.
I would like to be able to finish the series, I really do not like putting down a book unfinished. I got about half way through book 2 and couldn't do any more. It really is the writing style that is the main turn off for me, I find it ultra annoying and I can't get passed it.
Oh, and I like VC Andrews too, atleast I liked the earlier novels, Ive given up on the newer series.
agreed. and It annoys me that there are those that call it stupid writing or say harsh critics about the book but then turns around and say they are reading the second book now, and all the while commenting on part of it too but hey they are still readiung. if it bothers you to read the book then why bother taking time out of your busy life to still read it. I just don't get it
Corafel wrote: "agreed. and It annoys me that there are those that call it stupid writing or say harsh critics about the book but then turns around and say they are reading the second book now, and all the while c..."Sometimes it's fun to read a really bad book. Sometimes something can be so bad that it is amusing. The movie "Plan 9 from outerspace" is considered one of the worst movies of all time, yet it has generated a cult following because of this. I like many B grade horrors for exactly that reason. It's a cynical outlook, but some movies have made lots of money for precisely that reason.
Susan wrote: "Tina J wrote: "I had no interest in reading them at all.....but then EVERYONE would not stop talking about them. I completely felt out of the loop. So I thought I'd give them a go!I still don't u..."
I think a good number of people that didn't care for 50 Shades felt the same way going in...zero interest in the genre and/or subject matter but were propelled by curiosity. I read all three books when they were offered in ebook format only - long before the frenzy began - because they fell in line with the type of books I enjoy. I rated each book 5 stars and went on with my life. I had no idea that every single aspect of 50 Shades was soon going to be subjected to such strict scrutiny! Too bad this book wasn't around when I had to do my thesis because there is a wealth of information to draw from!
B3cs wrote: "But I am a sucker for Gothic romances and intrigues, I really must put Thomas Hardy onto my shortlist!."
Hardy is great, but pretty depressing.
Mary wrote: Hardy is great, but pretty depressing."That's Ok! I'm alright with depressing. As long as he is not repetitive, he and I should get along quite well. Hahaha!
Thanks Mary! :D
Susan wrote: "Tina J wrote: "I had no interest in reading them at all.....but then EVERYONE would not stop talking about them. I completely felt out of the loop. So I thought I'd give them a go!I still don't u..."
I read the rest of the series to see if it got any better, and to try to understand why everyone loved it so much.....I still fail to see. But, having read them all, I actually have a proper opinion on the topic!
The sex content of the book doesn't really bother me. What bothers me more is that this is not a good book in terms of literature but because of all the hype it is a best seller. It doesn't deserve to be a best seller and this just proves how powerful social media and marketing can be.
I didn't love or hate the the first book honestly. Like so many of you began hearing about the trilogy and decided to read it. The story really didn't do anything for me. I found myself struggling to finish the first one so have never started the second. It's not the first bestseller I've read that I didn't care for and most likely won't be the last. For me the only time I enjoyed the main characters were the e-mails. I guess I would say for me it a mediocre read, but everyone has there own tastes.
Repetitiveness, poor grammatical construction, and poor dialog, equals boring. I think that it is all the hype that is selling the books, not the story or great writing. I only read the first one because I wanted to know what all the excitement was about. However, remember that this is giving us another topic to chat about.Maybe if you really want great dialog you need Shakespeare!
Autumn wrote: "Aliki wrote: "why people read fifty shades of grey ,when they know that is a sex book ,and after they make bad comments for it?i think that everybody want to read for sex but they dont want people ..."RIGHT ON!!!! LOVE YOU!! I don't believe Mrs. James ever claimed these books would one day be considered "Classic" literature. I am SO TIRED of hearing/reading how badly Fifty is written----ummmm...go back and look at the Twilight books. Geesh!
most hilarious and ridiculous book ever. boring sex. HORRID writing. complete waste of time.
Mary wrote: "B3cs wrote: "But I am a sucker for Gothic romances and intrigues, I really must put Thomas Hardy onto my shortlist!."
Hardy is great, but pretty depressing."
Aren't all the gothic/romantic literary novels depressing? I think the only one's that aren't are Rebecca and Jane Eyre.
Jane Austen's P&P, Emma, Persuasion are in some respects exceptions.
It's one of the problems I have with the literary romance novels...no happy ending. Richardson's Clarissa? Ugh. Although not really a romance. It's sort of an anti-boddice ripper (Richardson was upset with the boddice rippers of his day and decided to write a realistic account). Les Liasons Dangereux, similiar, but a whole lot more fun than Clarissa.
Tolstoy's Anna Karenia, DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterly's Lover, Flaubert's Madam Bovery, Doctor Zhivagho (sp?), Thackery's Vanity Fair, and Moll Flanders. Not to mention Forever Amber and Gone with the Wind. (I admittedly haven't read any of these, except for the Austen novels, Clarrisa, and Les Liasons, mostly because they are so depressing.)
Interestingly enough the novels written by the women in that list are a bit lighter or more positive. The male novels...tend to be a bit like Jeffrey Eugendis sad and somewhat satirical take on the literary romance genre - The Marriage Plot.
Christine wrote: "Mary wrote: "Aren't all the gothic/romantic literary novels depressing? I think the only one's that aren't are Rebecca and Jane Eyre.Jane Austen's P&P, Emma, Persuasion are in some respects exceptions.
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If you have not read Elizabeth Gaskell's "North and South" or Eliot's "Middlemarch," then here are two more with good endings (although Middlemarch is quite depressing in some places). I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE North and South! "Belinda" by Maria Edgeworth also has a good ending. Georgette Heyer is kind of an in-between author (some now consider her more "literary").
I do understand that most ARE depressing though. The one thing I hated about "Atonement" was the ending. I felt like the author had tricked me. I can handle depressing (if I am in the mood), but I felt cheated by that novel.
I recently re-read Tess of the D'Urbervilles in May and Rebecca a few months before that. Both have been lifelong favorites of mine. I would not even attempt to compare 50 Shades to either book, other than a vague comparison of character and/or plot. 50 Shades is not a work of literature, nor was it touted as such. However, I will say that at the times when both Tess and Rebecca were published, each was portrayed as controversial and overtly risqué for the time period, often banned in many literary circles.
I will add, that just because I don't think these books are comparable to works of literature, doesn't mean that I liked them any less. I found them very entertaining, and I stand by my initial rating. (which I might add is subjective!)
Faye wrote: "Repetitiveness, poor grammatical construction, and poor dialog, equals boring. I think that it is all the hype that is selling the books, not the story or great writing. I only read the first one b..."Totally Agree with you!
Grace wrote: "The sex content of the book doesn't really bother me. What bothers me more is that this is not a good book in terms of literature but because of all the hype it is a best seller. It doesn't deser..."Just because you didn't like the book doesn't mean it doesn't "deserve" to be a best-seller. It is what it is.
KarenH wrote: It is what it is"Exactly, that keeps bother me is without any reason the discussion goes on...and on...
It's only A BOOK...
Go on, read more books, you will find other maybe more interesting, maybe best seller, maybe better romance, maybe with better writing...
KEEP READING...
Lauren wrote: "most hilarious and ridiculous book ever. boring sex. HORRID writing. complete waste of time."Agree. Agree. Agree!
Biondatina wrote: "KarenH wrote: It is what it is"Exactly, that keeps bother me is without any reason the discussion goes on...and on...
It's only A BOOK...
Go on, read more books, you will find other maybe more..."
Isn't that kind of the point of a social network site? Also you don't actually have to participate in the discussion.
fivesunflowers wrote: "Lauren wrote: "most hilarious and ridiculous book ever. boring sex. HORRID writing. complete waste of time."Agree. Agree. Agree!"
Totally agree
Why do you have to keep on telling negative things regarding this book. It isn't exactly about sex thing, if you are a good reader you'll understand why is it like that.Stop hating..
Irene wrote: "Why do you have to keep on telling negative things regarding this book. It isn't exactly about sex thing, if you are a good reader you'll understand why is it like that.Stop hating.."No one is hating but everyone is entitled to their opinion. This is a social network site which means that people can post both positive and negative opinions. I consider myself a good reader and understood the book completely, I just didn't like it very much, which is my right.
Some people are curious and want to know what the hype is all about.I read it and didn't like it. What now? I also was fairly sure I wouldn't like it before I read it. I also read the first of the Twilight series and didn't like it. Double what now?
That said, I won't be going out of my way to bitch about the book and, in fact, I'll encourage people to read it, because I think Fifty Shades is worth reading, just for the laughs, if nothing else.
Stephanie wrote: "The people who hate Fifty Shades of Grey are OBSESSED with hating and bashing it. Almost as much, as we people who love the Trilogy are obsessed with loving it. When I detest a book, I don’t go aro..."I agree, that is such a joke. if you haven't read it and have a problem with it then don't read it and don't bother to comment on it. simple as that. I liked the books, they weren't the best books I have ever read and the sex was a little to excessive but I got out of them exactly what I went in expecting, end of story. Some people just feel a need to bash stuff just to jump on the bandwagon. smh
Tracey wrote: " if you haven't read it and have a problem with it then don't read it and don't bother to comment on it. simple as that. I liked the books, they weren't the best books I have ever read and the sex was a little to excessive but I got out of them exactly what I went in expecting, end of story. Some people just feel a need..."Exactly, i agree!
Thanks
Aliki wrote: "why people read fifty shades of grey ,when they know that is a sex book ,and after they make bad comments for it?i think that everybody want to read for sex but they dont want people to know it.eve..."I applaud the author. It cost thousands to have someone edit a book for a small book. This author wrote a book, with little help, published it with minimal help, and wrote an enjoyable book. I'm sorry the grammar police and the other people snubbing a book because of repetitive phrasing, which by the way I enjoyed, can't get past it to actually see that with the minimal help this author got, she wrote a trilogy of books that over 31 million people have enjoyed.
You can't fight the numbers. There have been wonderful authors throughout time who have written works that 'could use a bit of editing', but it did not lessen them in the enjoyment.
Kim wrote: "I did read the book and the writing is horrible! I hated the book for this reason alone. I have read very well written erotica (Anne Rice's Beauty series) so it is not like I'm anti-sex or ashame..."What she said.
I didn't like it, I started reading it and left it before she signed the contract. The book has amateur writing, but that wasn't the problem for me. The problem was that I just didn't like the characters, none of them.The female lead is extremely annoying, unbearable, unrealistic, daft, and more adjectives in that matter. I didn't root for her at all. The main lead, Grey, couldn't find the appeal. Aside from the psychical, which every women is picturing their perfect guy so he is basically an Adonis. But, personality wise he's controlling, a bit of a stoker, annoying to the extreme with his constant repetition of 'baby,' a bit of a baby himself considering he is so controlling. I just didn't like the guy. But as they say for the different tastes there are different colors.
My friends don't understand how I didn't like the book the same way I don't understand how they love it so much. They keep telling me that I have to read the whole series to completely understand it, but if a book doesn't do a good job of hooking you in the first hundred pages, heck in the first couple of pages, then I don't read it.
I'm reading these comments and I agree. If you don't like the idea of it, don't read it. Right there on the back of the book it says "Erotic Romance". If that doesn't explain what the book is about enough then you have issues and should't be reading it in the first place. This book isn't about some jerk, it is about a troubled man who is "Fifty Shades of F-ed Up" and his way of coping and the woman who brings him back to the real world. This book is obviously for a mature audience and doesn't encourage abuse toward women. The female characters in the book were consenting women who knew what the hell they were getting themselves into.
I like erotic literature. I think it's a fun genre that doesn't get the attention or respect it deserves. I like BDSM, I think it is unnecessarily demonized by people who don't understand it and don't care to. So I wasn't turned off by the genre or the subject matter, I was turned off by the book itself. The writing was bad, the characters were annoying, the depiction of BDSM is just plain bad, and the sex was boring. Very boring. I've read medical texts with more exciting sex.Eventually the book got so boring I decided to drop it. As a fanfic it was great, but that's because fanfiction has very, very low standards. As an actual book, published, in book stores, and costing money, it's bad. It's very bad.
No doubt this will have many people seeing red over seeing Grey...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&...
KarenH wrote: "No doubt this will have many people seeing red over seeing Grey...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&......"
Nice find KarenH. At first I thought this was a joke but it isn't, but then again I also think that having bibles in hotel rooms to be a little behind the times, with so many different cultures in this country, why do they only put bibles in rooms? (I'm sure however this would be another discussion completely)
Kimberley wrote: "KarenH wrote: "No doubt this will have many people seeing red over seeing Grey...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&......"
I don't think that it is the hotels that do it. Unless I am mistaken I think that churches ask to put them in there and most hotels just let them. That is why if you look inside the bibles they usually have a label inside that'll say something like "This Bible was placed here by the Hellfire and Damnation Baptist Church of Mudflaps, Mississippi".
Has anybody seen this - If you don't like it...don't read it.It pretty much sums up my thoughts exactly. :)
Synesthesia wrote: "I don't care if there's sex in it. I'm more annoyed over bad writing and yet another book encouraging women to run off with jerks.I refuse to read it."
Nicole wrote: "I think that people know it's a sex book but they underestimate how MUCH sex is in the book. I have read plenty of books that didn't have sex every other page and they made great romance novels. I ..."
The graffic sex was necessary to show CTG's dark side. Ana changed his life and brought him into the light. He had a tragic start in his early years with his mother.Then he was sexually abused in his early teens. It changes a person. I thought it was a beautiful love story that remains with you. I cried and laughed with them. James did a magnificent job bringing them to life.
I would honestly like to know how many people read this book and then thought "Oooh I wanna be in a relationship like Ana and Christian". If you are that easily influenced then your issues go way deeper than reading a trilogy. Believe it or not the dom/sub relationship is a more common lifestyle than you'd think. Hell, I live in California and there's a lot of places that you can fufill your inner dom or sub. It's really not that serious for people to hate on it as much as they are. Moving on now...
I never had a problem with the subject of the books, or anything like that.. But if a book is badly written I don't enjoy reading it and some one asks my opinion I am not going to lie and say oh yeah read it, it was amazing.
People are never going like all the same things otherwise life would be boring, discussions like this would be boring and pointless.
I have a problem with people saying if you don't like it don't read it... How are people going to know if they like or not with out reading it especially in this case as for some it is quite a diverse erotic book. I am not speaking from personal experience here but it is.
I believe every one is different I understand why people like these books and it has nothing to do with someones measure of intelligence or personality. But at the same time it is a controversial book that has crazed an awful lot of hype in the mainstream media.. So of course not every one is going to like it and yes some people will say they don't/do like as that is their right.
I don't mind either way I have read good and bad things about the book, however for me it wasn't my cup of tea for the writing and the very stereotypical characters
sorry folks
People are never going like all the same things otherwise life would be boring, discussions like this would be boring and pointless.
I have a problem with people saying if you don't like it don't read it... How are people going to know if they like or not with out reading it especially in this case as for some it is quite a diverse erotic book. I am not speaking from personal experience here but it is.
I believe every one is different I understand why people like these books and it has nothing to do with someones measure of intelligence or personality. But at the same time it is a controversial book that has crazed an awful lot of hype in the mainstream media.. So of course not every one is going to like it and yes some people will say they don't/do like as that is their right.
I don't mind either way I have read good and bad things about the book, however for me it wasn't my cup of tea for the writing and the very stereotypical characters
sorry folks
Stephanie wrote: "The people who hate Fifty Shades of Grey are OBSESSED with hating and bashing it. Almost as much, as we people who love the Trilogy are obsessed with loving it. When I detest a book, I don’t go aro..."Ah, but SUCH pleasure in flaying such a bad bad book!
And or whinging about it. Seriously, a lot of people seem to see the internet as a place to just rant and whine endlessly about whatever irks them. It's crack for culture vultures and amateur critics everywhere. LOL!
As a book, I think it is terrible. The writing is bad, there is no plot and characters remind me of American Psycho but without being memorable or interesting. It's basically a book of repressed sexual desires poured out onto the page.As a phenomeanon, I can't fault it. The author has captilized on something major and made a fortune. How else are fortunes made? It's like a poker player taking a chance on a crappy hand but winning big. Well done.
Could she do it again? ...I doubt it.
In my humble opinion, it shows an individual's jealousy when they rant on about how terrible the book is. I loved it and everyone that I know who has read it feels the same way. Most negative comments come from people who haven't read it with an open mind. They read the first couple chapters and cast it aside. When E. L. James first presented her books, she was rejected. I bet Random House is happy they took a chance and published it. And they ones that rejected it are seething. James has wit, and does a wonderful job developing her characters and bringing each one to life. You get to feel everything they are going through. These characters will live on. People should never be too quick to judge unless they have read the entire series. It reminds me of Nancy Pelosi and the health care bill. Nobody ever read it, but raved how wonderful it would be. You have to read something to know what you're talking about. I thought it was a beautiful love story. I cried and laughed through the entire series. Laters, y'all!
Ellie wrote: "In my humble opinion, it shows an individual's jealousy when they rant on about how terrible the book is. I loved it and everyone that I know who has read it feels the same way. Most negative comme..."Your comment seems to collapse onto itself.
Aliki wrote: "why people read fifty shades of grey ,when they know that is a sex book ,and after they make bad comments for it?i think that everybody want to read for sex but they dont want people to know it.eve..."It wasn't the sex, it was just a BAD book. And how is anyone to know whether or not they will like it unless they read it themselves?? I've read some great books, some good books, some meh book and some crappy books. It's just the way of the world.
This book will never be a classic and if it does then obviously our standards have greatly lowered. Maybe if the publisher took a day to correct the misspellings than that would've been alright...but they didn't.
So it's just a bad book and that is all.
But what is really your issue with people who do not enjoy it? I love the Count of Monte Cristo but some people don't like because it's too long and it's too dated (and yes, someone has said that to me).
So it seems we can't have opinions about something we don't like with out being accuse of being jealous (which i am not i have no reason to be) or adhering to
"a crack culture for vultures and amateur critics".
I personally think if you cant read other people varying opinions on the topic with going of the handle and beating down on people for voicing said opinions then you should not be on a discussion forum.
After all this is all this is.
"a crack culture for vultures and amateur critics".
I personally think if you cant read other people varying opinions on the topic with going of the handle and beating down on people for voicing said opinions then you should not be on a discussion forum.
After all this is all this is.
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