Having a lot of free time at the moment due to the crap weather so I've borrowed the missus book.
I've persevered as far as chaper 6.
Does it get any better? Becasue so far it's so badly written it's barely worth turning the pages on a kindle!
Craracters - have no character and what little there is is implausible at best
Locations - there might be some, but the main character narates the story and keeps sataring at her hands so we don't get to see any.
Basicaly it's written from the point of view of a shy virgin who does a lot of navel gazeing who meets the socialy retarded Mr Grey who for no reason we're aware of (other than going to the gym and lots of money) is attractive to women (maybe women are that shallow?). Basicly it's been 6 chapters of her own internal monologue, and she's not an interesting person!
It's for women innit, no point trying to understand it/them
I'm guessing that you've already masturbated so hard that your little man has fallen off?
If my wife ever bought it I would give it the once over but I doubt I could read the whole thing.
Someone posted a link on here to a very funny blog '50 things I hate' but I can't find it right now.
Read it? Good God, No! If I want to read erotica, I'll read Aniis Nin.
If anyone is seriously considering reading it, this should put you off
http://italic-eyeball.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/a-facial-sonata-50-shades-of-grey-remix.html
That italic eyeball blog it pretty close to how it actually reads!
TSY, pretty much, for a variety of reasons I've not had actual sex with another human being in almost a month!
No, but my wife has. In fact, when i got home last night she met me at the door in her underwear, with two silk scarves in her hands. 'Tie me up' she said breathlessly 'and then do what you want'
So i tied her up and went for a bike ride.
theotherjonv - and I suppose when you got home last night that too was from a bike ride? 😆
2 facts I found out today;
1) it's the fastest selling adult book of all time.
2) last week it sold more copies than the next 1000 paperbacks on the list combined.
Not read it, but I'm enjoying other people's experience of it....
http://bizzybiz.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/50-screams-of-hate.html?m=1
If you've got that far and you don't like it then don't persevere. I've read it and it doesn't get any better, and the sex scenes become repetitive. It also then ends on a boring and predictable attempt at a cliffhanger because it's a trilogy.
2 facts I found out today;1) it's the fastest selling adult book of all time.
2) last week it sold more copies than the next 1000 paperbacks on the list combined.
I can only assume that all the people who have bought it don't have an internet connection.
no but I follow @50shedsofgrey on twitter and find that funny.
WHy oh why I am soooo disappointed in women! it's utter drivel, I read one paragraph there is nothing too it, written by a small child, the one sex scene I read was as if your Grandmother was telling you about sex and it is just utter drivel.
Do not waste your time and tell you wives/girlfriends to get a grip!!
To answer the OP, MrsMCTD told me she was advised that it gets "good" in Chapter 8.
If she wants to feel dominated and helpless after reading the book, I'll tie her to the bedpost, get out the laptop and she can watch me order a new bike on her credit card 😈
[i]Insatiable[/i], by Julie O'Neill, is a lot more fun... 😯
To answer the OP, MrsMCTD told me she was advised that it gets "good" in Chapter 8.
Just got to it. He has a hair trigger, even I feel disappointed.
I've no intention of reading it.
my missus just bought the entire box set....not sure the old boy can cope
Having seen a photograph of the author I really don't want to know what's going on in her head.
It's no "Histoire d'O", now is it?
I've had a flick at it...
I and mrs_oab are concerned that her book group seem to want to read it....
i really dont get it, a few women i know have said its a load of bollox and cant see what the fuss is about, from what they said it seems to be an internet phenomenon and its gone 'viral' (as they say these days)... and judging by the illiterate posts on their facebook pages 90% of the woman who bought it cant even read anyway and skipped to the 'best bits' whatever they are.
i told them all if they want porn i can give them a few URL's that will boggle their minds 😉
matt_outandabout - Member
I and mrs_oab are concerned that her book group seem to want to read it....
God help you when they want to act out the play!
Loads of SuperMilfs on the commuter train had a copy wide open tonight.
Anyone for yoga?
If it gets them 'in the mood' then I'm all for it. Didn't the Black Swan film a couple of years ago have the same effect on women?
Munqe-chick - Member
> http://www.****/news/article-2171523/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Boyfriend-squirts-girlfriend-sauce-stop-reading-EL-James-erotic-novel.html
Frankly, that's just stupid. If it was me, I'd feel like I'd won the sex lottery...
Jenny Diski, by the way. 😉
I've not noticed an increase in the amount of sex I'm getting because if this book... maybe she's just sorting herself out...? 😉 or maybe 🙁
A girl at work is making a killing with this trilogy.
Buys it on Amazon and flogs it on e-bay making £10 profit everytime!!
I read the first couple of chapters the other day, and it is pretty much what you'd expect from fanfiction.
Read the 3 books - does improve slightly after book 1 but it's no literary work of art. And I don't think I've ever read so much sex and not had a boner... Take away all the S&M stuff though and there's no real substance to it. Virgin plus screwed up uber-rich fall in love. He shows her a lifestyle of luxury, she shows him how to trust people. Sure there are much better written versions of similar out there. I just found all the bangin' totally unnecessary - never thought I'd find myself saying that!!!
So who's going to be be case in the two lead roles in the inevitable movie version??
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*wonders at mr woppits imagination*
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/50-shades-of-clegg-2012071033657
worth a look 🙂
I wasn't sure whether to laugh at 50 Shades of Clegg or feel genuinely alarmed....
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You may enjoy this brief review on GoodReads.com (warning text contains some ranty swearing):
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215
Grom GrahamS link
Christian is a misogynistic, self-loathing, abusive piece of shit. Apparently, his only redeeming qualities are, in this order; his ridiculous good looks, his money, and his giant penis. The only time Ana seems to like him as a person is when he's being "lovable", and those times are few and far between. Most of the time he's serious, brooding, and threatening. How charming
It's all about Hora!
all about Hora!
...and his giant penis.
be fair he said beautiful not gigantic
50 shades of Glasgow is my favourite twitter parody
The Northern version:
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http://www.fiftyshadesgenerator.com/
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With my panty hamster now much like John Wayne's saddlebags, he thought it was time to start probing my cocoa channel.
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lol! I read the first book yesterday. Well, I tried to. What utter tripe!
Absolutely and massively, more Dan Browne. Terribly written, but because Richard and Judy say its good, people who normally don't read pick it up and say it's good. Sales go through the roof.
There are books out there that will grab you by the entrails and thrash you around all night. Quality books you simply cannot put down. So much better than this trash and yet they are all missed because some TV presenters can't understand them.
Get out there, stop listening to the sheep herders, challenge your own limits and just read what comes along. You don't need to be told what to read. Just grab a book and give it a a go. Some will be terrible like this stuff, others will change your life. That's not inane chatter, they will change ... your....life. Read, now.
mrsconsequence got given a coy by her friends for her birthday, she's trying to read it but all she can see is her work unfolding in front of her. She's a specialist in domestic abuse and working with perpetrators of domestic violence. her and 2 of her female colleagues keep joking about all the risk assessments he'd fail and how dangerous they'd class him as a perpetrator.
Not read it but I expect it has been driven by the publishing industry's marketing hype, which is presumably aimed accurately at frustrated middle-aged women and then picked up by the Richard & Judy set and all the women's magazine writers looking for some phwoar to report.
If nothing else it proves how good the book industry has become at selling garbage to gullible consumers.
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There is another 50 Shades of Grey inspired parody on Twitter called 50 Shapes of Cakes @50Cakes - it touches on instances of the book, whilst dealing with pastry love, desire and obsession.
Get it while it is hot!
[url= http://redlemonade.blogspot.co.uk/ ]This[/url] my wife hasn't bothered to read the books, but she has enjoyed this blog a bit!
I haven't read it, but since my Mrs has been I have seen a serious increase in sexual activity 😀
Singlespeed_Shep - Member
no but I follow @50shedsofgrey on twitter and find that funny.
Cheers for that. 😆 😆 😆
I have to agree with CountZero - Julie O'Neill's Insatiable is much more fun...
I'm reading it at the moment but only because the wife and kids bought it for my birthday. They were looking for books for me when the cover caught my 11 year old son's eye in Smiths and he shouted out how about this Fifty Shades of Grey to my wife. She explained to my son and his twin sister that it was a very rude book and they should put it down right away. Well that was that sorted and they refused to leave the shop till she'd bought it.
I'm determined to finish it but it's hard going.
Ohhhh now I get the new premier advertisement.
And it's crap
This is how it was written:
utter utter crap. gf has read it - and she knows it's crap but carries on reading
Cheers, tommyk! I'm pretty sure a lot of women would bin their '50 Shades...' garbage if they copped a look at 'Insatiable' 😀
Anything by Penny Birch - all i'm saying on this subject.. 😉
God damn you people and this stupid thread, now I've gone and ordered book porn!
*Self-edit*
Women can't 'read' magazine porn you know Ron, our saintly little eyes will burn and our souls will turn black. We have to get our kicks from proper words.
Oh no CFH! I saw what you did!!
it's all right Emma I watch pron for the plot....
Haha post 69
I believe you ron, we all do that :/
Was it just coincidence that when I noticed the thread the post count was 69?