50 shades of grey

[PatheticTrumpet]

WIBU to download it to my kindle tonight to see what all the fuss is about possibly get in THE mood ?

PorkyandBess 'Having read half of this semi-literate shite, I would say avoid, if you have half a brain.'

Ooh, harsh! I have more than half a brain, but I enjoyed it as a means of painless escapism!

I liked it.
The story line (to me)
Was he was a hard ass who wouldn't let go of the past and age helped him.

Please link to that blog takingiteasy! Is it as funny as Mark Reads Twilight?

I have to begrudgingly admire the author for turning a shite twilight fan fiction story into a shite book that is earning her big bucks. But then again that's pretty much what stephanie Meyer did; she wrote a shite trilogy then wrote and published some even worse fan fiction aka breaking dawn.

im going to direct to

this thread with a nod and a wink....

50shadesofsuck.tumblr.com/ is very funny, and if you read the first one and have the tiniest shred of curiosity about what happens next, this will tell you without destroying your will to live. I read the first on Kindle cos friends were passing the trilogy around and getting hot under the collar - at first I thought I might embarrass myself by HAVING to know what happens, but - no. Mild curiosity as to whether or not it was worse than Twilight, adequately answered by above blog (yes).

Sgb - Thirding the request for recommendations please.

A bit harsh, perhaps!

But I despair that everyone's reading this crap; even people that don't normally read. I am pleased to report that almost all of my friends agree with me and haven't bothered to finish it. But, if non-readers are reading it, I wish they would read something halfway decent; this book is so low-brow and it?s soooo poorly written. The fact is, this is a rubbish book - weak characters with weak writing, and the repetition and clunky product placement are shocking! Despite the fact that some people obviously think it's risque; the sex is actually vanilla and so boring. I was frantically flicking through the sex bits to try and find something interesting in the plot! It didn't happen..

I thought it must have been written by a teenager, but seemingly EL James is a middle aged woman. I think that so many guileless women seem to be enjoying it without questioning the fact that it it sets up unrealistic/ludicrous expectations for romantic relationships. My facebook is full of status updates (from vague acquaintances) like, 'just off to bed with Mr Grey'! and I am cringing for them!

Apparently, this book was written in homage to Twilight - nuff said!

Disclaimer - I did my degree & masters in eng lit, I am allowed to be a literary snob.

I got so cross that I blogged about why people read this cack.

Its just so repetive!

Her inner goddess (vom), the foil packets, the palm twitching

There are other "describing" words EL James!

and thats wuthout getting into her amazing ability to orgasm on demand when he thekls her yo "feel it,baby"

I had a feeling Twilight would be shite.

I have a feeling this book will be shite, even though I too have had Facebook statuses stating "off to bed with Mr Grey".

I shan't ever be tempted to read either. Especially going from many reviews on here, and everywhere else.

I actually quite enjoy fanfiction, Cassandra Clare turned her Harry Potter FanFics into awesome original fiction. If I liked Twilight I might have enjoyed reading this as a serial, where months between installments could hide how repetitive it is. As it was I didn't and read the whole lot in a week hoping it'd get as rude as I'd been told. Disappointment to the very last page and pushed my suspension of disbelief past its limits, would be better with mythical creatures. (And kinky fuckery)

Sitting in the office today and a conversation about this came up - a few of us had bought the book (And in my defence i got it before there was all the hype about it - knew nothing about it, just picked it up in tesco to make up the 2 for £7) only one person claimed to like it.
And honestly i felt really embarassed for her, the book is that bad that saying you liked it is just another way of saying 'im thick'. Or at the very least, 'I've never read anything other than Please Uncle Gary, Stop and the like.
Also, those saying that yes its rubbish writing but still enjoyable...what?? A book is the writing, there's nothing else.

If you want some fanfic, you should maybe read My Immortal which is the most hysterically stupid, phenomenally brilliant pile of shite ever.
If you can't be bothered to plough through it all, let me summarize: It's a mashup of Harry Potter, Twilight and the ramblings of an utterly stupid teenage goth, in which everyone, everyone is a bisexual cross-dressing suicidal emo vampire. you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll shit.

I think guiless is a bit harsh porkyandbess. I don't think a lot of women are setting themselves up for unrealistic romantic expectations.

I think most of the readers are mature women who understand very well that a man is not going to collect them in a helicopter, tie them up and give them 4 orgasms in as many minutes, nor would they want one to(well maybe the last bit ), that's the nature of escapism.

I did worry about the Twilight books because they were aimed at teens, so inevitably 9 yr olds started reading them and it could be beyond them to understand that the relationships are dysfunctional and they're poor role models. I think older women will be fine and know that, like a mills and boon or a soap opera, Fifty is escapist twaddle and doesn't contain aspirational lifestyles.

I enjoy all manner of shite tv, but I don't expect my life to be like a soap opera. I want to switch off from real life and I can ignore bad acting/dubious plot lines (or even delight in them) because it's relaxing and fun. I can't see anything different in this.

I think the fact I could discuss the intricacies of Hollyoaks or The Wire; Fifty Shades of Grey or Ulysses; Dirty Dancing or David Lynch means I have broad tastes, not no taste.

I like it. Wasn't expecting to. For what it is I think she's done a good job.

Definitely better than that Dan Brown semi literate crap yet he gets a film made and people seriously question whether his history interpretation is right

All I can say is, it is better than Martina Cole and her last few books, which have been the most repetetive regurgitated shite that I have wasted money on. The woman clearly got a book deal that put her under obligation to write a certain number of books, and she has gone from being a decent crime fiction author to someone who has put a load of words on a page and getting it printed.

I think "all the fuss" is from people wanting to make it clear that they're not prudes and are going to read a book about sex.

placemarking because I daren't open these links at work

I would argue that Martina Cole books have always been shite.....

I thought the first three or four were very good.. sadly she hasnt been able to maintain the same quality of work.. but they always manage to make it sound as if it will be good on the back cover... and the first chapter.. then it is downhill all the way.. lol..

Of course it's terrible. It's so bad, it's brilliant. Read it and you will laugh your head off.

Can someone please explain what this book has to do with twilight? Yes there is a man, and a fairly innocent girl - but I just don't get how they are linked

I still think it is one hundred and fifty shades of shite!!