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Re: Fifty Shades of Grey

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Fifty shades is about a man who introduces a woman to his world of sex such as him being her dominant
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A "free sample" on the Kindle was all I needed. I couldn't even finish reading that. I have no problem with erotica or "controversial" subject matter, but the writing - eeeeek! Made me want to bang my head against a wall.
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Weird that Fifty Shades has been getting lots of critical and bad reviews on amazon as the day goes by. Guess it just can't satisfy the lust of a lot others.
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I read all three books in one week. loved this series and will reread them again very soon :)
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psychoken wrote:Weird that Fifty Shades has been getting lots of critical and bad reviews on amazon as the day goes by. Guess it just can't satisfy the lust of a lot others.
I don't think it has anything to do with satisfying anyone's lust. From everything I have heard they are very poorly written.
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It's pretty much a long piece of fanfic. It's alright but you can get very similar stories on Fan Fic Archives for free if you enjoyed it.
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I couldn't get through the preview on Amazon. I've read books with some pretty hot sex scenes, but 50 Shades I just couldn't get past the first few pages.
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Okay...taking one for the team, here...lol.

Long story short...Dane's mom dropped the trilogy off at my house on Sunday after she had read all three books. Yeah...I just rolled my eyes too. Going to actually read them and then give an informed review. Yeah...yeah...I know. I read Rushdie after the fatwa for much the same reason. ~sigh~ Stay tuned...lol.
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Carla Hurst-Chandler wrote:Okay...taking one for the team, here...lol.

Long story short...Dane's mom dropped the trilogy off at my house on Sunday after she had read all three books. Yeah...I just rolled my eyes too. Going to actually read them and then give an informed review. Yeah...yeah...I know. I read Rushdie after the fatwa for much the same reason. ~sigh~ Stay tuned...lol.
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Fran wrote:
Carla Hurst-Chandler wrote:Okay...taking one for the team, here...lol.

Long story short...Dane's mom dropped the trilogy off at my house on Sunday after she had read all three books. Yeah...I just rolled my eyes too. Going to actually read them and then give an informed review. Yeah...yeah...I know. I read Rushdie after the fatwa for much the same reason. ~sigh~ Stay tuned...lol.
Oh yea Carla, we believe you :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Is it that mother-in-law guilt making you read them? :lol:
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LMAO!!!

No...Dane is a friend of my youngest son...Donna (his mom) has been extolling the trilogy since she got it (...from her MOM...@@) Just scratched the surface...but it seems that interwoven in the at times terribly immature writing and between the Holy _____ (pick a word) Nobody ever says that except BATMAN, hon...and pretty vanilla BDSM...and about 3/4 more repetitive (bordering on boring after a while) sex scenes...the actual story...could have been exceptional.

The story:

Grey, a child of a crack whore...three or four years old...beaten, burned and abused by her pimp...locked for days in the room with his dead mother...starving...

Adopted by wealthy family, where at 15, an older female family friend with serious issues enters his life.

The product of which is Mr. Grey. A 27 year old man who reflects that he is "...fifty shades of f--ked up..."
The building of a perfect beast.

The psychological story is thus far exceptional. The technical aspect of the writing. Not so much so. This is E L James first novel(s)...and Dom/Submissive twitter aside, have global recognition and a movie deal in the works. I imagine she is fairly happy about that.

Still reading.

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Fran wrote:
Carla Hurst-Chandler wrote:Okay...taking one for the team, here...lol.

Long story short...Dane's mom dropped the trilogy off at my house on Sunday after she had read all three books. Yeah...I just rolled my eyes too. Going to actually read them and then give an informed review. Yeah...yeah...I know. I read Rushdie after the fatwa for much the same reason. ~sigh~ Stay tuned...lol.
Oh yea Carla, we believe you :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Is it that mother-in-law guilt making you read them? :lol:
My MIL died in 2007. Probably not.
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I read all three,and loved them. Wouldn't recommend for teens.
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Post by lorenadc_06 »

I personally enjoyed the 3 books very much. It was my first erotica book and I've read several others after this one.
I was completely absorbed by Christian Grey. How broken he was, how he tries to cope with all those feelings that he has never experienced before Anastasia Steele.
I find the book has a little of everything: its has drama, romance, BDSM and a lot of charm between the two main characters.
I would absoluteley recommend the books to anyone wanting to start reading erotica books
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I loved Fifty shades of Grey it was my first erotic book and ever since I have been madly hooked. Has any one read Bared to you by Sylvia Day? I have also read Reflected in you, and I passed a copy over to a friend of mine, her opinion is that Fifty was better. I personally believed that Bared to you was better written ( Sylvia day is a more seasoned author so ) but I loved both the same. Any one else have any idea I would like to stop this argument.
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I loved it!
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