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50 Shades of WTF?!



Okay so it would appear that the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy of books (or is it just the first one?) is the fastest selling paper back of all time. Even beat out Harry Potter! Though, to be fair most HP fans bought the hard back editions the second they came out so yeah. *shrug*

The last time I wrote about these books, libraries in Brevard County here in Florida had banned them due to the content. I understand that ban has since been lifted. Anyway, I'm just still not understanding why this is being lapped up like a kitten to a dish of milk? I started the first book and it was so bad. It read like a bad Harlequin Romance novel.

People are acting like erotica never existed before, like this is some huge epiphany! Ladies, get out there and find some decent erotica to read! I'm also hearing that Mark Wahlberg is pretty much securing the movie rights? MOVIE? Oh no, please spare us all. But I'm sure the theaters will fill up nonetheless. *eyeroll*

As an amusing aside, since this was based off a Twilight inspired fanfic: Kristen Stewart was spotted reading 50 Shades. *nods*
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[identity profile] jensi08.livejournal.com 2012-06-20 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I read them as well and they were not good...the character development of the lead was OK at best and I did finish them just to see. I found them unrealistic and not at all believable once I got to the end.
This was based off of a fanfic? Really?
I heard about the movie and groaned out loud.
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[identity profile] mirhanda.livejournal.com 2012-06-20 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I have them but haven't read them. I did listen to that youtube video of Gilbert Gottfried reading some of it. It's pretty smutty, that's for sure! Is it the sado-masochism that's striking a note do you think? (My spell checker isn't recognizing sado-masochism. Huh.)

[identity profile] sammet.livejournal.com 2012-06-20 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I read a paragraph that someone published online and it was enough for me to see that the writing style itself doesn't suit me.
Furthermore, I've heard that it deals with BDSM and I can totally believe you when you say it reads like a harlequin novel - a badly written one.
The fact that it's originally a Twilight fanfiction hardly makes it any better..

[identity profile] afranjes.livejournal.com 2012-06-21 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
I'm aware of all the hype, but have no clue what the supposed "erotica" in these is supposed to be. Is it bondage?

[identity profile] cptlbryant.livejournal.com 2012-06-21 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
I have not read them, but I downloaded a free copy. After I heard it was based on fanfiction, I was curious. It does upset me about the reputation and it being fanfiction because I read and write it. Not all fanficiton is badly written and this only gives it a bad name.

[identity profile] prettyh.livejournal.com 2012-06-24 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, my gawd.

On the train ride home the other night, my friend [livejournal.com profile] no_bald_monkeys and I decided to read the Kindle sample of "50 Shades..." that I'd had sitting around.

It. Was. Terrible.

I don't even know how many pages it was, but we counted nearly a dozen uses of the phrase "a ghost of a smile" in that one chapter alone (much like "chagrin" in Twilight, I suppose?), and the guy's eyes "flared," "blazed," "burned," and lord knows what other flammable sorts of things...and THERE WAS NO SEX. No foreplay, even! NOTHING HOT AT ALL. It was boooorrrrring. If Amazon thought that sample would tempt anyone who hasn't already fallen prey, they're sadly misinformed. We did laugh a lot for our hour-long commute, at least. :D
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