Guest S****r Report post Posted June 10, 2012 Is anyone else reading this trilogy? Any comments on it? I am on book two at the moment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rep_pot 661 Report post Posted June 10, 2012 My wife is reading this and I just read some of the content. Wow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Fantasy 144625 Report post Posted June 10, 2012 Cheesy and make me want to barf. The first half of the first book is kinda fine. It's k like a fanfiction written by an 19 years old virgin that fantasy about bdsm...but after that, it's simply utter bullshit. I don't tend to be that harsh with books but now to think that people will see bdsm this way make me ill. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soleil Sublime 38108 Report post Posted June 10, 2012 I refuse to read it. The moment my MOM asked me, "Know anything about that 50 Shades of Grey?", I knew it was not my bag. lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jhena Grey 25615 Report post Posted June 12, 2012 Everyone keeps talking about this book so I borrowed it from a family member. I haven't started so I don't have an opnion yet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest *ig*a** Report post Posted June 12, 2012 Started reading it but as Malika said was cheesy so I stopped. Posted via Mobile Device Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davrem 110 Report post Posted June 13, 2012 I hear ya Soleil...frankly, the day my mom offers me x rated material of any kind...even if it is a best seller...I'm taking my ball and I'm going home. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest S****r Report post Posted June 13, 2012 I have heard someone else who is into BDSM say it is unrealistic, too. I haven't been into this lifestyle myself, so am not sure what they are referring to. Can anyone who has read the book elaborate on HOW it is inaccurate? I am really curious. Thank you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billybob 20128 Report post Posted June 13, 2012 Started reading it but as Malika said was cheesy so I stopped.Posted via Mobile Device Haven't heard many men say it was a good book, think it was intended to appeal to women although I could be wrong. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jhena Grey 25615 Report post Posted June 14, 2012 I'm on chapter 12 and like Malika said 'cheesy'. I don't even know if I want to continue reading. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Fantasy 144625 Report post Posted June 14, 2012 I have heard someone else who is into BDSM say it is unrealistic, too. I haven't been into this lifestyle myself, so am not sure what they are referring to. Can anyone who has read the book elaborate on HOW it is inaccurate? I am really curious. Thank you! It's simply unrealistic. In bdsm you will never have someone like Christian Grey coming and say you will be my slave! I will do everything I want to do with you! and an Anastasia Steele. saying oh okay. sure. also Grey in the community would be consider a predator, watching her calls, where she is, who she talk to, pushing her to do something against her will. a D/s relationship have WAY more depth that what you see in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300292 Report post Posted July 3, 2012 After Malika kindly provided us the Reader's Digest abridged version LOL of the book in another thread, I can't see reading it now Malika's abridged version in this thread http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=95699&highlight=shades+grey RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Bardot 99339 Report post Posted July 3, 2012 I can't get over how poorly written it is. Not from a story-telling perspective (hey, it's porn, I don't expect it to have a plot!) but from a they-need-to-fire-the-editor perspective - missing punctuation, added punctuation that splits a sentence in half with no logic, what looks like autocorrect errors... And I lost track of how many times she says "holy cow" or some variation of. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DukeSSk 3430 Report post Posted July 3, 2012 The women where I work are hooked on this; they're constantly whispering about it, lol!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevecurious 42059 Report post Posted July 3, 2012 From my understanding, keep in mind I have never or will never read it, it is fairly uninspired, vanilla soft core porn that can be found in any Harlequin romance novel with Fabio on the cover. Again I have never read it but from what I have been told that is my impression. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r100rs 859 Report post Posted July 3, 2012 regardless of how poorly written it is, it seems to be doing something to/for some of the women who read it .... I think there is just enough there to let some women's imagination take it to where they want though the women I see most enamoured with it aren't living a highly(if at all) sexualized life .. I think it's all good personally, if I can have more coworkers with sex on the mind :) r100rs 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 Google will tell you that the wettest place in Canada is Prince Rupert, BC. That's no longer true. The record has been taken by the queue for "Fifty Shades of Grey" at Chapters. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonoma 431 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 I havent very good things about that book... Wanna try a good BDsM book/movie try the story of O its a classic i personally think the book is better but the movie is quite interesting Sonoma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r100rs 859 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 yes, the Story of O was so shocking to people when it came out ... I remember being a teenager and sneaking into the theatre to see the movie ... can you imagine us 3 virgin teenagers watching that movie and realizing there may be a submissive female out there for us to do what we want with ... and lol .. not having a clue what to do but sure we wanted to try ... ahhh ... youth .. it's wasted on the young .. r100rs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonoma 431 Report post Posted July 5, 2012 Wish i could of seen that movie in a theater with people all around;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Bardot 99339 Report post Posted July 5, 2012 regardless of how poorly written it is, it seems to be doing something to/for some of the women who read it .... I think there is just enough there to let some women's imagination take it to where they want I'm kind of afraid of what it's doing to the women who read it, personally. If this had stayed a short piece, it would have done fine, and the first half-ish of the book is rather hot, and I'm glad these books have mainstreamed erotic fiction and sex and sex toys. Totally not against that! It's further into the book that I have issues with, and how the writer perpetuates some really negative stereotypes about BDSM, namely that the only people who engage in these sexual practices are really, really fucked up individuals, and that it's okay to play pretend BDSM but that we should feel bad about crossing some arbitrary line, and that all a "fucked up" person needs is love and they will stop loving/needing kink. (Also some further issues down the trilogy, but I don't want to ruin it or admit that I read all three in a glorious trainwreck of all-night reading.) A big theme in BDSM is safe, sane, and consenting, and Grey comes off as incredibly demanding, manipulative, and controlling. He uses sex to get his way and to derail any attempts at talking through situations. On the other hand, she's portrayed as passive, not actively participating in sex but merely succumbing to it (hello, echoes of Twilight; Shades was originally a Twilight fanfic) - What bothers me the most is the themes of women should only want sex if their partners want sex, and if a guy is stalking you it's because he loves you. /Amelia's book club review. Short answer: if this is taken as light fluffy porn and ignites some mattresses, awesome. It's the underlying themes that bother me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MightyPen 67414 Report post Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) It's a bad cartoon. Really, it's the kind of thing someone who has absolutely no real-world experience with BDSM, and maybe not even very much with sex, but fantasizes about it lot, would come up with. Everyone acts weirdly, inhumanly, stilted, like weird wooden props. Plus, yeah, the writing itself. *shudder* Different mistakes, but in the same ballpark: I'm reminded of the "orgy" in the movie Eyes Wide Shut. It was inexplicably and smotheringly formal, tedious, full of bizarre hidden hierarchy, inviolable rules, threats, mystery, lots of people walking slowly from one place to another. Then someone said to me "it's like what the Catholic church imagines an orgy would be like" and it suddenly all made sense. It's what happens when authors are prisoners of their own ignorance, and fall back on their own irrelevant habits. As fanfic? Passable, only remarkable for its length. But as literature? Sorry. And I'm VERY forgiving about what can count as literature; there are comic books that fit the bill. But, that said... yeah, look at the response it's getting from the public, especially women. I need to think some more on that before I can decide fully what that means. It seems a bit sad, but a bit hopeful too; like someone staggering out of the desert parched and weak, crawling into a shabby and borderline oasis, and drinking dirty, stagnant water from the only well they find there. A horrible experience, maybe even a bit poisonous, but better than nothing at all under the circumstances. And at least it will keep them going, and maybe help them on to the next place where the water might be better. Edited July 6, 2012 by MightyPen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
autowaman 110 Report post Posted July 8, 2012 i have no insight into this book at all, so to comment on the truths or negative sides i cannot. i do find it funny how much of a widfire this book has become though. i was at a buddies place last night and while sipping a few pints on his deck with he and his wife she left and said she was calling it a night because she wanted to read a little before bed. well within an hour, the buddy says, 'sorry man, but i gotta head in and call it a night too'. since it was only 9pm i asked why? he just smiled and said, 'since the wife has started reading that 50 shades book, we have been doing it every night and sometimes twice in a night. god i love this book, hahaha' as i stated, i know absolutely nothing about the book other than this thread and women talking about it at work but he has been smiling like a little kid for a week now. before that, he used to complain about going months without anything. guess it works for some. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suburb1 153 Report post Posted July 11, 2012 There is an article on CBC providing a viewpoint on the quality of the writing and the fidility of some of the author's beliefs with regards to BDSM. I am beginning to accept that this book may actually raise the level of mainstream sexual play. So, no matter the literary deficiencies, this book may actually be a very influencial in the budoir; not such a bad thing :). Fifty Shades of Grey critics slam bondage stereotypes BDSM advocates say E.L. James's books perpetuate myths about BDSM community http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/07/10/f-50-shades-of-grey-bdsm.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piano8950 32577 Report post Posted July 12, 2012 i was at a buddies place last night and while sipping a few pints on his deck with he and his wife she left and said she was calling it a night because she wanted to read a little before bed. well within an hour, the buddy says, 'sorry man, but i gotta head in and call it a night too'. since it was only 9pm i asked why? he just smiled and said, 'since the wife has started reading that 50 shades book, we have been doing it every night and sometimes twice in a night. god i love this book, hahaha' As far as I'm concerned, this would make it one of my favourite books if my S.O. reacted like this :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
