50 Shades of Grey - Thoughts? Opinions?

[Trillian]

The author I've downloaded most of is Abbie Cole. They are nice stories to read because they are like a mills and boon story on crack LOL because there is actual substance to them and not just all about the sex. They were only 99cent titles too!

There was one bad BDSM book that I downloaded that was way OTT and it made me cringe in parts because it was very male-dominated and a lot of rape overtones

[~~Snoogans~~]

The author I've downloaded most of is Abbie Cole. They are nice stories to read because they are like a mills and boon story on crack

ohhh Mills & Boon on CRACK!!!

wait, you mean the drug and not a body part right????

[Jakabella]

I'm now 1/2 way through number 2 and I only dl it last night!!

[littlelara]

I just saw big w have them for just under $10

[Glamoreyez]

I have had the PDF files of these books sent to but I'm yet to start them - maybe if I get 5 mins tonight I'll pop them on my tablet and start reading!

[peanutter]

There was an older lady (mid 60s I reckon) on my train reading the second one, and I was sitting there thinking, "Good for you!"

[Trillian]

Doesn't it bother anyone though that a lot of the sex is bordering/has crossed over to non-consensual sex?

[loulabelle]

Is anyone else totally pained by the writing?? I'm cringing in parts because it's so badly written.

Oh yes!


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[Trillian]

I came across this blog in my travels yesterday Bad Books, Good Times | Two english majors, too many terrible books and OMG it totally sums up this book I don't even have to read it now.

[peanutter]

I haven't read it yet ... I'm still on the hunger games!

Fifty shades is next on my list.

And then Tina Fey's book.

[black_rose]

is it true that it was initially started as a twilight fanfic???

Dunno but it could explain the bad writing.

[Trillian]

I don't know Peanutter? It could have been. Everything that blog says about it indicates that it was fanfiction.

[Little Chicken]

Yes it was started as fanfiction and was very popular when it was a free download, which is why it was picked up. But yeaah, the writing is cringworthy. If it has been editted, I would hate to see what it was like before.

[Junglemum]

Pretty sure most of the readers aren't too concerned with the poor sentence structure and grammar though.

[Jakabella]

I gotta say I'm not reading for the writing or sentence structure!!

[Little Chicken]

I admit I have read all three books, and by the third book was skim reading, if not actually skipping, the steamy scenes as they were all the same by the end.

[peanutter]

Really enjoying the hunger games ... very similar narrative voice to the "Tomorrow When The War Began" series, but obviously very different content! But they're really very good.

I don't have high expectations of the Fifty series - it is what it is, and I'm not going to expect any more.

[Astrolady]

I started the Fifty Shades last night. Only on chapter 4 so still a long way to go. I bought all 3 for my tablet. Like others I only got them to see what all the hype was about lol.