If you think the book is good, then you’re so stupid that you’d believe me when I said you can buy the Brooklyn Bridge from me for, say, $1,000.

The fact that this was ~published and people are pretending it’s an actual book and not fanfic run wild makes me want to weep for humanity. All the abusive issues aside, the actual writing is horrific. I read it as fanfic right up until the tampon pulling scene and wow. Awful writing. AWFUL.

You almost hit the reply button correctly. It’s not a real book. It’s fanfiction. The only reason anyone ever knew it existed is because it used the characters of Edward and Bella in its original format. It was self-published initially. And people with no taste and sexual repression issues fangirled all over the damn place and got it attention.

And saying “if you don’t like it, don’t read it” is by far one of the most ignorant ~arguments ever used. How is anyone supposed to critique or review anything or know if they like or not unless they read it? And the fact that anyone thinks this qualifies as well-written IS reason to weep for humanity. I don’t only use that emotion for horrific tragedies. I use it for the dumbing down of humanity and the rise of abusive males as romantic leads as well because I think it’s sad. Honestly.

So do you think porn movies are “real movies” because they are released on a DVD just like other real movies are? Do you think Anal Cheerleaders 4 has the same artistic merit as Schindler’s List?

I have read a million fanfics, well probably not a million but on the scale of the ones i have read this one doesn’t even hit the top 100. Now if they made Clipped wings and Inked Armour a “real” book I’d be down for that one!

Melanie, I DID NOT MEAN TO LIKE YOUR ABOVE COMMENT BECAUSE I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON!! Who are you to critique Fifty Shades when you said above that you didn’t even finish reading it!! It is small minded people like you who talk crap when you don’t even know what you are talking about!! Fifty shades was not about ABUSIVE MALES at all! It was a story about an abused child who grew up and eventually finds love with a girl who helps him with his demons and falls in love with him. Before you start spouting your hate about nothing you know nothing about, READ THE DAMN BOOKS FIRST!

I love how people comment on books they haven’t read. If it is not your thing you don’t have to read but how can you condemn a book you haven’t read. The three books have obviously evolved past the 3 fanfic mark. people keep tearing it down but it can not be that bad if so many people like it. It seems like people, no matter what are going tear down her success but they can’t because while people bitch and complain she is laughing all the way to the bank…. and those people are stuck in their life complaining.

I’d rather be staked face down to an ant hill than read those books in their entirety. (which I’m surprised he didn’t do to her btw) I’ve read enough to to form an opinion. You don’t have to like it or agree with me. And I’m so so sorry you think it’s a healthy love story. :( You might want to look into the issues behind that when you look into your obvious anger management issues.

Melanie, stop hating. Find something positive to focus all of your negative energy on. You are bullying. Not cool.

If you had read the book you would know that it in no way resembles Twilight

Its fine if you dont like it, everyone is entitled to their own opinion but you shouldnt put people down because of it, all you are doing is proving yourself to be a bigot.

Interesting, your panning a book yet you read the entire series which means you put more money in the authors pocket. Most people don’t read the entire series of a book they hate so this is funny.

Im sorry you think I bought it……no I never said I bought it…..I said I read it, there are many ways to get books with out buying it!!!

Are you serious? Everything about the characters is EXACTLY like SM’s stories. Erika Leonard stole EVERYTHING from SM.

This is hilarious!! Loved it and love Fifty Shades!!

Open-minded? Now, I peed myself at that one. I read it in its entirely as MotU. I enjoy reading BDSM stories. The BDSM isn’t even real BDSM.

Furthermore, you just described Twilight… “she basically saves him, and shows him he can have love”

Actually, I would.

Ha! Some people are so “Vanilla”. Let us enjoy the series if we choose to.

well i sure for one would like to read yours, sheelly. I write also

I get it now Sheally…YOU ARE JEALOUS!!! I love it! Your a writer that no one is obsessed with!!!

Melanie. You need to take a chill pill and open your eyes.

i thought this book would not be my cup of tea ( i’m English !) but it is the first series that I could not put down and when I had finished the last one I went back to start again ! It does not apsire to be Shakespeare but just a wonderful love story with redemption and Trust as its overriding themes Yes there is sex in it and a bit of role play stuff but it is not Porn I have read all The Twilight series and there are obvious comparisons but that is primarily because the inspirations are Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart as themselves NOT edward and Bella I have caught the fan fiction bug now and I say Good Luck to EL James if she brings a bit of light relief to her readers is that so bad !Also I thought the Amazon AD was freaking hilarious There is lots of humour in these books as well as thought provoking issues. Wouldnt we all like to meet a billionaire even a kinky one !lol

To each his own I guess, but I really really liked the books!

Christian never “ABUSES” Ana at all in these books. Granted on the writing but I still enjoy the books immensely!

I think you should go to the doctor and get your bladder checked, you seem to have a bladder problem, just saying.

Sheelly…. Get laid and stop bring so freaking bitter! No one said you had to read it, get over
yourself!

u pee yourself alot!

Okay, okay. Let’s put this to rest. I am an editor, writer, and literary agent. I have read all three Fifty Shades books and I DO know what Melanie is saying. Book publishing companies get “thinly-veiled” Twilight fan-fictions all the time and by “thinly-veiled”, I mean, not veiled at all. And sadly, it doesn’t stop at Twilight fan-fictions, we reject several “thinly-veiled” fan-fictions all the time. Melanie didn’t finish the book. So what? Did you know that if we receive a full manuscript we’re only required to read the first beginning chapters? We can easily see their writing style and decide whether or not it’s time for the slush pile. The same with readers. If a book is slow, I suggest you stick with it, but if it’s a fast read, like Fifty Shades, and you’re turned off by the writing style, well, reading the entire thing is not going to change Melanie’s opinion. It truly has nothing to do with the story, though that’s part of it, it is badly edited, and badly written. Although, I don’t know if I could have done better, depending on what kind of shape it was in before it was sent to an editor.

Back to the badly written.

Ana repeats herself, over and over again. This is a big “no no”! And maybe I could let that slide, if she was an original character, but really, she is just another whiny protagonist. Much worse than Bella. In fact, Bella almost looks… well, I wouldn’t say “good”, although I could easily read Twilight in her perspective and not be nearly as peeved.

Then you look at the similar things E.L. James has copied from Twilight because it was a fan-fiction. It’s like she didn’t even try to make it her own.

Rosalie – Kate – Both described as blonde, stunning, and tenacious.

Alice – Mia – Both fashion gurus and over the top cheerful attitudes.

Carlisle – Carrick – I don’t even have to explain this one.

Emmett – Elliot – Both playful men, brawny, and described as teddy bears.

Renee – Carla – Both scattered mothers who seem to be a little bit “out of it”. More into their marriages than children.

I could go on to Jose, Ray, Paul, Grace, and the rest of the character list but I think you get the picture.

Although Stephanie Meyer has faults in her own writing, (believe me she does) at least she made her characters from scratch. James took characters from Meyers books, changed their name, and tried to add a spot of originality to them. However, in the end, they were still the same characters.

Think about it this way, E.L. James would have never written this book had it not been for Twilight.

The only thing I can say to James is that even though, it is horribly written, not to mention the fact she flat out stole characteristics from another author, she somehow managed to capture millions of people and got published by Random House. Not because her writing was brilliant, but because they’re several, stay at home mothers, who want to indulge in a life they’ll never have. Pardon me, “escape”. Whatever. It sells millions of copies, she is on the New York Times. I can state my opinion, but no matter what, her success isn’t going to change until the Fifty Shades Of Grey fan-fiction gets turned into a book that also enraptures millions.

I suppose it gives hope to all of the “bad” writers out there that as long as their story can capture millions, they can do whatever they want. I can feel real writers from the 18th century rolling in their graves. Oh I can’t wait for all of the BDSM stories I’m going to be editing in the coming months. Joy.

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Okay, okay. Let’s put this to rest. I am an editor, writer, and literary agent. I have read all three Fifty Shades books and I DO know what people are saying. Book publishing companies get “thinly-veiled” Twilight fan-fictions all the time and by “thinly-veiled”, I mean, not veiled at all. And sadly, it doesn’t stop at Twilight fan-fictions, we reject several “thinly-veiled” fan-fictions all the time. Some didn’t finish the book. So what? Did you know that if we receive a full manuscript we’re only required to read the first beginning chapters? We can easily see their writing style and decide whether or not it’s time for the slush pile. The same with readers. If a book is slow, I suggest you stick with it, but if it’s a fast read, like Fifty Shades, and you’re turned off by the writing style, well, reading the entire thing is not going to change their opinion. It truly has nothing to do with the story, though that’s part of it, it is badly edited, and badly written. Although, I don’t know if I could have done better, depending on what kind of shape it was in before it was sent to an editor.

Back to the badly written.

Ana repeats herself, over and over again. This is a big “no no”! And maybe I could let that slide, if she was an original character, but really, she is just another whiny protagonist. Much worse than Bella. In fact, Bella almost looks… well, I wouldn’t say “good”, although I could easily read Twilight in her perspective and not be nearly as peeved.

Then you look at the similar things E.L. James has copied from Twilight because it was a fan-fiction. It’s like she didn’t even try to make it her own.

Rosalie – Kate – Both described as blonde, stunning, and tenacious.

Alice – Mia – Both fashion gurus and over the top cheerful attitudes.

Carlisle – Carrick – I don’t even have to explain this one.

Emmett – Elliot – Both playful men, brawny, and described as teddy bears.

Renee – Carla – Both scattered mothers who seem to be a little bit “out of it”. More into their marriages than children.

I could go on to Jose, Ray, Paul, Grace, and the rest of the character list but I think you get the picture.

Although Stephanie Meyer has faults in her own writing, (believe me she does) at least she made her characters from scratch. James took characters from Meyers books, changed their name, and tried to add a spot of originality to them. However, in the end, they were still the same characters.

Think about it this way, E.L. James would have never written this book had it not been for Twilight.

The only thing I can say to James is that even though, it is horribly written, not to mention the fact she flat out stole characteristics from another author, she somehow managed to capture millions of people and got published by Random House. Not because her writing was brilliant, but because they’re several, stay at home mothers, who want to indulge in a life they’ll never have. Pardon me, “escape”. Whatever. It sells millions of copies, she is on the New York Times. I can state my opinion, but no matter what, her success isn’t going to change until the Fifty Shades Of Grey fan-fiction gets turned into a book that also enraptures millions.

I suppose it gives hope to all of the “bad” writers out there that as long as their story can capture millions, they can do whatever they want. I can feel real writers from the 18th century rolling in their graves. Oh I can’t wait for all of the BDSM stories I’m going to be editing in the coming months. Joy.

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P.S. Before I get attacked please let it be known, I enjoyed the read, and loved the ending. But I don’t consider it good literature or good writing at all. I know how hard it is to write a story, I give James props for her luck. I am on both sides here.

I just found the BSDM aspect to be unbelieveable. Its seemed like “bondage light”. I did read “the History of O” years ago and found that to be quite disturbing and not at all erotic, but a more realistic portrayal of people who live that lifestyle. Admittedly I know little of that lifestyle, but the book seemed more to feed in tho the fantasy some women have about being attracted to a bad boy, and then changing him, the average storyline of Harlequin romances and I did not buy it, and Ana’s constant whining got on my nerves. But on a positive note, 50 shades had a lot more sex than Twilight!

“Team Anything that makes me happy” is the best team ever!:) as long as it doesn’t threaten anyone’s life or safety, let me read and enjoy whatever i like, whatever makes me happy. it happens again now.. firstly with Twilight, now with Fifty. who the f’ cares how it’s written, whether the author is a professional writer or not? . people criticizing the book to shreds wast their “precious” time. they call it cr*, yet every post on Fifty is followed by 60-100 comments. the haters should get some life and leave those who already have it alone.

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Just can’t win with you fangirls can I? I either shouldn’t read them because i didn’t like what I read, or I should waste hours reading three of these books and then, when I again say the author can’t write, you can all jump down my throat with “If you don’t like it, don’t read it”. That’s ridiculous. I read over 11 chapters of the first one. I gave it a longer shot than I give real books because by that point you know if you like the author’s style or ability. And can recognize that this author has neither style or ability. Maybe she will someday, I have no idea but she doesn’t with these ~books.

“take a chill pill” lollllll

Honestly…. if you know little of the lifestyle, then you are not one to judge which book is the more realistic portrayal… truth is…. both have their strengths and both have their weaknesses in their portrayals… but neither is very accurate overall. In truth, each book is simply one person’s imagination run wild.

The reality of the lifestyle is actually much more down to earth, while at the same time, 50 Shades Hotter and 1,000 times more erotic than either of those books are capable of describing.

oh my god THANK YOU! just thank you for saying this! I couldn’t have put it better myself!

The problem is NOT the book. The problem is SOCIETY. The same society that loves The Jersey Shore, and the Kardashians and turns a turd like Robert Pattinson into a movie star in the first place. Its a society thats so repressed sexually that this POS, that while amusing as a fanfic, should NEVER have been a real book….seems like the greatest thing since the Vanessa Hudgens sex tape. Its a society of blind lemmings and laughable trends, and apparently, weve become SO weak, that James could fool and pray upon that stupidity just to make a few bux. She manipulated her core audience and has NO right to have a hit at all. Id go on and on about the reasons thats so, but why bother. PEOPLE KNOW THEM ALREADY! The same way they know that Snookie is just a braindead whore, but shes on the cover of ten thousand magazines and the same way the having 14 kids is deplorable and idiotic in todays society, yet the Octomom got her own TV show. The problem isnt in the book…..the problem….as always, when something is glaringly obvious to those with half a brain can smell the refuse…..it STILL becomes front page news. You wanna blame someone….blame yourselves. Falling for a fraud is just the MO for todays enviornment. And its not nessacarily new either. Dean Martin once said, in 1961, when speaking about the popularity of the Rat Pack “Were just the flavor of the moment pally….someday everyones gonna wake up, take two asperin with tomato juice and wonder what the hell all the fuss was about.”

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Erotic romance is not a new thing. There are far better ones out there. Far hotter, too. The SNL parody was funny, but believe me, there are plenty of other books that would have me in one of those positions long before 50 would even come close. =P It just didn’t do it for me.

Look, If 50 Shades of Grey was your introduction to this sort of thing, please do yourself a favor and dig deeper. You’ll find some awesome books by wonderful writers who actually know something about plot and characterization (and WRITING, for that matter).

I’ve seriously been scratching my head over why these books, out of all the others I’ve read, have been the ones to blow up. All I can figure is it’s the Twilight thing, and that’s…really sad.

You can’t seem to make up your mind. If someone has read all of the books and formed an opinion you don’t like then you make fun of them for that. If someone read enough to know they didn’t want to read more then they don’t get an opinion at all. This is how someone argues when they’re a raging fangirl. And it makes you and your opinions very easy to dismiss so this is funny.

And most people who have read these books didn’t pay for them or put any money in anyone’s pocket.

Pretty funny parody.

You haters have turned it into high school! Lol! Mean girls! Who cares…it’s a good read for MILLIONS of people!

Then you’re a cunt. With a stupid ass name.

A womans largest sexual organ is between her ears ! fact women are stimulated in their imagination far more so and in these books EL James writes all of the various stimulae Scent sounds visuals that women find so much more erotic than men immediately do I think that these books are smut made easy without all the effort in real erotic classics and obviously the response is that lots of women are being turned on ( possibly for the first time in a long time ) Real Life can get overwhelming and this is just escapism ! There are those that worry that turning on a whole load of women to horny fiction is going to interfere with Real life ( Thats why the SNL parody is so spot on ) Its just a story that women would like to relate to We arent all going to find a billionaire to worship at the Temple of our Inner Goddess but it sure sounds like fun Lighten up people.

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You’re a liar. Lol. Fifty shades IS Robert Pattnson and you know it, which is why women are so enthralled with this craptastic Twi fan fiction. The women denying that Robert/Edward from Twilight is 50 (Christian Gray) are the same maniacal envious bitter bags that are upset Pattinson ruined their fantasy love lives by having a real-life cute little girlfriend. Lmao it’s so funny to see this pathological phenom unfold. Deny it all you want but your just proving the psychoanalysts right when you mouth off about your ‘tons of lady pals,’ that don’t associate their fap fic with Twi, and stopped reading it when they found out…bahahaha, yeah, they found out Patz was the inspiration for 50 and put the book down mid orgasm. Lol stfu, liar. That’s why they bought the shite and you know it, because it’s why you bought it, the very fact your angrily and resentfully b*tching about someone/something everyone knows, tells the tale…your resentful, and that’s for a reason. I’m glad the Twi kids have bodyguards, some of the bags out there are pretty unhinged…the love/hate/deniers like you are the weirdest.

If the millions of women that read 50 shades or Twilight were all, or even mostly, ‘stay at home moms,’ as you stupidly and wrongly suggest, the country’s GNP would rival Haiti’s. You had me, until you let fly with your gross micharacterizations of the readership behind these books. If you’re an editor, I’m Michelle Obama. These erroneous female stereotypes of yours, are the exact reason why publishers/filmmakers will continue to be unprepared and fumble the ball, missing these moneymakers out of the gate. twilight is the 5th most read book after The Bible, Harry Potter, and Lord of The Rings…at its heart, it’s a simple romance, as is 50 Shades…romance is the biggest best selling genre of fiction there is. There aren’t that many stay at home moms. Do the math, and stop denigrating the audience, if you want to be successful at your claimed (heh) chosen profession.

She described twilight, because that’s the derivative Einstein. Just like formulaic romance is the derivative for Twilight. This isn’t rocket science, and women who are fapping don’t particularly care what you social scientists think of the ‘feminine construct,’ of this book series. I mean, really? So as some woman is getting ramped up with her busy fingers dwn her pants she’s supposed to stop and consider the suppression oppression of the feminist meme within the text by the male hero? This is what blows your cover as a so-called sexual progressive…if you don’t require men to write a thesis on their p.orrn/masturbatory material, why in hel.l would you require it of women? Grow up. You miss the point. The readers of these books, the watchers of twilight, aren’t critiquing/reading Hemingway…they want to get off with a simply p0rny little love story. This same formula has resulted in the best selling genre of fiction, I.e. ROMANCE, for years…I am amazed some people, especially women with their head up their crotch and not much else, can’t see that. Read the best seller lists for the last two decades.

In a parody Mother’s Day commercial for Amazon.com, moms are surprised by their gift-giving spouses and kids as they’re getting all sexed up reading the erotic novel.

i still find it intriguing that it took you the entire series to figure out you didn’t like it and that you would spend that much time reading a book you didn’t like. why so you can go back and tell people you didn’t like?

The Facts acording to who ? You ?
The facts are yes maybe it started as Fanfict, BUT this was her own ORIGINAL story about Edward & Bella, that she changed some names and self published the book, BECAUSE she got such RAVING REVIEWS.
The FACTS are this IS a VERY GOOD BOOK, If not it would not have sold MILLIONS of books and being made into a MOVIE.
If that means the book was crap then by all means make mine crap too.

If EL James is such a bad author and should never have been published, because you would have seen how bad her writing was in the first few chapters, then I want to know WHO gave Nicholas Sparks a contract to write these boring novels that he writes ?

I have been trying to read The Lucky one for 3 weeks, and have not made it to the middle yet. This book is so boring and slow, I am ready to give up, but I spent $15.00 on the book, so I keep plowing thru hoping to get to something good, but it is still boring, so I put it aside to read something else.

This is EXACTLY what I keep saying.

What is the name of your book piss pot ?

And you’re a licensed therapist? By clicking on your profile name, I’m guessing in the state of Ohio? Is this how you behave towards your patients? Jo….Josephine, Jodi, JoAnne…..whatever Jo is short for…..not only is your behavior highly inappropriate coming from someone in your career field, I wonder how your employer would feel about the things you’ve posted here? Particularly your nasty shot above to another commenter regarding being abused by a man. As a therapist, you should know that abuse is never a laughing or taunting matter. –Signed, Someone who sees a therapist for years of suffered child abuse followed by years of domestic abuse as an adult.

Sheelly, time to get that bladder checked, you pee yourself way too much. A tuck perhaps? Or maybe just some depends would work. Please don’t sit next to me though, I’m sure you don’t smell like a breath of “summer’s eve”.

I totally agree with you. Christian was very hard to like in the beginning but as she stood up to him and held her own, he began to change and realize he was good enough to be loved and didn’t need to be feared. I am now reading them for the second time and just realizing how much happens in them. I’ve laughed and cried, I love the pool table!!! and it has really perked things up here with me and my husband. Not necessarily in the way you might think. I learned from Ana that if you really love, you are responsible for your partners happiness and you make that your purpose and in turn, he does the same for you. It has worked and we are closer than we have ever been. LOVE LOVE LOVE these books. I have to agree the writing is not great, never want to see the word Flourish again, but it seems like it is written in the perspective of a young girl in love for the first time.

read quickly, 50 shades freed is just as good but a little disappointing in the end. The only other series I have been this taken with was the Hunger Games Series. I couldn’t put those down either. Enjoy

wow. You really went there. Nice. If you were an actual therapist worthy of the job you would never have typed that.

I’m not the one being hostile. If I’m the one in this comment section whose hostility is bothering you, you’re not reading all the comments. I never said it was negative towards women. I said the main male character was an asshole to the main female character. There’s a difference.

oh for the love of god and for the twentieth time, I don’t care about the sex scenes. I was not offended by them, they did not make me uncomfortable. I don’t care if the whole world faps to these books or turns their brains off while reading them. They’re perfect for both of those things I’m sure.

I cannot fathom why people are so touchy and sensitive about me not liking the writing. Why do you all care so much? I think they’re horribly written. So what? If you like them, read on and have fun. And I DID read enough to have my own opinion. I didn’t bash the story in itself except to say I think Edward/Christian is an asshole. I bashed the writing. THERE’S A DIFFERENCE. I don’t have to read a whole damn trilogy to know I don’t like the way it’s written. I can form that opinion within the first couple chapters. Writing style is writing style. It doesn’t change from page 25 to page 850. The story changes not the writing style or the things about it that annoy you when you’re reading it.

And I’m not a lit snob. I read a lot of fluff, fanfiction, historical romance novels, all genres, any kind of book out there really. I just don’t read writing like this. Because it’s awful writing. Not because of the sex or the storyline or whatever you guys want to think my issue with it is.

And if you think life is too short for internet arguments then don’t engage in them.

so..no e-book is a real book by your definition? No book published only in digital format is a book? You’re going to have to adjust that definition in the coming years I think.

My saying it isn’t a “real” book is because it started as fanfiction. It doesn’t use original characters. And despite what people seem to think, they ARE influenced by the original characterizations of Edward and Bella when they first read this. The ones who read it now, who don’t know it was fanfiction, might not be, although i find that unlikely as all the press has flat out said it started with Edward and Bella as the characters. People are, at minimum, subconsciously influenced by who they knew Edward and Bella to be before E.L.’s version of them. So, in my opinion, this isn’t a “real” book. It’s fanfiction and will always be fanfiction. Self-published fanfiction that fangirls got enough attention that someone decided to cash in on it. That doesn’t make it a “real” book to me. I mean, of course it’s in book format lolll. Everyone knows that. That has nothing to do with whether or not I, myself, just me, consider it a “real” book. It’s Twilight fanfiction with a binding.

Apparently the world enjoys the book regardless of your views on how it was written…Christ…open your mind. Think of all the books that people have condemed over the years. If the plot makes you uncomfortable then don’t read it,no one is forcing anyone to read it, btw…totally hot book!

How magnanimous of you. I’m sure she’ll sleep better at night knowing that you approve of her honesty, at least.

Gah….now I’M getting snarky!

Look…of course you don’t have to like her writing and you can think it’s crappy and bad. That’s perfectly your right. I think most of the issue here has been the superior tone you’ve taken in what you’ve written and the fact that it seems that because YOU say the writing is horrible, it must BE horrible and that anyone who believes otherwise is enough to make you “weep for humanity”. This became more than just voicing one’s opinion. It became a lecture and when you lecture other people with a denigrating attitude, most people tend to be put on the defensive and will definitely push back.

Enough with the pushing…

This story is not about a man who abuses a woman…if that is what you got from the book maybe it is less about the book being poorly written and more about your reading comprehension skills. This is a story about a woman who saves a man from himself and his wretched past. He does not do anything to her that she has not consented to.

In every bedroom across the world you will find that the likes and dislikes of the couples behind the door are vastly different.

Ana allows Christian to find himself and willingly searches for a way to meet his needs in a way that she also enjoys. Yes they did things that she did not enjoy…but never was it abuse…she willingly engaged in those activities only to discover it was not for her. Have you never tried anything out of curiosity only to say never again?

Think about it…

Really enjoyed the books, though I must admit that Ana got on my tits a bit with her repetitive “Holy Shits & Craps” lol. But so what if it could have been written better, other huge sellers such as Twilight & Harry Potter are also poorly written but they entertain and spark an interest in readers…. Books are escapism pure and simple. I’ll read anything and everything, from Mills & Boon to Dickens & King. Just take it for what it is, a good read with faults admittedly but also with romance and kinky fuckery!! lol. And come on the Tampon scene wasn’t that bad!!

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Exactly. All ‘she’ is doing is proving how useless her opinion is. She spends endless hours upon hours upon days commenting on something she hasn’t even read and couldn’t even finish. Very sad.

One’s opinion only matters if they have actually *read* the subject matter. Otherwise they are just posturing and cloying.

That’s really all there is to it I’m afraid.

Cheers to those out there who actually know how to read and finish what they start.

Read “The Story of O” or “Her” if you can find it in print, both from years ago.

I’m with EL on using fresh faces. I don’t want to be thinking True Blood or Vampire Diaries when 50 should be the only thing running through it onscreen. ;) The right Ana & Christian are out there!!!

just because you didn’t like doesn’t mean others don’t. the thing has been on top on the ny best sellers list for a while. my wife and i are going to read it together to see what all the fuss is about. i think you should use other terms than “stupid”.

I couldn’t agree with you more, but I am enjoying the books even as I roll my eyes (he he). And I’m not a stay at home mom, just for the record.

(rolls eyes) – see that!?! ha ha ha – ironic or what?? (wiggles eyebrows) :)

lets be honest we all want our Christian Grey. LOL I love the books and the story. It gives us something to fantasize about ummmmmm maybe to much but a woman/girl can fantasize!

i have read many things, some written well, some written horribly but if the story is good the bad writing can be for given. I think a lot of people that are complaining about how bad it is written really don’t like the subject matter. What I don’t understand is why are people being attacked because they enjoyed the book. It is a book, fantasy, pretend, not real, entertainment nothing more. It is not about domestic violence or child abuse. I think people are to quick to judge others.