[Blondie X]

Originally Posted by trinity2002

I did try it to a. see what all the fuss was about, and b. if it really was as bad as some people were saying. I managed around 23% and I just couldn't read anymore. I'm not a book snob by any degree, in fact I'd put paranormal romance and urban fantasy as my favourite genres nowadays, but 50 Shades was just a chore.

I'm with you. I did finish the first book but it was a struggle and felt like a chore. I was actually relieved when I finally finished it as I could then go on and read something I might enjoy.
I didn't find it shocking or sexy, just badly written and plain dull. It bored me tbh.

I'm not a book snob either. I'm currently reading something by Lisa Jewell, having just finished a Mark Billingham. But even a chick lit or pulp fiction type novel has to have something to grab you and 50 Shades didn't grab me at all.

[Thorn1979]

Originally Posted by Julie_Marley

....if it gets into the wrong hands it could cause serious damage to a woman .... very dangerous in my opinion, I was told respect, love and equality was the best thing in a relationship

Oh dear. Please excuse me, DSers, for I have no shame about my sexuality in this relatively anonymous forum. So if you don't want details, look away now

I walked away from a "vanilla" marriage which caused me more pain and humiliation than anything I have ever done as a submissive.

In fact having discovered myself sexually has led me into the most respectful, loving relationship I have ever had.

So frankly, Julie_Marley, what is dangerous is ignorance, presumptuousness and spouting forth on something you don't know much about.

PS I hate these books, a D/s relationship is not exclusive to rich men with helicopters

[Julie_Marley]

I have expressed my views, but I probably shouldn't have went down the respect, love and equality road, so I apologise to anyone who was offended by that part of my post, I hope you accept my apology.

[theia]

Originally Posted by OneTreeHillFan

Has anyone seen there is a parody of 50 shades called '50 shames of earl grey' LOL

Yes, I have...bought it for my daughter in law as a naff Christmas present...she has read the trilogy, I tried reading the first one when I was babysitting at her house but the writing "style" annoyed me. However it gave me an idea of how amusing the parody is.

[geordielady]

Originally Posted by Julie_Marley

Maybe you will all ignore my above post, that's your decision but at the end of the day I believe this book is wrong, and if it gets into the wrong hands it could cause serious damage to a woman, and the other thing that bothers me is young adults reading this and thinking that the kind of relationship in this book is right and proper, and a young and naive woman will go out looking for somebody like Christian Grey and get hurt, very dangerous in my opinion, you know how influence plays a big part on young people's lives, if one is doing it they all follow, maybe I am being old fashioned but that's the way I have been brought up, I was told respect, love and equality was the best thing in a relationship and to have this book tell me that what I have been doing all these years is not the right way is somewhat baffling to me, that's what I got from this book anyway, and that's the decision I am sticking to, some people like it some people don't, it's just like everything in life, just this book read and felt so wrong to me, is that a bad thing?

The only damage it does is fool sexually inexperienced woman into thinking its possible to orgasm every time in less then 2 minutes, what a shock many will have when they find out if only it was that easy.

[abigail1234]

...Or that a man will be ready to start again 2 minutes after finishing a two-hour marathon...several times!

[GiraffeGirl]

Originally Posted by Thorn1979

Oh dear. Please excuse me, DSers, for I have no shame about my sexuality in this relatively anonymous forum. So if you don't want details, look away now

I walked away from a "vanilla" marriage which caused me more pain and humiliation than anything I have ever done as a submissive.

In fact having discovered myself sexually has led me into the most respectful, loving relationship I have ever had.

So frankly, Julie_Marley, what is dangerous is ignorance, presumptuousness and spouting forth on something you don't know much about.

PS I hate these books, a D/s relationship is not exclusive to rich men with helicopters

I think it would be different if she had signed the contract (oh that bloody pointless contract which took up pages and pages and then was repeated with minor alterations that we already knew about because they talk endlessly about utter crap!) and become his submissive though cause then it would what that relationship was based on.

The fact he claims he's having a 'normal' relationship with her and then behaves like a complete psycho every time she does anything minor such as *shock horror* goes for a drink with her friend and this seems okay to her is pretty disturbing.

I'm on book 3 at the moment and they've got progressively worse. My newest incredulities include (should I spoiler this? I will just in case):

Spoiler

Her complete overreaction to his not allowing her to orgasm and safe-wording him - a different safe-word than the one they agreed on earlier in the same book

Having a party whilst her father is in a coma

The sheer amount of times they can claim each other is 'mine'

How she can have the nerve to blame her assistant for having forgotten to have her contraceptive injection

How she can be shocked she's pregnant when they've had sex roughly every 20 pages and that's only the ones detailed in depth

How anyone can think she deserves her job as editor when all she does is send smutty emails to her husband

Why on earth I'm still reading this rubbish

I wasn't expecting great things from the book. I read it out of curiosity. At the end of the 1st book I was mildly compelled to see what happened next. Having read book two I was bored with both of them but wanted to see it through. Now I'm on book three, I remain entirely unshocked by the sexual aspects of it, but just incredulous that any publishing house picked this up. Is this really the best they can offer?