Thanks for the link to that article, it was well written. I have to confess, I only made it partway through the first book (after their initial sexual encounter and the gift of the rare book). I couldn't see what everyone was raving about but just chalked it up 'to each his own'.

Roxanne Gay's article points outs a few very interesting facts about human nature and the disservice this books does to people who are in the BDSM lifestyle.

For me, I just thought 50 Shades was crap so I stopped reading. I have hundreds of books in my TBR, why waste time on something that is not engaging me!