About Fifty Shades of Gray...

[alfreda89]

Is THIS what this book is about?

I am speechless. I thought the book was merely derivative, mildly erotic, and poorly written. This is appalling.

At the least, this is a well thought-out analysis of FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY. So what do you think?

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[sheilagh.livejournal.com]

woops! posted this to another post that was unrelated...


hmmm.
haven't read the novel, but that essay brings an awesome book to mind, one that cracks open the unconscious Western cultural bias of that (otherwise good) essay:
http://www.amazon.com/Femininity-Lost-Regained-Robert-Johnson/dp/0060920637

Basically, he lays out in clear, logical detail how Western fairy tales put women in really awful positions for their love, sort of no-win situations .. contrast with India's similar tales, where women face equally huge challenges for their Lover, but their love and sacrifice DO win the day. It's a great, short read.



Since Shades of Grey is Twilight oriented, you might enjoy this somewhat long set of reads about just how truly awful the Twilight series is, for it's egregious use of Mormonism and other cheap writing:
http://stoney321.livejournal.com/317176.html
http://stoney321.livejournal.com/317857.html
http://stoney321.livejournal.com/318658.html
http://stoney321.livejournal.com/319735.html

(note, Stoney's analysis is years old, but still hilarious, and worth looking for all the animated SPARKLE images she uses!)

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

(And I think we know that Bella and Edward don't do that because Bella isn't picking glitter out of her teeth come morning.)

At the risk of using a cliche -- ROFLAO!

Good heavens these books sound boring. But they make perfect movies, because there's only a short story's worth of plot!

I will say this -- no book will satisfy everyone, and a bestseller means someone will hate the book. So I am cutting Stephenie some slack here. A lot of people enjoyed these. Just not my thing.