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?

Comments

[laura balanko (from livejournal.com)]

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!

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I take the same view, now. Once I had to finish books, but no more. I will give a book a bit of time, if there's anything there intriguing me -- but if I'm fifty pages in and we're not clicking, the relationship is over before it's truly begun!

I thought the article was very informative and opened up other avenues for thought.