50 Shades of Grey

Contributor: Hummingbird Hummingbird
I read it because my SO suggested it because I was writing my own set of stories and was stuck on my own plot line and how to continue it. I grew to love the SOG Trilogy and read it more times than I can count but not just for the BDSM which I know only a scratch about but the personna of Anna. She was introduced as a self-conscious insecure woman in the beginning who was actually a strong and secure one even by the end of the first book. As insecure as she was and as pretty as she felt herself not to be she later became to be aware how pretty and sexy she was because of the man who loved her with every fiber of his being.

The Anna first introduced to the series is the one I very much related to and after becoming more knowledgable, aware and confident of herself and capabilities is much the same as I see myself now.

Yes I find the series stimulating sexually and erotically but it's the maturity of both Christian and Anna I relate to and how their differences strengthen one another. The BDSM in the book is a turn-on, the excitement that makes it popular and controversial. I'm sure BDSM Is much different than portrayed in the book, you don't take the local news at face value, why should I take what little is expressed here about BDSM as fact?
04/20/2013
Contributor: snowminx snowminx
don't care to read it lol
04/20/2013
Contributor: jwitt754 jwitt754
I fell in love with these books. I couldn't put them down.
04/21/2013
Contributor: mailroomorder mailroomorder
Hate it. Avoid it. It shows an unhealthy BDSM relationship. Which would be fine if it were advertised as such. But it's not. The story doesn't at all dwell on the fact that this is an unhealthy sexual and emotional relationship filled with manipulation rather than care.
04/21/2013
Contributor: Mr. John Mr. John
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Originally posted by Bethy Cassatt
What have you done about this crazy fad book?
I have not read the trilogy and probably will not. The reviews regarding quality of writing has been horrid.
04/21/2013
Contributor: karenm karenm
I flipped through it for fun once, but I've avoided the hype.
04/21/2013
Contributor: Bme Bme
I am not interested in reading it.
04/21/2013
Contributor: JDear JDear
It's been great for the adult entertainment industry. I work at a sex shop and it has definitely increased our business. BUT I hate it. I think it's awful and unhealthy. You don't have to be into BDSM to know that's just unhealthy... It's mommy porn. And of all the things to get uptight middle aged women into a sex shop... This? Really?
04/28/2013
Contributor: Rokmai Rokmai
I generally ignore everything I hear about the series, but I did happen to read an excerpt one time... It really just left me speechless.

I thought English classes were mandatory here. I guess not, though.
04/28/2013
Contributor: amorfati amorfati
Read all three; hated all three.
04/29/2013
Contributor: FieryRed FieryRed
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Originally posted by Xarien
I don't really love it or hate it...But after reading through portions of it I honestly feel the book has more comedic value than anything. When a book contains quotes like:

'Are you ready for this?' he mewled, smirking at me like ... more
It seriously said that he MEWLED? Like a tiny baby kitteh? Oh. Wow. That's even worse than the rest of the line.
05/07/2013
Contributor: FieryRed FieryRed
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Originally posted by Synthete
I read the first, and got halfway through the second, but I got tired of the characters and relationship/ plot. I originally picked them up because I was excited to see a BDSM-themed book topping bestseller charts, but as others here have said, ... more
"...BDSM - it's not a result of...childhood abuse..."

Well, sometimes it is.

My closest friend became interested in BDSM as a form of therapy for just that reason. She ended up deciding it wasn't really very therapeutic, but it still is a big turn-on for her.

That's not to say that interest in BDSM is always, or even most of the time, a result of such things.

I once knew a woman who, upon telling her therapist that the woman she was dating was an adult model, was told by her therapist (who should know better) that most women in that field of work have suffered sexual abuse.
05/07/2013
Contributor: requiem dreams requiem dreams
I tried to read it because a friend bought me the trilogy and I didnt want to hurt their feelings but I just couldnt stand it
05/11/2013
Contributor: natashaanime natashaanime
I read them and liked them
05/16/2013
Contributor: stacylyn stacylyn
Quote:
Originally posted by Bethy Cassatt
What have you done about this crazy fad book?
I do not like it
05/17/2013