I read the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy for a laugh, but I found them creepy and depicting, in my opinion, an absuive relationship in a way that made me think the author was saying 'some of this stuff is ok'. When it's not.
I'm just about to start The Red House by Mark Haddon (author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time). I hope it's much better than the bullshit Fifty Shades crap I just read. I suspect it will be; I usually enjoy his writing.
I've been hearing a lot about Fifty Shades of Grey. Apparently the ladies around here are calling it, "mommy porn" which I find hilarious. Is it really that dirty?
Oh, I haven't read The Red House, but I did read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time a few years ago. I wasn't overly thrilled by it, but the writing was decent. Let me know how The Red House is, I'm interested to hear.
I just wrote you a loooong comment but Lj ate it! There is a lot of sex in the books, but they're disappointingly unerotic. I find it hard to believe it was written by a woman; the main character basically orgasms ninety million times through PIV, no hint of clitoral stimulation suggested. I was quite sick of her 'losing herself in him' every single time she was anywhere near his penis by the end of the books. They're also depressingly repetitive
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You know it started out as Twilight fanfic called Master of the Universe, right? There was some kind of uproar, she changed the names from Bella and Edward to Anastasia and Christian, and self-published. Random House picked it up because it became this huge talk-show sensation. I DO NOT COMPREHEND.
Also, I work at a bookstore and I can't tell you how many times I've been breathlessly asked "Have you read this yet? Isn't it just sooooooo good?" And then when I say no, they say "You should read it!!!" and I say I'm not interested, and most of them get offended. I'm not even being snarky, I just flatly and not meanly say that I'm not interested. Some woman told me that the company should MAKE me read them so that I'd know what I was talking about when people asked. I can't even.
I did know that. Twilight is creepy as hell, too. For the same reasons. You can tell FSoG was fanfic, too by the writing style.
I think you should read it, too. Not for the same reasons, but so you can share my pain! I read it for a giggle, then finished them so I could criticise! Lol. It's so awful, though! I'd also like it if people who weren't idiots read it, so not everyone would be like "omg best book ever!"
I read an article that had excerpts in it, and I read the first couple of pages. When someone really bugs me about it, I say "I've read enough to know that I'm not interested in it". I'm asexual, by the way. This interests me not at all.
I'm just about to start The Red House by Mark Haddon (author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time). I hope it's much better than the bullshit Fifty Shades crap I just read. I suspect it will be; I usually enjoy his writing.
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Oh, I haven't read The Red House, but I did read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time a few years ago. I wasn't overly thrilled by it, but the writing was decent. Let me know how The Red House is, I'm interested to hear.
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Also, I work at a bookstore and I can't tell you how many times I've been breathlessly asked "Have you read this yet? Isn't it just sooooooo good?" And then when I say no, they say "You should read it!!!" and I say I'm not interested, and most of them get offended. I'm not even being snarky, I just flatly and not meanly say that I'm not interested. Some woman told me that the company should MAKE me read them so that I'd know what I was talking about when people asked. I can't even.
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I think you should read it, too. Not for the same reasons, but so you can share my pain! I read it for a giggle, then finished them so I could criticise! Lol. It's so awful, though! I'd also like it if people who weren't idiots read it, so not everyone would be like "omg best book ever!"
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