Fifty Shades of Awful...a book review

Jun 19, 2012 14:24


Just before I begin this, I just want to state that all my opinions here are my own. No one has to agree with me on this, and please, don't take my words as holy scripture, I'm just saying what I think about the following works, but I encourage everyone to make their own opinions, no matter how much I tell you how something sucks. I'm just sharing ( Read more... )

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aleksiina_26 June 20 2012, 12:35:36 UTC
I knew what I was getting into when I started reading that piece of crap, I'd seen the reviews, but as I explained, I'm wayyyy too curious for my own good -___- Well, someone had to take one for the team I guess XD Seriously, if you're gonna read it, download a free pdf, no one should pay for that shit lol. Kushiel's is just amazing, seriously, I'm still thinking about getting "love as thou wilt" tattooed somewhere on myself ;)

Thanks for commenting dear xoxo

(btw, I have been working my way through your archive, and holy fucking hell woman, you're one heck of a talented writer! Tea and Sympathy made me tear up, and that rarely happens with me, it was gorgeous. I never was a ToraPon fan, I usually write ToraSaga, ToraShou and the occasional crossover when my Tora-muse feels slutty, but you're making me feel like giving the pairing a try. I'm about halfway between 9th Revolver and completely loving it. I just wanted to let you know that you're awesome :D)

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aleksiina_26 June 21 2012, 02:59:33 UTC
Oh please do, you won't be sorry you skipped that piece of crap -___- I also suffered through the Twilight Saga (I'm pretty sure thats the punishment you get in hell, alternate between reading twilight and fifty shades, and then demons make you do phone surveys in-between. I bet thats what hell is like XD) Honestly I don't even know how I managed to get through all four books without gouging my eyes out, the fourth book was so flat out ludicrous, eurgh.

(I commented on your personal post about that, I think making an archive of your old work would be a nice compromise, it would be out of the main archive yet still available. You've really managed to get me into the pairing, I have no clue how that fucking happened XD I totally want to write them now...after my current series most like ^_^)

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karinblack June 20 2012, 07:02:15 UTC
let's skip 1st part and go 2nd....

about the movie - I was the same!! it was WTF? it's Mononoke Hime... fucking thieves (((p(>o<)q)))

I went on this movie only to see Charlize [Kyo she was perfect m(_ _)m] and ofc to see Chris (‘∀’●)♡

nah I'm not good in writinh in english (lot of mistakes) sorry (;へ:)

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aleksiina_26 June 20 2012, 12:39:55 UTC
Yeah me too! All the forest scenes with the wood-spirits were straight out of Mononoke Hime, I was really annoyed -___-

She was AMAZING as the evil queen, and so beautiful too omg. I was pissed that she was killed so easily at the end, it really felt rushed -___- And I could talk about Chris for hours...unf! He was so hot with his leather outfit and his accent and that sad look in his eyes...*drools*

I appreciate your effort :D You barely made any mistakes, good work! xoxo

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karinblack June 20 2012, 15:56:22 UTC
heah *w* Charlize is very talented actress m(_ _)m Chris is pure sex (I think I need to watch again Thor *w*)

and about my english... as you can see my grammar is bad and I'm to lazy to improve it... lazy me... I have 2 ideas for ToraSaga but I really hate my style of writing so ofcourse I'm not gonna write it... need ideas for your ff? I can sell it ψ(`∇´)ψ

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aleksiina_26 June 20 2012, 19:22:19 UTC
Hmm Thor *drools* I can't wait for he avengers to come on dvd so I can get extra Thor goodness XD

Its not too bad at all though, with some practice you could get really good :D If ever I run out of fic ideas I'll ring you up ;)

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puss_nd_boots June 20 2012, 11:33:15 UTC
First of all, thank you for sacrificing yourself for science so others don't have to. This book sounds like it's truly horrid. (She says "Oh, jeez' when she climaxes? WHEN SHE CLIMAXES??? Really ( ... )

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aleksiina_26 June 20 2012, 12:56:43 UTC
Horrid is too mild a word. It was horrifying and I had to force myself to finish it...bleargh! The things she says when she orgasms (pretty much once every other page or so) are so ridiculous, if I was a guy fucking her, I couldn't keep a straight face ( ... )

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puss_nd_boots June 20 2012, 21:18:03 UTC
The thing is breaking Harry Potter sales records! BREAKING HARRY POTTER SALES RECORDS! I suppose I should have expected as much from a culture that made megastars of the Kardashians, but still ( ... )

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aleksiina_26 June 20 2012, 22:55:21 UTC
I'm really disappointed with america right now...good lord. Where is my spaceship so I can collect y'all, gather all of psc's roster and fly off the face on this planet? Eurghhh ( ... )

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aphina101 June 20 2012, 13:16:55 UTC
I sincerely agree and everything you touched on was amazingly correct!

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aleksiina_26 June 20 2012, 14:53:26 UTC
Thank you so much, its nice to see i'm not the only one thinking that 50 shades is complete and utter crap XD

Thank you so much for giving your input :D xoxo

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aphina101 June 20 2012, 15:07:45 UTC
They really should have named it Fifty Shades of S**t.

This is what I said about it on my LJ:

I have read the book and have a somewhat liberal view when reading about sex but the book sincerely annoyed me. It was the first time that I have ever grown bored about reading about sex. The love scenes basically cover up a sensationally pathetic and mind numbing plot I have ever had the experiance of reading.

You can actually tell it is based on a Twilight fanfiction because scenes from all three of the books bare an alarming similiarity to Stephanie Meyer's. It is frightening to see how far this has gone in terms of sales. It is such an awful read that shouldn't be as popular as it is. Yet it does prove the point that sex does really sell.

To be honest I used to work in a bookstore and it was selling like hot cakes before I left. I was starting to think I was the only person in the world who thought it was ridiculous.

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aleksiina_26 June 20 2012, 19:25:30 UTC
Oh I agree 100% with what you wrote, sex does sell. Extremely mediocre, poorly researched sex. I'm appalled that its so popular tbh -___-

We shall build our army of fellow haters of 50 shades of poop and have it destroyed, I swear XD

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sciencesaves June 20 2012, 15:58:06 UTC
wwwww ( ... )

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aleksiina_26 June 20 2012, 22:18:24 UTC
Ah the things I do for the sake of research...>_< It was stupid of me this time, I must admit, but I like to build my own opinion of things instead of debating stuff I know nothing about (did that with religion, boy oh boy is it fun to get into arguments with evangelists when I know more about the scripture than they do XD)

I swear to god, there's a nice painful place in hell for the editor of that book, if it even was edited at all. I didn't touch on the geography mistakes but its like the author's pacific northwest map was a puzzle she assembled while completely sloshed. Its so horrible, I'm baffled and horrified people think its any good.

Snow white was okay. It wasn't awesome but it was worth watching for the gorgeous costumes and Charlize of course. The rest of the cast was good enough to make up for KStew's wooden, unnatural, one dimensional acting. She might be alright in 10 years who knows. Prometheus is next on my list of movies to watch :D I'll post a review when I see it ;)

I'm glad I entertained you my dear xoxo

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aphina101 June 21 2012, 09:02:17 UTC
I can not wait to see what you think of Prometheus!

I really enjoyed Snow White, I hate Kirsten Steward usually but I enjoyed her in that. Then again I am a fan of fairytales. Charlize Theron was amazing, she was so expressive and she played the part amazing! The Queen had so much depth!

I adored Chris Hemsworth. I think that he has come into his own as an actor and he has such an extensive range. Seeing him cry when he kissed her made me want to hug him. I genuinely felt for him because he was losing so many people in his life.

The part that really bugged me was the end. It was five minutes of her holding a stick after she was crowned. I thought that bit went on far too long and I was waiting for her to address her people but nothing happened at all. That was a tad disappointing.

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aleksiina_26 June 21 2012, 15:02:13 UTC
I'm probably seeing it next week, I'm pretty excited :D

I though snow white was okay. It wasn't bad, but the flagrant plot holes pissed me the fuck off, and the Mizayaki plagiarism as well. I think it could've have been better with a better edited script, but then I found out that it was the director's first full-length feature. It was pretty good for a first try. I don't think Kristen Stewart is horrible, she's just...mediocre. One dimensional on everything, even her looks are very average, there's quite a few, more talented actresses that could've fit the role better imho. I think she's completely untried as an actress, and that with a true challenging role she could learn quite a bit, but only time will tell.

I felt the end was horribly rushed. I mean, the queen was a badass bitch and I was really disappointed that she died so fucking easily, and then there was no epilogue at all, a crowning and that's it. It felt unfinished to me tbh.

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