Comments | riath: Fifty Shades of Grey 'aka' Fifty Shades of What the hell is this?

riath

Fifty Shades of Grey 'aka' Fifty Shades of What the hell is this?

Jul 16, 2012 19:21

I'd like to start this review out on a serious note. I confess that I am quite disturbed that this book/series is being promoted as "romance". Nothing could be further from the truth. The character of Christian Grey is abusive, manipulative and above all controlling. This is what most people would classify as prima facie domestic abuse. I'm not ( Read more... )

books, rage, wtf

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riath July 16 2012, 19:03:13 UTC

Yeah, that about sums it up. I saw one person actually trying to compare this to James Joyce. Ugh, no, just no. I am earnestly praying that this is not the future of literature but I don't hold out much hope.

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riath July 16 2012, 19:04:19 UTC

Yep! Wish I'd spotted that when I was writing my review, it's spot on.

potatogoddess July 16 2012, 19:09:24 UTC

You put into words/gifs exactly how I feel about this disgrace. Thank you :) I wish I could print this out and paste it around the staff room so I don't have to hear one more sentence about it!

riath July 16 2012, 19:22:51 UTC

I had to post something or I was just going to lose it. I know how you feel, all the women at C's office are reading it and I just...ugh.

potatogoddess July 16 2012, 20:38:15 UTC

My mum has just text me asking if she should read it and now wants to know why not. I do not know how to explain it to her!

riath July 16 2012, 20:51:13 UTC

You're welcome to link her to this post if you think it would help. I've made it public, so she'd be able to see it.

If you don't want to do that, the simplest way that I, personally, would say it is that it passes off domestic abuse as romance. And that's aside from the fact that it's repetitive and badly written.

nelmiocuore July 16 2012, 19:24:44 UTC

Brilliant review!

riath July 16 2012, 20:13:29 UTC

Why thank you! I had to write something on it, it was just that bad.

myrrhmade July 16 2012, 19:29:53 UTC

I want to be all edgy and say I'm just here for the flawless gif party, but no, I have way too many feels abut 50. I just want to add that I'd like to ask EL James:

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riath July 16 2012, 20:15:17 UTC

Maybe if she had actually done some research into the BDSM scene, but that still wouldn't make up for the atrocious writing style or the abusive male lead.

Those gifs are perfect.

myrrhmade July 16 2012, 20:21:36 UTC

(Research? What is this nonsense you speak of? ) Agreed, she completely fucked this up 27 ways to sunday. UGH=[