tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post2244558832266996836..comments2024-02-20T00:13:53.322-08:00Comments on Bookishly Boisterous: Why 'Fifty Shades of Gray' is a Bad Idea*Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-36039936633350710392015-04-04T05:04:17.445-07:002015-04-04T05:04:17.445-07:00I've read all three books.
If you want to comm...I've read all three books.<br />If you want to comment on them at least have all the facts.<br />I've not read or watched the Twlight series and I never will, so I can't comment. Unlike some people on this thread.<br />I will agree that the books are not literature but they're on a par with most novels I've read in the last ten years.<br />As for promoting sex slavery or putting back the women's movement.<br />READ THE BOOKS!<br />If you get to the end of the first book and decide not to continue then you are only getting a third of the story.<br />Have an opinion by all means but base it on all the facts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-74173461589273790392013-04-07T13:09:30.402-07:002013-04-07T13:09:30.402-07:00And this crap sold more than HP? F.ck this, I'...And this crap sold more than HP? F.ck this, I'm going back to Harry Potter series... again. Easier to believe in and more to learn. <br />Btw, I know more than one person (apart from me) that gave up reading even the first book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-84732996813588588272012-10-27T13:15:07.344-07:002012-10-27T13:15:07.344-07:00HahahahaHahahahaChristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-35984210973236845102012-10-24T07:32:31.372-07:002012-10-24T07:32:31.372-07:00You forgot the end of you sentence and it should h...You forgot the end of you sentence and it should have read.."of shit writing!"<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-79851074554446477512012-10-04T03:36:05.262-07:002012-10-04T03:36:05.262-07:00Oh, and just to point out - I don't know how B...Oh, and just to point out - I don't know how BDSM works (or sex as a whole, really). I haven't had any experience with it, this comment is just a fast summery of what I've heard/read.Charlie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747109049553777267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-62337415735861233242012-10-04T03:30:06.832-07:002012-10-04T03:30:06.832-07:00Now, I haven't read the book, either, but as f...Now, I haven't read the book, either, but as far as I can tell - the mistake that this book(s) make is not romanticizing BDSM, it's about giving the wrong ideas and wrong stereotypes of it.<br />I've read an article about two very famous feminists, who claim that they are all up for BDSM. To them it's not about misogynistic attitude towards women, but exactly the opposite - it's empowering. It's being open towards your sexuality, which is good. And plus, just because a woman likes BDSM in the bedroom, doesn't mean she is submissive in other aspects of her life, but exactly the opposite.<br />As far as I understand, 50 shades explains Christian attitude towards BDSM, as being abused as a child, which just a wrong stereotype. Also, as every BDSM relationship has a set of rules, the rules Gray gives to Ana, are ridiculous. He is abusing her freedom, which has nothing to do with BDSM. Also, he is a borderline stalker and a creep.Charlie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747109049553777267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-33644839995610750582012-08-03T20:43:03.439-07:002012-08-03T20:43:03.439-07:00Touche ;)Touche ;)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-19176745274419322542012-08-03T20:42:42.291-07:002012-08-03T20:42:42.291-07:00Hahahaha! I'm happy you're not sorry! I lo...Hahahaha! I'm happy you're not sorry! I love the hating. Can't help it.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-87321329037882899402012-08-03T20:21:30.041-07:002012-08-03T20:21:30.041-07:00oh and side note, I was only able to get through t...oh and side note, I was only able to get through the first 9 chapters before I called it quits. That was painful.Angienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-112994601371774092012-08-03T20:19:51.450-07:002012-08-03T20:19:51.450-07:00I HATED this book, no... that word was too nice......I HATED this book, no... that word was too nice... these books should be shot with rifles, BURNED with torches and forever forgotten!! I can't even tell you how much I agree with you. I feel as though a grown woman writing about a 26 year old "perfect" "boy" (in comparison to her age) in the fashion she did is SICK!!! What's worse is people thought this was entertainment?!?! Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Her writing skills... My outdoor cat could have written a book with more imagination. She used the words "purses his lips," "whispers," and "frowned" TOO MANY TIMES for me to forgive her. (Side note, for someone having such GREAT sex, why are you frowning so much?!) I just can't with this. Society as a whole is a huge disappointment. Sorry I'm not sorry!Angienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-13397598514714552902012-08-02T23:30:42.411-07:002012-08-02T23:30:42.411-07:00I enjoyed your comments for the most part. I have ...I enjoyed your comments for the most part. I have read the first book and half of the second book (and will not be finishing...). I could not agree more that the writing level is very low. And the relationship portrayed is not realistic in any sense. Not to the BDSM community (granted I will be the first to admit I know nothing of this community... but I can still tell this is not an accurate representation as mentioned previously in your comments). And it is not an accurate portrayal of a romantic relationship in general.... BUT two big "critiques" of your review:<br /><br />1) Your formula for "romance" (this isn't even romane... erotica.. almost?) Lacked about four "they do it again a different way"'s prior to the "some surface level plot."<br /><br />2) You can't completely discredit someone for realizing that if you write such an enormous train wreck with so many levels of awful that an extremely large population won't be able to look away... and you will end up rich. But using the word "realizing" at the beginning of this might give her way too much credit to begin with.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09195462223854809039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-38728633788154206572012-05-24T16:51:46.080-07:002012-05-24T16:51:46.080-07:00I totally agree. I am reading this for book club, ...I totally agree. I am reading this for book club, and my ten year old could write a better book than this. "Smoldering dark eyes", "inner goddess"...it's ridiculous. It's making a ton of money though, so I'm thinking we have a lot of sexually repressed ladies out there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-5969094626426378382012-05-22T19:09:54.317-07:002012-05-22T19:09:54.317-07:00haters!haters!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-4085609796731696092012-05-20T18:15:09.688-07:002012-05-20T18:15:09.688-07:00so far i know 6 women who have read it and left th...so far i know 6 women who have read it and left thier husbands. Most of which should be extrememly lucky to have the husbands they have!Shannon Glaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358174442361007859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-86462545923994091342012-05-08T05:12:54.105-07:002012-05-08T05:12:54.105-07:00Oh Lordy...I don't know that I have the streng...Oh Lordy...I don't know that I have the strength to make it through this mess. I read the first 40 pages last night and I could barely keep my eyes on the page because they kept rolling of their own accord.<br /><br />Seriously, I'm not sure it's even going to be fun to pick apart. It's just utter shit. It makes Twilight look like War and Peace.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871453637756966187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-48706629288854944742012-05-07T16:35:21.636-07:002012-05-07T16:35:21.636-07:00I think so, since you're using your power for ...I think so, since you're using your power for evil. I flipped through it recently at a book festival and laughed hysterically. I'm sure you'll be amused.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-19675230483671739862012-05-07T08:37:53.209-07:002012-05-07T08:37:53.209-07:00I am going to attempt to read the first "nove...I am going to attempt to read the first "novel" (I say "attempt" because, from the excerpts I've read, I'm not sure I'll be able to get through it without resolving to discover where E.L. James lives, driving to her house and killing her) just so I can pick it to pieces in deliciously vicious fashion. <br /><br />What can I say? It's my only (not) marketable skill. Thank you, English degree.<br /><br />Can we still be friends, hehe?Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871453637756966187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-61614758349165759162012-04-01T15:15:35.970-07:002012-04-01T15:15:35.970-07:00Well put!Well put!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-20246928664016760912012-03-30T15:21:19.833-07:002012-03-30T15:21:19.833-07:00I could not agree more with your review. I forced...I could not agree more with your review. I forced myself to finish it just so that I could say that I gave it a fair shot. This book is absolute banal crap. People can't put it down? I had to force myself to pick it up each time. It is infuriating to me as well that this is the mark of great literature in our time and speaks volumes on the intelligence of the so called "masses". To each his own, I suppose...but it is akin to the emperor's new clothes for me..everyone says it's a great outfit, but to me he's naked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-66836156013416497822012-03-30T09:47:52.715-07:002012-03-30T09:47:52.715-07:00Well, I have read the fanfiction it came from - af...Well, I have read the fanfiction it came from - after hearing about it, I decided to see if it was worth buying. It's not. The writing is simple - just like Twilight, and the sex scenes gloss over reality. They were obviously written by someone who has never experienced what she was trying to write about.<br /><br />The "Bella" in the fanfic does not want to be his slave. But what pisses me off, as someone who is a part of the larger BDSM community, is they make his lifestyle all about his abuse and as soon as he feels he is capable of love that he can give it up. That is not the way things are. Just because you live this life does not mean you are an abusive asshole.<br /><br />The romance is completely unbelievable in that context. <br /><br />Oh yeah and I HATE Bella (or the changed name of Ana) continually calling his play room the "Red room of pain". What a bunch of shit. It just makes the character out to be an idiot - because she does not grow at all in the books. If anything, she regresses. <br /><br />Don't even get me started on the whole Lauren situation. (grrr)<br /><br />As for being someone's sex slave - don't judge. Is not the whole thing about today's world being that we can choose to be who we are?Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02995447825109758826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-45166646124035802032012-03-26T16:40:08.541-07:002012-03-26T16:40:08.541-07:00You have no idea how much I appreciate you're ...You have no idea how much I appreciate you're incredibly articulate reply. No idea at all... I have no doubt at all that you will thoroughly enjoy the second and third books. Happy reading!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-14093916757614097462012-03-26T13:33:16.478-07:002012-03-26T13:33:16.478-07:00It sounds lame...anything inspired by Twilight alr...It sounds lame...anything inspired by Twilight already sucks IMO.Paolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-52070927557848309362012-03-26T09:15:56.858-07:002012-03-26T09:15:56.858-07:00I am on the second book and I love it, it is not w...I am on the second book and I love it, it is not written and fifth grade level your words enough of that you need to read up on get a lifeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-14743984864299095072012-03-20T10:29:41.275-07:002012-03-20T10:29:41.275-07:00learn to spell should...learn to spell should...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-43160622751413264132012-03-19T15:40:40.314-07:002012-03-19T15:40:40.314-07:00Just like if you comment on someone's blog you...Just like if you comment on someone's blog you should have the balls to show your name?<br /><br />Perhaps see it as more of a diatribe as to why I won't read it. There, I added that in with the endnote to please you, Sir/Madam Anonymous. Better?Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.com