I knew 2 women who were obsessed with said series. It put me off. Fantasy to me meant (& will always mean) dragons, elves, the Fey etc. I'd never read erotica cos most chick lit bores me rigid, & after this I never will again.
Thankfully said women have long been out of my life. I saw it at a book sharing place & picked it up after saying I wouldn't even recommend it if it was free, thinking I shouldn't knock it until I’d tried it; it couldn't be that bad if it was being read by so many. It was as bad as I imagined, possibly worse. I sat there praying it would get interesting. It didn't. I've read more graphic sexy stuff than this, but it is/was dressed up in flowery medieval language so it sounds nicer.
There's no story (a story you have to wade through 3 books to find is not a good one, sorry) characters with nothing to them; no explanation of *why* all these women seem to be falling over themselves to be with Christian Grey (Hugh. G. Reckshun would've been a better name for him) He sounds horrible.
I'm in love with a character who sounds nasty, but he actually isn't. He's got a great sense of humour, & were he real, he'd protect you to the last, even put his life on the line for you. & he'd never do what Grey does!
Oh, well, back to reading about said dragons then.
IIN that I think this way about people who like "50 Shades of Grey"?
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I knew 2 women who were obsessed with said series. It put me off. Fantasy to me meant (& will always mean) dragons, elves, the Fey etc. I'd never read erotica cos most chick lit bores me rigid, & after this I never will again.
Thankfully said women have long been out of my life. I saw it at a book sharing place & picked it up after saying I wouldn't even recommend it if it was free, thinking I shouldn't knock it until I’d tried it; it couldn't be that bad if it was being read by so many. It was as bad as I imagined, possibly worse. I sat there praying it would get interesting. It didn't. I've read more graphic sexy stuff than this, but it is/was dressed up in flowery medieval language so it sounds nicer.
There's no story (a story you have to wade through 3 books to find is not a good one, sorry) characters with nothing to them; no explanation of *why* all these women seem to be falling over themselves to be with Christian Grey (Hugh. G. Reckshun would've been a better name for him) He sounds horrible.
I'm in love with a character who sounds nasty, but he actually isn't. He's got a great sense of humour, & were he real, he'd protect you to the last, even put his life on the line for you. & he'd never do what Grey does!
Oh, well, back to reading about said dragons then.