Fifty Shades of Grey

gurrera

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I asked me wife if she wanted the book, she said no thanks they can keep it.

Then I asked he why not, doesn't she want to be my slave.

She then said ya right.
Sam
 
yeah, my wife agreed that it is a beefed up version of twilight.....anything is better than sparkly vampires and stupid love triangles lol
 
Just watch some porn, gurrera.

Rating from Amazon.
This review is from: Fifty Shades of Grey (Paperback)
First, a disclaimer. I am a male senior citizen, a semi-retired gynecologist whose customary literary fare is spy novels and military techno-thrillers. I have never read a romance before, except perhaps for junior high's "A Tale of Two Cities" (or was that a classic?) But after the recent hullabaloo over James' "Fifty Shades," I opted to give the genre a glance.

The book's protagonist is college student Anastasia, who has never had sex or even "touched herself." I had to suspend disbelief at the social and sexual naivete of this twenty-one year-old, but I guess this implied vulnerability makes her more attractive as a romantic heroine. Yet it doesn't take her long to rectify this situation, and soon she is having orgasm after orgasm at the behest of her "dominant" partner, Mr. Grey. At my age, my arthritis flared up just reading about Ana's sexual gymnastics. And for some reason, I kept thinking about her contracting genital warts. Soon, however, Ana's endless pyrotechnic climaxes resembled repetitively watching porn: after a while, it leaves me bored and yawning. That said, there was a definite infectiousness to the plot; and taking Viagra to stiffen my resolve, I persevered.

James' strong suit is her ability to elicit sympathy in the protagonist. I wanted to find out what happened to Anastasia, and that lent the story a compelling, page-turning quality. James is a polished novelist. Her dialogue is crisp, her prose poised, and her paragraphs well-parsed. The author's considerable skills notwithstanding, would I pick up an erotic romance like this again? Probably not.
 
Maybe I need to bone up on my reading :whistle:

Another quote from Amazon,
I have seen Twilight referred to as vampire romance with training wheels. Well, this Twilight fanfiction (rewritten with new character names) is erotic romance with training wheels, a helmet, and shin pads.

Keeping to all of the God-awful stereotypes set by the vampire series, I found nothing to like here. The protagonist has all of Bella Swan's bad traits: a ridiculous level of clumsiness, a good dose of bitterness, and a downright nasty attitude towards women with blonde hair. The hero is a stock-standard Romance Hero. A place-filler for readers' ultimate Fantasy Man. This means he is not particularly compelling, and not particularly memorable.

Too weak to satisfy erotic romance fans, and too out there for the conservative Twilight crowd, this has to be the most over-hyped book since the original with the sparkly vampires.

Add to that the poor writing, repetition, and use of British English by American characters (but hey, American historical romance writers are guilty of Americanising Britain all the time - maybe this is payback!), there's really little - if anything - good to say about this book.

If this is your first taste of erotic romance, you might be surprised in a good way. Everything is exciting the first time round. But once you're able to swim without those floaties on your arms, go check out a better erotic romance writer - Cherise Sinclair is my top pick.
 
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