Fifty Shades?

[kirsty0108]

Ok so I'm sure someone posted a thread about this but my attempts to find it have been futile (mods feel free to merge)

Anyway since I read this thread that I can't find , the whole world seems to have gone mad for this book, which from what I've read is the worst kind of torrid, badly written and Mills and Boonish but everyone is loving it!Not seen anything like this since Bridget Jones Diary and Harry Potter. Quite tempted to download it to my kindle but still have misgivings what is it about this trilogy is anyone man or woman enough to say?

[kirsty0108]

oh and the Girl with ... I even went to see the film with my Dad of all people would I more uncomfortable reading this book than I was watching this film with my Dad lol!

[Ellen]

I've been meaning to read it, mostly just because of the hype and I think it's only a couple of quid on kindle. The rave about it apparently is that it's "mummy porn" housewives and women over 30 love it so I'm told.
Have also heard though that from a literary point of view it is very badly written, mills and boon as you say.
I think it's the subject that appeals more than anything else.

Have you read the Girl with the...books? Much MUCH better than both sets of movies

[esmecullen]

Kirsty......... all I can say about this trilogy is ..................Yawn......... is about as interesting as watching paint dry

[kirsty0108]

Oh yeah me and my Dad both loved them , hence why I bought him ticket to the film for Christmas , it was only boxing day morning I suddenly thought , how comfortable am I going to see a film that's pivotal scenes will surely be a rape and the victims violent revenge with my Dad ? Oh well too late I bought the ticket , I kinda of forgot my Dad was there as soon as Daniel Craig appeared though LOL!

[Ellen]

I've got all the original Swedish movies on DVD, I thought the actress in them was amazing

[kirsty0108]

Jun 30, 2012 21:39:28 GMT esmecullen said:

Kirsty......... all I can say about this trilogy is ..................Yawn......... is about as interesting as watching paint dry

Really Esme? I read the first couple of pages on Amazon last night got to say it wasn't a good start , but why all the hype and now its been in amazon chart over a year from what I remember did it start off as a freebie?

[kirsty0108]

Jun 30, 2012 21:44:38 GMT Ellen said:

I've got all the original Swedish movies on DVD, I thought the actress in them was amazing

I bought my Dad Swedish ones not watched them myself tho , I did like Hollywood one though and from what I've read they kept a lot of the same cinematography . Such a shame Larsson died would have been nice if he'd enjoyed his success a little ....

[esmecullen]

Jun 30, 2012 21:45:20 GMT kirsty0108 said:

Jun 30, 2012 21:39:28 GMT esmecullen said:

Kirsty......... all I can say about this trilogy is ..................Yawn......... is about as interesting as watching paint dry

Really Esme? I read the first couple of pages on Amazon last night got to say it wasn't a good start , but why all the hype and now its been in amazon chart over a year from what I remember did it start off as a freebie?

I think its all the "sex" in it thats got some people buzzing and twitter...........personally speaking the sex parts of the book read so bad that its laughable......... but if we all liked the same thing it would be a boring world........ its just not my thing

[esmecullen]

Jun 30, 2012 21:44:38 GMT Ellen said:

I've got all the original Swedish movies on DVD, I thought the actress in them was amazing

the original Swedish films are excellent......... the Daniel Craig version is very 2nd rate

[OneDay]

Here's the original thread

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=private&thread=7664&page=1

[kirsty0108]

Jun 30, 2012 22:00:12 GMT OneDay said:

Here's the original thread

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=private&thread=7664&page=1

Thanks Oneday

[womble]

Read a few bits of it now and it's not big, not clever and not representative of the bdsm community > So I'm told

In fact, on womens behalf, I'm a bit pissed off about it.

[kirsty0108]

Right my minds made up for now mostly thanks to Esme and Womble I've got too many "good" books on my kindle to waste time reading this not saying I won'tread it if a free copy came my way though lol!

[Lilac]

Kirsty...I'm halfway through the 2nd book and i have to confess i love it!!!!!

It's not the 'smutty' bits that i love, i have to agree they could definitely have been written better, it's the basic storyline that i love, probably every woman has at one time in their lives, loved a man (or thought they loved him) who they felt deep down inside that they were going to lose, either because they felt he wasn't the type to live 'happy ever after' or if they felt they weren't good looking enough, or sexy enough to keep him interested...

It's about never having had a relationship before because you just simply had never met a man who made your heart beat faster just looking at him, or hearing his voice....

It took me till maybe a third of the way through the 1st book to really get hooked, but now i'm hook, line & sinker

I just know i'm going to miss Ana & Christian soooo much when i've finished the trilogy

why not give it a try? all those women can't all be wrong, lol