Everyone was talking about over the summer and now I'm reading. Did you guess it? If not, I'm talking about 50 Shades of Grey.
Now I didn't buy it and certainly didn't originally plan to read it, but everyone has gone on about it so much, my friend lent it to me to see what I thought.
I have to say I am quite disappointed by it and I am 4/5 of the way through. My biggest problem is I dislike the two lead characters. So there's Christian Grey, who from the descriptions in the book has long fingers (creepy like a horror film), is arrogant, likes possession over everything and can't take no for an answer. Then there is Anastasia, she's SO naive (I used to be naive but not like her, she's just stupid), annoying (any girl that causes her sexual area "my sex" needs to be slapped) and she is so caught up with her feelings she doesn't listen to the one reasonably sensible person (she has her moments) in her life, her friend Kate.
I mean, who is this book for: Is it young girls who are being told it's fine to fall for the weird older guy stalking you, older women looking for a gritty storyline or for men thinking of new ways to pursue young women?
I am not disgusted of it because of the content (I'm nearly 30 and have watched/read things far worse), I am disgusted because it is so popular. I just can't see the interest. Everything from the capital letters at the start of important sentences to the fact that Christian Grey is just a sex addict and rarely thinks of anything else. Why have people been reading this?
The problem is, personally as a women, I either want a romantic story with a bit of lust or sex in it or I want a piece that has bits of unexpected sex scenes that rial the senses. I would have more thrills having some Hotel Chocolat's than reading this - at least I would get pleasure from that!
I have to say with the likes of some of my favourite programs on box set (including Mad Men, Smallville, Tudors and in general anything made by HBO), I just can't wait to put this book down and get into some real drama. To think I put this book first in front of a queue of books by great authors - how disappointing!
I won't be reading the next two (it has been a waste of time reading the first) and I can't wait to hand this Fifty Shades of Bollocks back.
Blog title is from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzfo4txaQJA
Now I didn't buy it and certainly didn't originally plan to read it, but everyone has gone on about it so much, my friend lent it to me to see what I thought.
I have to say I am quite disappointed by it and I am 4/5 of the way through. My biggest problem is I dislike the two lead characters. So there's Christian Grey, who from the descriptions in the book has long fingers (creepy like a horror film), is arrogant, likes possession over everything and can't take no for an answer. Then there is Anastasia, she's SO naive (I used to be naive but not like her, she's just stupid), annoying (any girl that causes her sexual area "my sex" needs to be slapped) and she is so caught up with her feelings she doesn't listen to the one reasonably sensible person (she has her moments) in her life, her friend Kate.
I mean, who is this book for: Is it young girls who are being told it's fine to fall for the weird older guy stalking you, older women looking for a gritty storyline or for men thinking of new ways to pursue young women?
I am not disgusted of it because of the content (I'm nearly 30 and have watched/read things far worse), I am disgusted because it is so popular. I just can't see the interest. Everything from the capital letters at the start of important sentences to the fact that Christian Grey is just a sex addict and rarely thinks of anything else. Why have people been reading this?
The problem is, personally as a women, I either want a romantic story with a bit of lust or sex in it or I want a piece that has bits of unexpected sex scenes that rial the senses. I would have more thrills having some Hotel Chocolat's than reading this - at least I would get pleasure from that!
I have to say with the likes of some of my favourite programs on box set (including Mad Men, Smallville, Tudors and in general anything made by HBO), I just can't wait to put this book down and get into some real drama. To think I put this book first in front of a queue of books by great authors - how disappointing!
I won't be reading the next two (it has been a waste of time reading the first) and I can't wait to hand this Fifty Shades of Bollocks back.
Blog title is from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzfo4txaQJA
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