50 Shades of Grey

[wintonian]

Judging by the number of copies possesd and on loan in Hampshires and Southampton Librarys (Southampton even have several audio copy's), there must be either a lot of people here with very interesting sex lives or a lot of people who wished they had one! Personaly I have only just found out what the book is about by looking it up on Wikipedia, but some questions come to mind:-

• What is the attraction of such publications?
• Is there a reason why it has become the fastest selling paperback ever?
• Would anyone here admit to reading it?
• Would you mind your daughter (or son) reading such a book?
• Should public funds be used to purchase literature from such a genre?

I know that's quite a list but I really don't understand the popular fascination that this book has elicited.

 

[ainsworth74]

• Would anyone here admit to reading it?

I read one of the more 'interesting' scenes aloud to a group of friends whilst we were waiting for it to stop raining so we could leave our hostel. I feel I should point out this wasn't my idea, I caved to peer pressure and it was an extract one of them found online.

• Should public funds be used to purchase literature from such a genre?

Public funds should be used to purchase what there is a public demand to be read.

 

[wintonian]

Think I've just found an M&S cookbook; 50 Shades of Chicken.

 

[Clip]

Think I've just found an M&S cookbook; 50 Shades of Chicken.

Bet you that has some hot birds in it

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I thought that book was all about John Major.

 

[Ivo]

I know that's quite a list but I really don't understand the popular fascination that this book has elicited.

I think you'll find this applies to a substantial number of others on here

Isn't it basically a poorly-written Twilight "fan-flick" equivalent (shudder)?

 

[wintonian]

I thought that book was all about John Major.

50 shades of Currie perhaps?

 

[Temple Meads]

I don't have a particular problem with it, I certainly don't mind libraries buying it in (as long as people want to read a book, then libraries should stock it), but the fact remains that it's a very poorly written, poorly plotted and unrealistic book, that (apart from the "mummy porn") has no redeeming features.

And yes, I have dipped into this book, but just to see what all the fuss is/was about.

 

[Kernowfem]

Over hyped. Under sexed. I found it lacking. The plot was pants, the main character seriously disturbed (no way would i put up with being walloped with a belt/whip etc for someone elses pleasure) and to be honest it bored me.

I can't understand why its been so popular, there are better books out there in the same catagory.

 

[Eagle]

Isn't it basically a poorly-written Twilight "fan-flick" equivalent (shudder)?

Yes, but with all characters' names and histories changed for legal reasons. (Btw, the word is fanfic.)

 

[Oswyntail]

I was a tad surprised when I discovered a 16-year old girl I had known for years had read it. Her verdict? Badly written and imagined, almost totally boring. Then, with a twinkle she added she prefers real life.

 

[starrymarkb]

The dubious shop in Sidwell Street (Expensive and Poor Quality) has a big banner in the window advertising the official Fifty Shades sex toy range

 

[Temple Meads]

The dubious shop in Sidwell Street (Expensive and Poor Quality) has a big banner in the window advertising the official Fifty Shades sex toy range

Oh I know the one!

At least it brightens up Sidwell Street a bit, god knows it needs it!

 

[starrymarkb]

Tell me about it - I live up that end of town...

 

[Geezertronic]

The missus has read the three books, daughter (15) started reading the first one but was apparently bored by it.

The missus is more excited that Ian Somerhalder might be in the running to play Christian Grey in any film version. Personally (and along with her Paul Walker fascination), I can't see what the fuss is about

 

[CC 72100]

Tell me about it - I live up that end of town...

I don't think in a year and a half of living in Exeter, I've gone down Sidwell Street. Sounds like I'm missing out judging by what I'm hearing

 

[starrymarkb]

I don't think in a year and a half of living in Exeter, I've gone down Sidwell Street. Sounds like I'm missing out judging by what I'm hearing

You haven't been to the Odeon?

 

[Greenback]

Mrs Greenback has bought Fifty Sheds of Grey from the supermarket, and has pronounced it brilliant and hilarious.

 

[Eagle]

Mrs Greenback has bought Fifty Sheds of Grey from the supermarket, and has pronounced it brilliant and hilarious.

Intentionally or unintentionally hilarious? :P

 

[Greenback]

Intentionally or unintentionally hilarious? :P

Intentionally, I believe. She is reading it aloud to me now!

 

[Clip]

I hear RailUK Forums will be publishing a book very shortly from one of its , ahem, members.


50 shades of L.E Greys

 

[90019]

Not really SFW, but I found it amusing.

 

[Starmill]

Equally amusing!

I DO NOT understand how people (women) can sit in perfectly normal situations on buses, trains and trams and become engrossed in highly sexually explicit scenes without some kind of physical reaction! I've been reading it over peoples shoulders and having to stop!

 

[LE Greys]

I hear RailUK Forums will be publishing a book very shortly from one of its , ahem, members.


50 shades of L.E Greys

I'll remember that one for the autobiography. Not sure what Sir Nigel would make of it though.

Curiously, in one of my other lives, I do have a book almost ready for publishing.

 

[GooeyLouii]

I couldn't take it seriously, referring to reproductive organs as the "length" sort of detracted from what was supposed to be erotic, it seemed like the author was scared to use naughty words.

 

[LE Greys]

I couldn't take it seriously, referring to reproductive organs as the "length" sort of detracted from what was supposed to be erotic, it seemed like the author was scared to use naughty words.

Well, Philip Larkin claimed the sexiest word in the English language is 'unbutton'.

 

[GooeyLouii]

Well, Philip Larkin claimed the sexiest word in the English language is 'unbutton'.

I did find myself reading out the word unbutton in a rather seductive manner, it is quite a sexy word now I come to think of it.

 

[Temple Meads]

You haven't been to the Odeon?

I've not been to The Odeon - I usually find myself up that end of town for KFC or the Raj Tandoori.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Well, Philip Larkin claimed the sexiest word in the English language is 'unbutton'.

Philip Larkin was proved to be a far superior wordsmith than many authors.

 

[LE Greys]

Philip Larkin was proved to be a far superior wordsmith than many authors.

Now that I agree with!