| 50 Shades of Grey [message #2646547] |
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bayview
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Anyone read 50 Shades of Grey, 50 Shades darker and 50 shades freed???
If you are willing to admit to reading them - what were your thoughts on Mr Grey and his twitchy palms???
And of fact that it is banned in Californian State Libraries, and some in Florida????
"I'm not Heartless, I just view the world different to you..."
"The foxes we shoot, save the wildlife you love"
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2646583 is a reply to message #2646547 ] |
Thu, 10 May 2012 17:17  |
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Downloaded a sample to my kindle, will start it later. Its been receiving so much free publicity 
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2647200 is a reply to message #2646547 ] |
Fri, 11 May 2012 14:02 |
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Nah, haven't seen it 
Read the sample last night, it ended after she sold him stuff in the hardware store. Knowing what i do about the book the things he bought made me giggle.
The prose is annoying- kinda whiny, something i can't put my finger on. If I'd picked it at random as a sample i wouldn't bother reading it, but its kinda got me intrigued
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2647365 is a reply to message #2647292 ] |
Fri, 11 May 2012 17:45 |
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| bayview wrote on Fri, 11 May 2012 16:23 |
See this is what I thought too - I only kept reading because others said to
What I bet you can put your finger on is that it started off as a Twilight Fanfic  So this is Edward and his kinky side 
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Actually it did seem kinda twilighty, but because i love stephanie myers 'the host' i didn't go there 
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2647468 is a reply to message #2646547 ] |
Fri, 11 May 2012 19:48 |
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I just finished it. Slightly disturbed I downloaded it off my fathers kindle app but okay  Lol Dirty old bastard!
Anyway I kind of enjoyed it, some eye rolling and skip reading involved, the sex scene on every second page got kind of boring after a while. Surprised i enjoyed it as much as i did, found I'd become quite invested in the characters at the end.
Imagine my shock when it ended how it did and I didn't realize it was a trilogy!
Looking forward to book two
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2650203 is a reply to message #2647468 ] |
Tue, 15 May 2012 11:46 |
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I'm only 10 pages in.. it hasn't completely grabbed me yet but so far it's not bad...
Reminds me of the Diary of a call girl books
Have only heard great things about it though!
R.I.P My beautiful BJ
I will miss & love you every single day!
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2652766 is a reply to message #2646547 ] |
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:49 |
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bayview
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Coco - The writing never 'grabbed' me either, and this seems to be a common view on the writing, but everyone seems to like the characters and the story line itself...
The group of ladies that recommended it to me, had to convince me to keep reading actually, but by midway thru the second book, I had to keep reading, just to find out how they progressed...
For those who haven't finished, there is a 'Fifty Shades' point of view at the end of book 3..
ETA - someone stole Christians car yesterday too:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/knife-wielding-pa ir-take-rare-audi-r8-spyder-convertible/story-fn7x8me2-12263 59333450
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"I'm not Heartless, I just view the world different to you..."
"The foxes we shoot, save the wildlife you love"
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2656338 is a reply to message #2655191 ] |
Tue, 22 May 2012 08:24 |
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| Millwood wrote on Mon, 21 May 2012 07:33 |
Oh God, I am such a dirty old woman. Started reading the first one in bed last night, hopped on the train to work this morning and MISSED MY STOP i was so enthralled in the goings on.... OK, its early days yet, and perhaps all the sex does get boring later on , but its pretty cool for now, lol.
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2664308 is a reply to message #2647468 ] |
Wed, 30 May 2012 15:22 |
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| FruitOfEquivarna wrote on Fri, 11 May 2012 19:48 |
the sex scene on every second page got kind of boring after a while.
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This does improve quite dramatically in books 2 and 3.
The whole context of the story changes in book 2 and trust me, you will develop a soft spot for Christian as a character as he evolves - I don't want to say too much for those who haven't read 2 and 3.
I bought 50 Shades of Grey last Friday, read and finished that day. I bought 50 Shades Darker and 50 Shades Freed on Saturday - one done Saturday and 1 done Sunday. Do I really want to admit this???
I'm an avid reader, so that is my defense and I'm sticking with it!!
I did enjoy the series, though in my honest opinion (and feel free to totally disagree with me) the ending of 50 Shades Freed is a little rushed.
I will tell you, I'm NOT a reader of this sort of book normally - I read Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, etc. I read these because I had to see what the hysteria was about - and I must say, I was quite impressed
If you choke a smurf, what colour does it turn?
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2665033 is a reply to message #2664322 ] |
Thu, 31 May 2012 11:52 |
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| bayview wrote on Wed, 30 May 2012 15:43 |
I also felt it was rushed, but I did like that there was the little 'extras' at the end...
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It reminded me very much of the Midnight Sun teaser in the Twilight novel..
If you choke a smurf, what colour does it turn?
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2665223 is a reply to message #2646547 ] |
Thu, 31 May 2012 16:05 |
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I bought it and still can't get through more than a chapter at a time (without switching to read something else)... Not a fan of erotica, that's all
As a funny aside, since trying to read it I've read:
Scriber
Growing up Amish
John carter from mars (princess of mars)
Biography of a woman in the upper ranks of scientology (cant remember the name, scary ****!!!)
Deadlocked (latest true blood book!)
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2666017 is a reply to message #2665834 ] |
Fri, 01 June 2012 13:14 |
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Try K Mart...That's the only place I found mine.
If you choke a smurf, what colour does it turn?
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2673145 is a reply to message #2646547 ] |
Sun, 10 June 2012 12:41 |
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I just can't get past the Ana character's use of 'subconscious' for her inner prude voice... FFS she's supposed to be right into literature yet is portrayed as a moron... I suffered through the first book, but won't read the other two, too much sex not enough storyline for me 
Oh, and clingy men freak me out, can't stand christian OR Edward 
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2686896 is a reply to message #2646547 ] |
Tue, 26 June 2012 16:47 |
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bayview
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Funky - thats a pretty low bar you have set...
I HAVE to recommend A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness.... Then you'll be set for July 10th when the world gets their hands on the Sequel - Shadow of Night....
And to keep you occupied, you can pester the author at the FB Discusion group - All Souls Trilogy Discussion Group 
Other then that - The Apothecary's Daughter - Charlotte Betts
he Witches of Eileanan - Kate Forsyth (Witches - good vs evil, Witches and strange creatures, Kings, Queens and fights of who should rule)
Dragon Claw
The pool of Two Moons
The Cursed Towers
The Forbidden Land
The Skull of the World
The Fathomless Caves
Rhiannon's Ride - Kate Forsyth (Follow on from the above series)
The Tower of Ravens
The Shining City
The Heart of Stars
The Immortals - Alyson Noel (teenagers who stay the same due to the 'Elixer of Life")
Evermore
Blue Moon
Shadowland
Dark Flame
Night Star
Everlasting
Blue Bloods - Melissa de la Cruz (What if vampires were fallen Angels, that live as socities elite)
Blue Bloods
Masquerade
Revelations
THe Van Alen Legacy
Keys to the Repository
Misguided ANgel
Bloody Valentine
Lost In Time
The Aronsdale Series - Catherine Asaro (Mages - like witches, set in a time of wars, kings and fights for lands - it is a Harlequin Mills & Boon series, so does contain some 'Adult themes')
The Charmed Sphere
Moonglow (part of Charmed Desitinies - a book of several short stories)
The Misted Cliffs
The Dawn Star
The Fire Opal
The Topaz Desert (part of Lace & Blade - a book of several short stories)
Night Bird
The Inheritance Cyle - Chrisopher Paolini (dragons, elves, drawves & magic)
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr
Inheritance
The Clann Series - Melissa Darnell (incomplete)
Crave
Nightshade series - Andrea Cremer
Nightshade
Wolfsbane
Bloodrose
Also in this series isRift - a prequel to Nightshade - out August 7, 2012Shadow Days - a Nightshade novella, which is available as a PDF file on the official website.
"I'm not Heartless, I just view the world different to you..."
"The foxes we shoot, save the wildlife you love"
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2692408 is a reply to message #2686896 ] |
Wed, 04 July 2012 13:02 |
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| bayview wrote on Tue, 26 June 2012 16:47 |
Funky - thats a pretty low bar you have set...
I HAVE to recommend A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness.... Then you'll be set for July 10th when the world gets their hands on the Sequel - Shadow of Night....
And to keep you occupied, you can pester the author at the FB Discusion group - All Souls Trilogy Discussion Group
Other then that - The Apothecary's Daughter - Charlotte Betts
he Witches of Eileanan - Kate Forsyth (Witches - good vs evil, Witches and strange creatures, Kings, Queens and fights of who should rule)
Dragon Claw
The pool of Two Moons
The Cursed Towers
The Forbidden Land
The Skull of the World
The Fathomless Caves
Rhiannon's Ride - Kate Forsyth (Follow on from the above series)
The Tower of Ravens
The Shining City
The Heart of Stars
The Immortals - Alyson Noel (teenagers who stay the same due to the 'Elixer of Life")
Evermore
Blue Moon
Shadowland
Dark Flame
Night Star
Everlasting
Blue Bloods - Melissa de la Cruz (What if vampires were fallen Angels, that live as socities elite)
Blue Bloods
Masquerade
Revelations
THe Van Alen Legacy
Keys to the Repository
Misguided ANgel
Bloody Valentine
Lost In Time
The Aronsdale Series - Catherine Asaro (Mages - like witches, set in a time of wars, kings and fights for lands - it is a Harlequin Mills & Boon series, so does contain some 'Adult themes')
The Charmed Sphere
Moonglow (part of Charmed Desitinies - a book of several short stories)
The Misted Cliffs
The Dawn Star
The Fire Opal
The Topaz Desert (part of Lace & Blade - a book of several short stories)
Night Bird
The Inheritance Cyle - Chrisopher Paolini (dragons, elves, drawves & magic)
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr
Inheritance
The Clann Series - Melissa Darnell (incomplete)
Crave
Nightshade series - Andrea Cremer
Nightshade
Wolfsbane
Bloodrose
Also in this series isRift - a prequel to Nightshade - out August 7, 2012Shadow Days - a Nightshade novella, which is available as a PDF file on the official website.
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Thanks heaps BV.
Wow you've read a lot of books 
I'm not sure if I could get into all the withcy stuff so I browsed some other posts on here and have decided to go with Jily Coopers - Riders.
At first I thought, this isn't going to get me into reading, but the more I read, the better I liked it.
Certainly not as good (in my opinion) as the hunky Mr Gray but I am really enjoying it.
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2692615 is a reply to message #2692408 ] |
Wed, 04 July 2012 16:38 |
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bayview
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| funky25 wrote on Wed, 04 July 2012 13:02 |
| bayview wrote on Tue, 26 June 2012 16:47 |
Funky - thats a pretty low bar you have set...
I HAVE to recommend A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness.... Then you'll be set for July 10th when the world gets their hands on the Sequel - Shadow of Night....
And to keep you occupied, you can pester the author at the FB Discusion group - All Souls Trilogy Discussion Group
Other then that - The Apothecary's Daughter - Charlotte Betts
he Witches of Eileanan - Kate Forsyth (Witches - good vs evil, Witches and strange creatures, Kings, Queens and fights of who should rule)
Dragon Claw
The pool of Two Moons
The Cursed Towers
The Forbidden Land
The Skull of the World
The Fathomless Caves
Rhiannon's Ride - Kate Forsyth (Follow on from the above series)
The Tower of Ravens
The Shining City
The Heart of Stars
The Immortals - Alyson Noel (teenagers who stay the same due to the 'Elixer of Life")
Evermore
Blue Moon
Shadowland
Dark Flame
Night Star
Everlasting
Blue Bloods - Melissa de la Cruz (What if vampires were fallen Angels, that live as socities elite)
Blue Bloods
Masquerade
Revelations
THe Van Alen Legacy
Keys to the Repository
Misguided ANgel
Bloody Valentine
Lost In Time
The Aronsdale Series - Catherine Asaro (Mages - like witches, set in a time of wars, kings and fights for lands - it is a Harlequin Mills & Boon series, so does contain some 'Adult themes')
The Charmed Sphere
Moonglow (part of Charmed Desitinies - a book of several short stories)
The Misted Cliffs
The Dawn Star
The Fire Opal
The Topaz Desert (part of Lace & Blade - a book of several short stories)
Night Bird
The Inheritance Cyle - Chrisopher Paolini (dragons, elves, drawves & magic)
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr
Inheritance
The Clann Series - Melissa Darnell (incomplete)
Crave
Nightshade series - Andrea Cremer
Nightshade
Wolfsbane
Bloodrose
Also in this series isRift - a prequel to Nightshade - out August 7, 2012Shadow Days - a Nightshade novella, which is available as a PDF file on the official website.
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Thanks heaps BV.
Wow you've read a lot of books
I'm not sure if I could get into all the withcy stuff so I browsed some other posts on here and have decided to go with Jily Coopers - Riders.
At first I thought, this isn't going to get me into reading, but the more I read, the better I liked it.
Certainly not as good (in my opinion) as the hunky Mr Gray but I am really enjoying it.
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Most of them I have on my bookshelf - so if you want, just yell out, I'll lend you them... They nearly all have a 'magick' element, but it doesn't over power the story at all...
"I'm not Heartless, I just view the world different to you..."
"The foxes we shoot, save the wildlife you love"
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2693738 is a reply to message #2646547 ] |
Thu, 05 July 2012 20:35 |
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I've read the series.
I found it painful to read.
Just so badly written.
So much Murmuring, Muttering and Mumbling. No one ever spoke. The crazy sex was boring after a while and biting lips, eye rolling and "oh my" got boring. Buzz words and descriptions began to infuriate me.
Heaps of product placement.... the subconcious and inner godess... jesus.. it was really really painful. It reads like no one has proof read it and taken out all the excess non required words.
It became obvious that there was only a very weak plot which was driven by "How kinky" the sex scenes could become and when it finally did get interesting in the last book, they did not draw out the suspense and keep the reader on edge.
While I understand it's erotic fiction, it sends a really troubling message to the vulnerable or inexperienced.... that voilent control freak men are "hot"... if they have money that is.
The characters seem to fight at least 3 times a day. He uses sex as a tool to avoid mature discussion of issues that cloud the relationship. It seems a very unhealthy building block to start a good relationship on.
It leaves me scratching my head that such dribble can sell so many books and also makes me wonder about audience as well.
The things I did like about it? The email exchanges. They were funny and witty and reminded me of Bridget Jone's Diary.
[Updated on: Thu, 05 July 2012 21:51]
I'm Watching YOU!
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2694264 is a reply to message #2693738 ] |
Fri, 06 July 2012 12:26 |
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| ransom wrote on Thu, 05 July 2012 20:35 |
I've read the series.
I found it painful to read.
Just so badly written.
So much Murmuring, Muttering and Mumbling. No one ever spoke. The crazy sex was boring after a while and biting lips, eye rolling and "oh my" got boring. Buzz words and descriptions began to infuriate me.
Heaps of product placement.... the subconcious and inner godess... jesus.. it was really really painful. It reads like no one has proof read it and taken out all the excess non required words.
It became obvious that there was only a very weak plot which was driven by "How kinky" the sex scenes could become and when it finally did get interesting in the last book, they did not draw out the suspense and keep the reader on edge.
While I understand it's erotic fiction, it sends a really troubling message to the vulnerable or inexperienced.... that voilent control freak men are "hot"... if they have money that is.
The characters seem to fight at least 3 times a day. He uses sex as a tool to avoid mature discussion of issues that cloud the relationship. It seems a very unhealthy building block to start a good relationship on.
It leaves me scratching my head that such dribble can sell so many books and also makes me wonder about audience as well.
The things I did like about it? The email exchanges. They were funny and witty and reminded me of Bridget Jone's Diary.
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Ditto ditto ditto!!!!
Absolutely agree with everything And yeah, the kinky was very tame
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| Re: 50 Shades of Grey [message #2695807 is a reply to message #2693738 ] |
Sun, 08 July 2012 16:14 |
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| ransom wrote on Thu, 05 July 2012 20:35 |
It leaves me scratching my head that such dribble can sell so many books and also makes me wonder about audience as well.
The things I did like about it? The email exchanges. They were funny and witty and reminded me of Bridget Jone's Diary.
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What's the draw card to such a story? It's a classic romance with a twist - normal girl meets boy with money and happily ever after.
God, it is by no means a work of literary genius, but it is an easy read.
To be honest, I found it a lot like Twilight - no real literary genius but a good, honest, easy read that allows you to escape reality for a bit without having to concentrate.
I liken it to watching certain movies - I'm a disney movie fan, not for any particular reason other than you don't have to really concentrate to understand them.
I believe it is the whole lack of a good wholesome plot that makes the story are what they are.
Some of it was over written (or under written, depends on your point of view) and certain information was provided more than once and yes, that got annoying.
Product placement is really neither here nor there. I mean jesus christ, I've read plenty of books where the characters have iPods and Blackberry phones and some have iPads too. The branding of the cars went with his over bearing need to be protective, same as the branding of his helicopter. I mean if he was that over protective and driving around in a camaro you'd have a bit of a problem with him as a character I would think.
Everyone has an issue with the sub-conscious and the inner goddess whereas I just think they added to the amusement side of it for me.
Besides, it doesn't really matter. Good on the author for giving it a go and getting her writing out there - I'm sure she's made some great money for herself, especially considering they are talking movies now too.
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