Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Fifty Shades of Grey.....mommy porn?

I have been hearing all kinds of buzz about this book lately.  I am a little hesitant since it's apparently it's fan fiction for Twilight.  Ugh.  I guess it's a sluttier version of Twilight.  Now, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the Twilight books.  I really did....swear!  It's just the whole franchise makes me a bit sick to my stomach at this point.  It's so over saturated.  And I am NOT a fan of RPatz and KStew....GAG!  For movies that have made SOOOO much money, you'd think they could have gotten decent actors, decent make up artists and well, made the movies just a lot better than they are.  Sadly, the movies have kind of ruined the book experience for me.  I've only even seen one and a quarter of them, but can't seem to read the books without seeing Kristen Stewart's pouty puss and Robert Pattinson's scrawny body.  Ahhh....I digress....

Anyway, back to "Fifty Shades of Grey"....  Maybe I shouldn't be judging this book before I have finished it.  At this point, I am only half way thru it.  The similarities to the Twlight Series is a little crazy.  I mean, I am kind of thinking that Stephenie Meyer may even have a lawsuit to look forward to!  Hmmm, OK, so I decided I would read this book because somehow I've gotten into the erotic book club.  This was seriously by accident, seeing that I am pretty much one of the pruder people I know!  I figured, might as well check this book out....after all this buzz, I was totally curious.  The book is OK so far.  The main female character, Anastasia, is a almost college grad (she graduates in the book).  She's a virgin (well, started out that way ;)  hahaha) and oh so innocent.  Of course, she has a few boys that swoon over her and she is blissfully unaware of her allure (gag).  Anyway, she meets Christian Grey, who is maybe in his later 20s and owns his own HUGE company, super rich, super hot, well, pretty much any super superficial thing a woman may dream about.  So their "relationship" begins, yada, yada, lots of sexual tension....blah, blah, blah....Christian's into kinky S&M stuff.  He even has a huge room of pain....when you're that rich, clearly no one thinks it's weird to have an enormous S&M room in your huge house.  Apparently, Christian is a pro Dominant (nothing creepy about that, right?) and has a whole contract drawn up outlining what being his Submissive entails.  Oh yeah, my favorite is the nondisclosure form too.  Hahaha.  Too funny.  So far, they are still mostly hashing out the details of the contract and Ana finally agreed to be his Submissive.  I have to say, I don't care how hot a dude is or what your sexual chemistry is with him, this would probably be a little too much for me to handle.  The idea of being tied up, nipple clamps, etc doesn't sound appealing to me at all.  Especially if you were a virgin.  Good grief.  So they you have the basic outline of the story.  The few things that annoy me about the book are....#1 it really is a total Twilight knock off, from Christian's constant trying to protect Ana (buying her a safer...and flashier car) and making her eat all the time, to Ana's mom being just newly remarried and her having a closer relationship with her father (albeit her "father" is a step father), to Christian's crazy wealth.  Basically, this book just replaces biting and sucking blood with kinky S&M stuff #2 Ana keeps referring to her "inner goddess".....seriously?  Every time I read her talking about it, I want to gag.  Jesus.  Come on.  #3 Do women ever tire of the rich, handsome male taking on the meek, innocent, virginal woman and teaching her the ways of the world, all the while falling in love with her?  While the woman fixes all the loneliness and heartbreak in this man's life?  I realize this is fiction, but sometimes, this whole scene just feels old and overdone.  Someday, it would be really nice to read about two normal people falling in love.  Wait, never mind....that's probably terribly boring....duh, Maggie....no one wants to read about their lives.  BORING!  Hahaha!  Well, I will just have to finish this book (probably today....I am a fast reader and this reads quick) and I'll make my final call on it later!

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