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Fifty Shades of Grey... have you heard of it? Read it?

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Contributor: CreamySweet CreamySweet
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Originally posted by Petite Valentine
I read about Fifty Shades of Grey today and I am curious. So far I've seen it likened to Eat, Pray, Love and Twilight just with lots of extra porn. Has anyone here read it? Plan to read it?

There is more information on the Huffington Post ... more
Read it - and the other two that are out. Fifty wasn't bad but a little on the sedate and tame side. Everyone was saying it was so hot and hardcore ... not really unless you live a borderline vanilla life. Still you can get some fun ideas out of it if you want to just touch the tip of the BDSM waters... I enjoyed reading it though and it was worth it to me to check it out. If you are at all fetish / bondage / BDSM shy then it might not be the read for you because it does take on the disciplinarian role towards the woman in the story - which I am totally cool with - even though I am probably more them Dom or switch in our relationship and my hubby more the sub.
07/09/2012
Contributor: CaliGirl CaliGirl
Read it Loved It!Book 2 was my fav!
07/11/2012
Contributor: travelnurse travelnurse
I liked it, I read all three books. Got me interested in some play, started looking on internet for ben wa balls. Ended up on Eden Fantasy. Got an account, started reviewing, earning points. Buying toys. Here today. HAPPY HAPPY. Husband is happy, relationship better, opened lines of communications about sex toys, More sex.
07/11/2012
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
The greatest review of Fifty Shades of Grey.
07/20/2012
Contributor: digit88 digit88
Quote:
Originally posted by Petite Valentine
I read about Fifty Shades of Grey today and I am curious. So far I've seen it likened to Eat, Pray, Love and Twilight just with lots of extra porn. Has anyone here read it? Plan to read it?

There is more information on the Huffington Post ... more
heard of, but never read it
07/20/2012
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
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Originally posted by Petite Valentine
The greatest review of Fifty Shades of Grey.
I read this person's reviews of all three books, and I couldn't stop laughing.
07/21/2012
Contributor: Phoenix67 Phoenix67
I am so thankful that I am not the only one who hates these books.
07/23/2012
Contributor: jennifur77 jennifur77
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Originally posted by Petite Valentine
The greatest review of Fifty Shades of Grey.
That is BRILLIANT! Thanks so much for sharing!
07/24/2012
Contributor: Eyesonfire Eyesonfire
I have read all 3 and it was hard to finish them. The sex scenes were not great and I feel like the book was not well written. I read a lot so the "flow" of the plot is important to me and i just could not get into these. It took me awhile to finish them and i will not be reading them again.
07/24/2012
Contributor: Gettinmymojoback Gettinmymojoback
Quote:
Originally posted by Petite Valentine
I read about Fifty Shades of Grey today and I am curious. So far I've seen it likened to Eat, Pray, Love and Twilight just with lots of extra porn. Has anyone here read it? Plan to read it?

There is more information on the Huffington Post ... more
read it, honestly its not that dirty.. people say omg its basically porn, HA compared to what? Twilight??
07/27/2012
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
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Originally posted by Gettinmymojoback
read it, honestly its not that dirty.. people say omg its basically porn, HA compared to what? Twilight??
BINGO! I think that's the only reason so many people read it, it was Twilight FanFiction.
07/27/2012
Contributor: Darklyvan Darklyvan
Quote:
Originally posted by Petite Valentine
I read about Fifty Shades of Grey today and I am curious. So far I've seen it likened to Eat, Pray, Love and Twilight just with lots of extra porn. Has anyone here read it? Plan to read it?

There is more information on the Huffington Post ... more
I read it and am on book three. Not worth all the hype but still enjoying it
07/27/2012
Contributor: Khroma Khroma
I've read excerpts and frankly I've read better porn posted on the internet written by virgin teenagers.
But hey, to each his own.
11/20/2012
Contributor: Errant Venture Errant Venture
Speaking of better porn posted on the internet, there's a writer who was spoken of on here a while ago by the name of Jennifer Armintrout (also goes by the name 'Abigail Barnette'). She does the chapter recaps of the books. Recently she started posting her own content, chapter by chapter. Her story, called The Boss, is the product of her belief that it is possible to write well-written, well-researched, (actually) feminist modern BDSM erotica. And, because she doubts there's a market for it, it's free.

Chapter one was put up earlier this month, with chapter two arriving shortly. It can be read here: link
01/28/2013
Contributor: Hoshigetsu Hoshigetsu
I read it and since it was really the closest thing to an erotic novel I had ever read I liked it. I heard it had some drawbacks in the BDSM parts because I don't think it was very accurate but I liked the overall characters. Apart from the fact it was kinda a twilight fanfic originally, I really enjoyed the backstories and development of the characters.
01/28/2013