50 shades of meh

Shamlet123

Am I the only one that wishes there was less spanking and more love story?

I just finished the first book.

Also, I find it a little annoying that every time they get it on, she has to comment about his body wash or sumshiits. We get it, he smells good.

Maybe I am a dried up old prude.  

jenmom2girls

I got to the middle of the 3rd book and stopped. It is just the same stuff over and over again. The bodywash stuff was annoying and so was her talking about his sweatpants on his hips.

RobinSparkles214

I thought it was crap. I've read all three and I still feel like they were all pretty terrible.

Arcadia1114

In the second book, I developed a hatred for her inner goddess.

jenmom2girls

Mrs. Day:

In the second book, I developed a hatred for her inner goddess.

OMG! I wanted to kill her inner goddess and her halfmoon shaped glasses!

folkfemme

I hated it. All these women I know were talking about how hot and sexy it was, and how they could barely stop from squirming while reading it.

I'm sorry, just no. The sex scenes were almost painful (ha!) to read. There's no way I could get turned on by such crap.

Kitiara5512

I didn't try reading it. I prefer other reading material that doesn't drag on for three books worth of non existent editting.

 

shortms6

I started reading it because I wanted to know what all the hype was about but I agree that it is pretty repetitious.  I'm halfway through the second book and I'm definitely not that into it.  Kind of a bummer...I was expecting much more.  

suziqnc

I wasn't impressed either. I think that if Christian Gray wasn't rich, all these ladies who are so in love with him would have just thought he was just a big ol perv!

nanabanana06

I don't ever expect smut to be a great read or even all that great of a storyline. I just halfway expect it to entertain me and turn me on. I think the series did it's job. I am pregnant aren't I?

grr_aargh

I can't bear to look at it. 

I've heard too many rumblings about the writing and grammar.  And if axe body spray makes an appearance, it's clearly not the book for me.  

Luckie519

Mrs. Day:

In the second book, I developed a hatred for her inner goddess.

Ohmigod, this!  I was so sick of the book and the references to her inner goddess.

I also could not stand the body wash comments and how everything he did turned her on.  "He's chopping carrots... oh man, I want him."  Gawh!

Both characters drove me nuts.  I stopped after the 2nd book. 

esthergreenwood14

My mom asked me if I was going to red and then tol me she did. No thank you. 

MrsKR20

My MIL gave me the books after she read them. I've read through the first and second and get embarrased at times knowing she read them first and then passed them on to me. Kinda grosses me out.

IrishEyes0530

MrsKR20:

My MIL gave me the books after she read them. I've read through the first and second and get embarrased at times knowing she read them first and then passed them on to me. Kinda grosses me out.

Bahahaha! This is funny. I would feel awkward too. I'm borrowing then from a friend next week just because everyone wont stop talking about them.

Yules

EllaHella:

There is well written erotica.  Once you read that, FSOG becomes amateur porn. 

This. I'd rather read Anais Nin. If I wanted some ill ish to rub one out to...well there are a lot of internet resources better then 50 shades. Oh, and I like my hands book- free for those purposes. 

shibby00

Nana_Osaki06:

I don't ever expect smut to be a great read or even all that great of a storyline. I just halfway expect it to entertain me and turn me on. I think the series did it's job. I am pregnant aren't I?

This. Exactly.  

MarSamWhitney

I liked the first book, but the second and third had me flipping pages to get to something interesting.  The third book was really hard to finish.

StrawberryAlarmClock

I could gag every time she says "Ohhh myyy" or "What?! No!" 

And yes, I want to throat lunch the inner goddess, too. Honestly, the DTD scenes weren't impressive. All her childish internal dialogue ruined any chance of them being good. Not to mention all the clich? terminology. If I had a dime for every smut book that refers to "the hollow at the base of my throat" I'd buy a yacht.  

Yules

bethy84:

EllaHella:

There is well written erotica.  Once you read that, FSOG becomes amateur porn. 

Any better suggestions? 

Justine by De Sade, Venus in Furs by Von Sacher Masoch...those two are the ones that the term sadomasochism is coined after. Also, when I was drawing creepy whores in figure drawing class back in college... my teacher suggested The Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille. I never looked at my professor the same after reading this book. There is some effed up ish in there. 

+seashells+

Anything that was originally Twilight fanfic is on my do-not-read list. I did read the tumblr 50shadesof suck though.

I'll take my harlequins over than crap any day.

azzyberry

You are not the only one.  I will say the 2nd two books are better than the first but overall I think the books are just ok.

The story line is good if it weren't for the crappy writing and crappy character development.

I was in Target and I found another book next to the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy called Bared to you: A Crossfire Novel by Sylvia Day which I recommend.

The story is very similar to 50 shades of Grey but the writing is so much better and the character development is much better (and there is no mention of an "inner goddess .  I enjoyed this book much more than 50 shades of Grey.  It is also going to be a series but the next book won't be out until October.