Can anyone 'splain Fifty Shades of Gray to me?

[LilMaibe]

Hopefully Dx
And you know, as far as I know, it's not the first book that buggers the mind like that.
I think the titles are City Of Bones etc...books filled with blatant plagiarism, taking whole PAGES OF TEXT straight from other books like Harry Potter...and yet did get published...and sold well...

[raisindot]

Well, apparently this godawful fanfic-cum-mommy porn is now the best-selling series of "books" in the U.S.

Just goes to show--doesn't matter how much of a hack you are--write something that grabs the zeitgist and you're a best-seller.

[LilMaibe]

While I know not everyone of you is fond of tumblr, this might be interesting to those that want to get an impression of the book:
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The comments by the one running the side often make it at least a little ... standable...
Enjoy

[serendipnick]

Hah! Although it shames me to admit this, I actually read this. I have kind of a problem with reading, not unlike some people and junk food or crack. After about three pages I was like, "I have to stop!", but I just couldn't stop looking. It exerts a bizarre hold, not unlike the sight of a small decaying woodland animal corpse. It stinks but at the same time it's morbidly fascinating.

Anyway. Fifty Shades of Puke is every bit as twee and and vile as its origins as a Twilight fanfic would imply. It is about a generic thinks-herself-skinny-and-dull-but-is-mysteriously-attractive-to-billionaires heroin and her tortured relationship (pardon the pun) with a handsome billionaire with a BDSM thing going on. I could mock the abysmal writing (any writer who uses "he smirked" in a non-comic sense deserves to be put in the stocks), or the storyline, or anything... in a way, there are so many things to hate about the book that it's almost worth it... but not really. It's horrible.

[Dotsie]

Thanks for helping me to avoid it!

[Tonyblack]

I was looking for a book to read at Phoenix airport and saw the offending book. I got Coraline instead.

[Bouncy Castle]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... tores.html

[Bouncy Castle]

Fifty Shades of Grey now the fastest selling paperback since records began.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ds-newsxml

[Antiq]

Heard of it (hard to avoid hearing of it), haven't read it so I can't honestly comment. I suspect one description I read might be close to the mark - Mills and Bang

[Bouncy Castle]

[Bouncy Castle]

Jonny Klein ‏@jonnyjsmall

I'm reliably informed that #50ShadesOfGrey is a pretty easy read. My housemate told me she flicked all the way through it.

[raisindot]

Jonny Klein ‏@jonnyjsmall

I'm reliably informed that #50ShadesOfGrey is a pretty easy read. My housemate told me she flicked all the way through it.

I'd call that a flicker of hope

[CrysaniaMajere]

last month I received that for the shop, but didn't sell it (and didn't read it). Now that I've given that back, they gave me "fifty shades of black" ... guess I won't be selling that either...

[Dotsie]

Jonny Klein ‏@jonnyjsmall

I'm reliably informed that #50ShadesOfGrey is a pretty easy read. My housemate told me she flicked all the way through it.

Naughty!

[Bouncy Castle]

From Twitter:

50 Sheds of Grey @50shedsofgrey

'Hurt me,' she begged, raising her skirt as she bent over my workbench. 'Very well,' I replied, 'You've got fat ankles and no dress sense.'