Fifty Shades of Grey! Fifty Shades of Grey! Fifty Shades of ... ahhhh! Somebody get me an aspirin. I have not read this book. I have no plans to read this book. And yet I hear about this damn book so much it feels like I've read it. Ackk!! Why do I have no interest in it? I don't know exactly. I don't want to eat a live squid either and no one asks me to explain that.
But if I HAVE to give reasons, here are some: I read two paragraphs of the sample chapters on Amazon and couldn't get any farther. (Okay, so I read some.) I have other books that I want to read, and time is limited, so why would I waste my time reading something I don't? I do not judge you for reading the book (well, I do, but silently), so please do not judge me for not reading. Deal?
Maybe you also know some elusive women who don't want to read this book. Here are 11 annoying things Fifty Shades fans say to them. And shouldn't!
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"What, you don't like sex?"
(I like sex. Actual sex. That takes place in reality.)
"Don't you like Twilight?"
(No. And that's another list.)
"I wasn't going to read it but all my friends are."
(I hope all of your friends don't decide to jump off a bridge.)
"It was either this or War and Peace and I went with this."
(Please do not repeat that to anyone.)
"Okay, so the writing is bad, but I don't read books for the writing."
(So you also date people you don't like and eat things that make you puke.)
"I just read it for the sex. It's not easy to find a book with a lot of sex in it."
(Anaïs Nin is rolling in her grave.)
"But it will make your sex life so much hotter."
(Yoga might make me calmer, but I'm not going to torture myself with that either.)
"Wait, you're a writer, too. Is this because you're jealous of this book's success?"
(Jealous?? Of her selling five bajillion copies and being a billionaire??? Bwahahah. Surely you jest. Ahem.)
"I hated it. Just bought the third book."
(You'll hate Anaïs Nin too, I promise.)
"If you don't read it, how you will you understand the movie?"
(I'll get a translator. Or not see the movie. You guess which one.)
"You just don't appreciate good literature."
(...)
Do you know anyone who hasn't read the book? Is it you? Can we be friends?
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Comments 210
I haven't read this book and do not plan to. I don't read romance novels either. Now give me a mystery novel with a decent romantic side plot or a steamy sex scene, that's a different story. lol
I would have been with you on this if I had only read the first book. By all accounts, all three are terribly written, BUT the 2nd and 3rd book the characters really flesh out and by the middle of the second book I found myself actually enjoying it. So if you don't want to read it that is fine, but you might be getting people asking if you are jealous of the success of the books because you sound incredibly bitter about them for no real reason.
I read all three. I hated them. (I always finish a series if I start it, regardless) I did read them because they were so popular I was expecting to like them. (the same as when I read the Hunger Games series and Veronica Roths' series as well but I loved them) Now I am mourning the loss of the money I spent on them. I love to read and I have read thousands and these belong on the bottom of the list when it comes to be 1.great writiting 2. well developed and 3. just enjoyable to read. I kept waiting for Christian Grey to turn into this desirable swoon-worthy character, but he was a controlling asshole and that never changed. If women desire a man who feels the need to hit women because of a shitty childhood (which in the book was very badly represented as the BDSM lifestyle) just because he is rich then they are a little nuts themselves.
I am about to get the 3rd book. Have really nothing annoying to say and not going to judge you for not wanting to read it....I liked the 2nd book much better than the first. Have a great day and don't forget to not judge us for reading it like you promised.
I thought I was the only one!
I'm 50% through the first book. Does the series get better, because honestly right now I'm annoyed. I guess submission isn't my cup of tea.