50 Shades of Grey - Page 2

The promos for this movie are out.

So after listening to some friends going on and on about how much they loved it and some saying they hated it, I finally decided to read the first one to make my own opinion on it. I finished reading the first book last night.

Maybe you should try it out, the genre doesn't interest me, so its not worth my time...

@mystery : thanks for the heads-up. 1.5 stars? That's pretty bad! I have all 3 books downloaded to my iBook shelf, but I haven't had a chance to start reading yet. I downloaded the trilogy b/c it was all the rage and I figured it had to be phenomenal. Apparently from what people say, it's all sex and no substance.

Originally posted by: Nrp77

@mystery : thanks for the heads-up. 1.5 stars? That's pretty bad! I have all 3 books downloaded to my iBook shelf, but I haven't had a chance to start reading yet. I downloaded the trilogy b/c it was all the rage and I figured it had to be phenomenal. Apparently from what people say, it's all sex and no substance.

Now I just have to decide if I read it or not... 😕

I read some 100 pages of the book. The writing was horrible. The words/phrases "bite the lip", "oh my", "gasps" and so on keeps repeating on and on and on! At one point it really frustrated me. And the story isnt something different or innovative. You could wayyy better authors with better writing and story.

@mystery: Its basically BDSM, so the sex thingy is obvious. I heard the 3rd book is the worst in case of writing. I cant believe the editors for the books dint even do it properly. I cmpletely agree with your review. I just couldnt go past the contract anastasia read. The punishments and other things had me feeling very very bad and I simply stopped at that.

Overall... DO give it a shot, it depends on perspective and people's comfort levels. It is about a BDSM relationship... HOWEVER imo the sex scenes could have been avoided, frankly they were a bit disturbing... BUT they are important to describe the character Chrisian Grey.

I just finished reading all three of the books. My opinion is that the first book had a veryyy underdeveloped plot. In the second book is where everything starts to fall into place. The characters become more developed, and so does the plot. I started loving christian's character in the second book. But the second book also had a lot more mature content that frankly could've just been implied rather than detailed so much. There were a few emotional scenes in it as well, that I thought were nice. The third book was okay too. And yes, the grammar needed a lot of work, but it did get (slightly) better throughout the series.

Originally posted by: nandini27

I read some 100 pages of the book. The writing was horrible. The words/phrases "bite the lip", "oh my", "gasps" and so on keeps repeating on and on and on! At one point it really frustrated me. And the story isnt something different or innovative. You could wayyy better authors with better writing and story.

@mystery: Its basically BDSM, so the sex thingy is obvious. I heard the 3rd book is the worst in case of writing. I cant believe the editors for the books dint even do it properly. I cmpletely agree with your review. I just couldnt go past the contract anastasia read. The punishments and other things had me feeling very very bad and I simply stopped at that.

i am in the middle of it and didnt find anything great so far... i heard this book is a best seller so was curious about it.. but i mainly started reading this book because i read such hilarious reviews on one of the website that i had to see what this book was all about..