Re: 50 Shades of Gray
Date: May 18, 2012 05:10PM
This series was recommended to me and like a good sheep, I read the first two books.
They are poorly written and the plot is completely unbelievable. So far, I'm assuming that this sounds like the average description of a romance novel (I've only read a few).
The BDSM part was misleading. Everyone in the "scene" was portrayed as extremely damaged or as a villain. Being submissive was basically equated to being abused, crazy, or weak. Dominant? You are abusive or have been abused and are therefore unable to have a normal relationship.
The sex scenes were so frequent and so similar that I skipped most of them.
This is porn for women. Actual images/video don't really work as well for women because they compare their own body to the porn star's body, and then become obsessed about how they aren't pretty enough. With a book, they can picture themselves in the sex scene instead.