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LillyoftheVally -> RE: 50 shades of grey (8/1/2012 12:07:18 AM)
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If people do not want to hear about the book then here is a crazy idea, go with me on this ok, right when you see a thread called 50 shades of grey how about you don't read it? I know it is a bit out there I get that but seriously give it a shot yeah?
OP, I finished the last book yesterday morning, I completely see the appeal and it does what it says on the tin. I could rip into its flaws but everyone else has done that. I like to be a rebel, you know go against the grain of popular consensus a bit like 90% of the people on these sites who say how crap it is even though they haven't read them. Its not a shock though really, people hate success more than anything else, the same comments came after the popularity of Twilight and The Da Vinci Code.
The book is a middle aged womans fantasy, hence the plot is fantastical. It was fanfiction written because she loved to write, it was published by a small print on demand company and it took off. Most people can get their work published with companies like that so the idea that these are books that shouldn't be out there is a bit strange, one of the best things about the prolifiration on e-books and the web is that all sorts of books can get into the public domain, we get more choice.
Its a book that taps into a clear female fantasy, the idea of this beautiful, strong and rich man who everyone wants but he goes for the clumsy mousy bookworm, only she captures his heart and makes him change his isolated ways. Seriously its age old and people still love it. This was not a woman writing as the font of all BDSM knowledge, she didn't know it was going to be popular she didn't have a responsibility in that regard, its fiction, a story. Most people read fiction for what it is, and with this one they may well read and then buy some handcuffs once they have done.
About the intensity of Kink I just noticed mentioned above, everyone has different tolerences of kink. It seems as though because it is in a book people suddenly feel they can belittle that. I ask you to remember again, middle aged woman writing HER fantasy. She doesn't claim its a hardcore book with page after page of edgeplay, its a romance which involves some bondage and a little bit of spanking. There are kinky bits, but its about the exploration of her sexuality more than 'right how many fists can we get in her'
It is very easy to attack someone without adding anything of real value to the world, if people do not want to read the book but have time to wander around saying how crap it is, why not use that time, write somethine better, go on I dare you.
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