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Fifty shades of filth
Last week I wrote a post that if women had sex lines for dirty chat they would be all about the men folk listening and appreciating us more.
But then I went out for the first time with the mums in my son's year at school and all everyone talked about was the bestselling clit-flick lit, Fifty Shades of Grey. Apparently, I had missed the best book club meeting ever when they were dishing out chocolate nipple clamps and liquorice whips as prizes.
I have not read Fifty Shades of Grey yet but now I am feeling left out. I want to know what it's all about. I am not a literary snob and as a writer I am fascinated by commercially successful fiction. Ultimately, would you prefer poverty and a Booker Prize, or a bijou pad in the Hamptons and a tight ab-ed gardener called Mellors. I know what I would pump for any time. Pulp fiction, bring it on.
My guilty pleasures of pulp fiction started young, Jeffrey Archer's Kane & Abel, Virginia Andrews' Flowers in the Attic trilogy, Penny Vincenzi's The Spoils of Time trilogy.
I devoured all the Harry Potters and I have read Twilight. Although I am genuinely scared of vampires and it gave me nightmares so I couldn't read anymore.
But something is holding me back.
Should I read Fifty Shades of Grey or not? Is it time wasted or well spent? I am going to learn that women don't want to be appreciated really, not really. We want dysfunctional relationships with dark, mean, moody men that tie us up and get medieval on our asses.
Do women really want to be treated to mean and kept keen? Help!
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Report Fri Oct 5, 2012 - 9:15 pmIts an informative topic. It help me very much to solve some problems. Its opportunity are so fantastic and working style so speedy. I think it may be help all of you.Reply -
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Sun Jul 29, 2012 - 3:20 am
I haven't read it yet, and I just don't want to. I'll probably read it in 4-5 years when it's passé because that seems to be my MO. I did the same thing with Twilight. I had no idea it even existed until my kids were begging me to rent the first movie on DVD. I was all, "What is this Twilight you are talking about?"Reply -
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Tue Jul 24, 2012 - 2:36 pm
I found the book boring, poorly written and time wasted that I won't get back, however I was sent this link by a like minded friend !! very funny Ellen Degeneres http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on3JCwnwHbUReply -
Report Wed Jul 18, 2012 - 10:41 pmToo late! I know you've already read it. It got to page 7 and literally keeled over with boredom. I only wish I could write that badly and earn a fortune!Reply
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1 reply, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Wed Jul 18, 2012 at 10:46 pm
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Report Tue Jul 17, 2012 - 5:47 amI felt it was like Twilight . A better read was the Beauty Series by A N Roqular ( Anne Rice nom de plume ) Or perhaps a copy of an older movie 91/2 weeks would suit you .Reply
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1 reply, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Tue Jul 17, 2012 at 2:39 pm
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Tue Jul 17, 2012 - 1:10 am
I'm scared that if I read it, I'll get horny, then my husband will get laid, then he'll expect more than twice a year. I don't want to get his hopes up.Reply
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2 replies, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Tue Jul 17, 2012 at 1:42 am
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Tue Jul 17, 2012 - 1:02 am
I tried refusing to give my wife a foot rub the other night to live up to her 50 Shades fantasies - apparently that was a step too far...Reply -
1 reply, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Tue Jul 17, 2012 at 1:41 am
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Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 6:10 pm
Read it Clare. It's a rollicking ride. And lots better than some of the trash out there. Literature its' not. But a distracting read on a rainy summers day it is!Reply -
6 replies, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Mon Jul 16, 2012 at 10:46 pm
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Report Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 7:18 pmI certainly have no trouble reading hot trash and am well and truly addicted to chick lit. But I don't really get why every woman I know is panting about Fifty Shades of Grey. Some of them are really wierd they say 'oh you know it's really silly but I read all three books.' Well why did you read them all then?' But many many women I think are reading it to get turned on. Myself I have a very vivid imagination so I think that's why I don't need to read erotic books. I prefer a laugh like this parody of Fifty Shades of Grey http://youtu.be/F3t10zyF3jw I think Fifty Shades started as fan fic for Twilight so it may be your cup of tea! I know it isn't mine because I read the first five pages for free and dozed off!Reply
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4 replies, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Mon Jul 16, 2012 at 8:16 pm
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Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 7:49 pm
Hey Clare, I have not read it and don't plan on it. Tell us more about Mellors, the tight-ab-ed gardner.Please.Reply -
1 reply, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Mon Jul 16, 2012 at 7:56 pm
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Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 7:35 pm
I downloaded the beginning while traveling with my mom and it was so boring that I didn't buy the book. But I'm with you. I would have written it in a second for all that publicity.Reply -
1 reply, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Mon Jul 16, 2012 at 7:55 pm
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Report Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 7:04 pmGOD NO! I couldn't even finish the book. It's poorly written and repetitive. And the sex parts aren't worth wading through the lumbering story.Reply
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1 reply, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Mon Jul 16, 2012 at 7:53 pm
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Report Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 6:50 pmJ'ai trouvé votre message d'une telle information instructive et utile sur ce poste, merci pour le partage de la poste.Reply
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1 reply, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Mon Jul 16, 2012 at 7:53 pm
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Report Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 7:12 pmCool post! I like it.Reply
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Report Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 6:23 pmMy husband has just bought it for me today. Not sure what I think about that!Reply
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2 replies, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Mon Jul 16, 2012 at 6:37 pm
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Report Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 5:39 pmI love thought provoking literature. I also loved 50 shades - for what it is - a romance novel, a bit of escapism. The problem that I have with the anti-50 shades brigade is that hardly any of them have actually read it. They read reviews and pick up snippets from the media and instantly jump on the moral bandwagon. My advice - read it for yourself and make your own mind up...Reply
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1 reply, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Mon Jul 16, 2012 at 5:53 pm
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Report Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 3:32 pmI was also curious since I resisted The Hunger games for ages, then gave in and loved them. So I gave Fifty Shades a try too. Yuck. I really couldn't go on. I think I prefer dragons. I'm reading the Temeraire books at present. However evidently a lot of people seem to like Grey so perhaps you should judge for yourself.Reply -
1 reply, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Mon Jul 16, 2012 at 3:36 pm
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Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 3:18 pm
I haven't read it, but I made a friend sit in my kitchen and tell me every detail of the trilogy, so I know the story well. Meh. Just to interested in reading it. I'd say, maybe if you're really that curious, borrow it (I'm taking a wild guess that someone you know has a copy) and if it begins to repulse you, just give it back. No one will hold a licorice rope to your throat until you finish all 3. I don't think. Hopefully...Reply -
1 reply, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Mon Jul 16, 2012 at 3:23 pm
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Report Mon Jul 16, 2012 - 11:28 amMy mom commented that the writing was horrible and gave up. I'm not into actual sadism or anything like that, so I gave it a miss, too. If you want to read guilty pleasures, I can highly recommend Cherise Sinclair.Reply
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1 reply, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Mon Jul 16, 2012 at 1:44 pm
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