Comments on: 50 Shades Of Grey: Mummy Porn Meets Rom Vom

By: aidan

aidan — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:40:31 +0000

I think the book is terribly written and the story pathetic and boring. However it is very interesting that it became so popular. The book’s popularity is important, it shows us that (a) Most women have horrendously dull and sad lives, or otherwise this wouldn’t seem interesting to them. Could this be because they feel unfulfilled? Could it be that the pressures of society have royally fucked most of them up emotionally? (I think so) (b) in reality (and I am speaking from my own experience only) women do like to be dominated, and sad as it may be, they bow down to dominating and controlling men. We can continue to pretend that women will prefer a man that is nice and honest to one who is mean and controlling, because this makes us feel better, but it is simply not true. And it is not the woman’s role to defend herself as to why she has chosen a man more controlling/dominating. She is more attracted to this man, and that is because she is human, and in terms of survival, that man is more likely to be a better protector, and a rich man, a better provider. It is hard wired into women and our society is telling them they should behave differently because we don’t like to face the hard truth about ourselves as a species.

Anyway, I think the book is useful if it highlights the fact that women in our society don’t feel represented in mainstream culture, and if it helps to change things for the better in this respect that’s a good thing. Maybe the bad writing style was used to dumb down the book for mass consumption, maybe those behind the book are smarter than we think.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:03:27 +0000

What really kills me is that ‘Lisa’ thinks that it’s okay to imply that only those that are either abused or neglected as children are into BDSM. Wow. She’s so forward thinking (!) That’s fucking rude, which ever way you put it. If I was interested in BDSM, I’d be fucking hunting EL down and slapping some sense into that bitch. And on the off chance that ‘Lisa’ sees this comment, 50 Shades of Grey was published online where it became so well known. It became well known because people actually couldn’t believe that something as poorly written as 50SoG had actual fans, that EL had books published on a ‘made-to-order’ basis. THIS BOOK DID NOT GO THROUGH A PUBLISHING HOUSE AND I’M UNSURE WHETHER IT HAS YET TO GO THROUGH A PUBLISHING COMPANY.

That is why it’s fucking out there, wasting space and contaminating our minds.

And on a final note, in my personal opinion, I wouldn’t give this book to a DOG to chew on.

By: lee

lee — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:50:39 +0000

i have the utmost respect for ms james.i have tried writing a book. make no mistake it is bloody hard work. so all the haters and sneerers? out there, try writing a book that people actually want to read. you’re gonna find it’s hard work.

By: Cantona7

Cantona7 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:21:40 +0000

Follow 50 Shades of Andy Gray on Twitter. Here’s a little taster… “She lay trembling, no one had ever screwed her like that. He lay over her panting body and looked at his throbbing sword. ‘Take a bow, son’.”

By: johnnyw

johnnyw — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:57:22 +0000

Hype it up enough and you can get people to buy/listen to/read virtually anything , the trick is to estimate the stupidity of your audience and you’re there.

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:06:42 +0000

Kinky? It struck me as domestic abuse. The man hurting the woman, then fawning over her, telling her he loves her, and all the while rationalizing that she deserved it.

I’m stunned that the books are so popular. Do most women want to be trussed up like a turkey during love making?

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:26:31 +0000

I’m sure it’s not “shit”, Jen. I reckon it just speaks to many of us out there at the coalface of life. I don’t want to seem patronising to those whose job it is to tell us what to think, either- but in condemning it as porn, or wanting it banned for crimes against linguistic standards or as anti feminist -they obviously are all hugely out of touch with many millions of everyday women

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:50:59 +0000

Regardless of how ‘shit’ it is, the huge majority of people I know who have read it, never ever read usually. I think that ANYTHING regardless of quality, which a) gets people reading and b) gets people, as a result, talking about books, is a good thing. Not everyone is interested in literature and able to critically analyse characters and plot structures. I don’t want to seem patronising to the readership, but give them a break!

By: dsn

dsn — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:43:56 +0000

@JonnyH, serves you right for going on holiday where cultural retards go. If you’re going to do that, accept it and be prepared, like I did in Benidorm last year – “Day-glo l.c.d. music and racism disguised as comedy here we come..”
As far as the book goes, big hit with the ladies only = not worth a wank. Or maybe that’s the point. If only there was more honesty about in modern life…

By: Jonny Hotrod

Jonny Hotrod — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:06:41 +0000

Not sure that’s clear. Read all the other books, instead of 50 things of whatever. Also, don’t read Dan Brown.

Just got back from a fortnight’s holiday at a beach resort. A good million or so people there reading 50 etc, interspersed with Heat magazine and Danielle Steele books. At other times, these people enjoyed Dancing on Ice, and the music of the late Michael Jackson.