Did anyone read "50 shades of Grey" as yet?

[AbraCadabra]

Not sure this might be in a better place under -sexuality- but then... they made a movie from it I understand, and I guess it is NOT X-rated, or?

I first was ticked me off reading it up to about page 98... than it slowly started to, hum, work on me... hum. 

I thought I had no libido left... how wrong can one be?

Said enough, anyone else?

Axélle

[Beverly]

I read it last week and I regard it as more of an erotic comedy than 'mummy-porn'. I laughed my way through it. I regarded Anastasia as a total silly moo but she does improve. I have now bought the sequels and I am currently reading Fifty Shades Darker.

[Beverly]

Well, once past page 98, some of this -one blush/page- starts to be explained by her then 'status' - as was found in need of rectification. 

Err... yes 

She's one FAST learner

Isn't she just? Some of the scenes are very..... ummmmmm...... well....

That you went for the second book is interesting to note.

I only bought the first one. When I finished it I bought the other two books. I am about 1/3 of the way through book 2. Different because of what happens in the first book but Ana just surprised me. Good for her!

[dalebert]

I'm as clueless after reading this thread as I was before I started...

[dalebert]

They told me at my writers group today that it's a re-writing of Twilight. Wow.

[kelly_aus]

I've read it.. I thought it was fairly averagely written tripe.

[Nicolette]

I had to visit my mother in hospital a few weeks back. I think the whole female ward there entertained much of their stay pouring scorn and derision on the book!

[Beverly]

Well I find it a fun read. Having read some other 'Chick-Lit' this is better than most.

[Beverly]

Once I decided this to be some fairy tale fun read... for some reason things improved a LOT

It goes to show how much it all has to do with one's expectations...

It does improve as the plot develops. BTW I learned to fly in an L23 Blanik so I had some real belly laughs (if you do not understand that comment, you will later)

[dalebert]

PS: It could be said also it was a rewrite of Emanuelle and sprinkled with some "Lotita" by Nabokov - just depends what one knows. I have not seen Twilight, I don't watch TV; I read

As it was explained to me, it wasn't just an interpretation by readers. That was the author's explicit intention--to rewrite Twilight as an adult BDSM-themed story. I heard something about a conversation between the authors about it in which the Twilight author was cool with it or something. Apparently Twilight has a lot of thinly-veiled BDSM elements to it.