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. :o
I thought I had no libido left... how wrong can one be?
Said enough, anyone else?
Axélle
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.
Quote from: Abracadabra on September 23, 2012, 05:40:14 AM
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. :o
Err... yes :embarrassed:
Quote from: Abracadabra on September 23, 2012, 05:40:14 AMShe's one FAST learner
Isn't she just? Some of the scenes are very..... ummmmmm...... well....
Quote from: Abracadabra on September 23, 2012, 05:40:14 AMThat 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!
I'm as clueless after reading this thread as I was before I started...
They told me at my writers group today that it's a re-writing of Twilight. Wow.
I've read it.. I thought it was fairly averagely written tripe.
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!
Well I find it a fun read. Having read some other 'Chick-Lit' this is better than most.
Quote from: Abracadabra on September 24, 2012, 03:51:26 AM
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)
Quote from: Abracadabra on September 24, 2012, 12:43:04 AM
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.