After seeing the funny postcard below, hearing people mention it and seeing people mention it or posting about it on social media sites like Facebook, I decided to do a little research on it.
I've heard a few friends mention/post about it lately, but I hadn't really asked them what it was about. I'd also seen the name and pictures of Christian Grey over at Pinterest quite a bit, but as I haven't read the book yet I just thought he was the new boy that the girls liked to pin.
I hit Google up tonight and found the details below regarding what the book is all about...well the clean version from what I am hearing!
Fifty Shades of Grey
When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.
Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.
So if you've read it, what do you think? Does the postcard above reflect the hype? haha
What do you think of it and do you think it is worth buying... well that is if you can find a copy!
I also heard that it has sold out in many shops and I also did check a few places online tonight and found quite a few were sold out too! One place I did find with stock was Fishpond (who are Australian) you can purchase a copy via the picture below.
Maybe we should have a little book club, read the book and then discuss it, what do you think?
6 comments:
Finished reading it today after it arrived from fish pond on Friday (took nearly a month to arrive) Found the 2nd book at Kmart today for $10! I read lots of reviews on line, most scathing. But I still gave it a go and read it fast. I think it goes right up to the border of what is considered 'normal' consensual behavior...infact for many it possibly goes over the line. The hype has meant that a lot of women who wouldn't buy this sort of erotic fiction feel that they can. And if their sex life benefits...all the better.
Thank you for your comment. Wow, so you read it quite quickly then. I am just going to have to read it now, just to see what all the talk is about! You make some interesting statements about the book which also make me want to read it more now as well. If you had to compare it to another book, what would that be?
I don't know what I would compare it to?? I went to bed questioning my use of the word normal in my comment to you... What would I know? I don't discuss specific details with other women about what they do or dont do with their partners. Maybe there's a flourishing world of sub/dom culture and I'm the one who only goes so far ?
Haha yes that word normal can mean all sorts of things to all sorts of people. You just never really know what is happening do you? Thanks for commenting!
Well, I am now pregnant and 50 Shades certainly was a factor!
Hi Fiona,
A little behind the times but did you end up reading the trilogy?
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