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Fiction

mainer

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32. I started it last night. Got as far as page 30.

Reply to xmas74 (Original post)

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 11:14 AM

Dec 2012

Stupid, stupid heroine who keeps tripping and falling into the hero's arms, and who says "Oh, crap!" on just about every page. I see nothing erotic about it so far, just bad, bad writing.

Harlequin novels are MUCH better written than this.

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50 Shades of Grey [View all] xmas74 Jul 2012 OP

I have not read it, but the people who I know Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #1

I didn't even make it that far. xmas74 Jul 2012 #2

Well, there you go. Mystery solved. nt Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #3

It was originally written as Twilight fan fiction. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #4

That's probably why I couldn't get all that far. xmas74 Jul 2012 #5

My husband tried to read it but couldn't get far Chemisse Jul 2012 #6

Same here. xmas74 Jul 2012 #7

I read all three books... one_voice Aug 2012 #8

No tomatoes xmas74 Aug 2012 #9

Sorry... one_voice Aug 2012 #10

Loved the tv show- xmas74 Aug 2012 #11

have you read the feehan carpathian series or kenyon atlantis series.... seabeyond Sep 2012 #24

Oh I love talking about authors I read... one_voice Sep 2012 #26

I'm ashamed to admit I read it... ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #12

That was the feeling I got from the first few chapters. xmas74 Aug 2012 #13

It was an insult to ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #14

There had better be massive amounts of money involved- xmas74 Aug 2012 #15

A Ho-Hum book...and Anne Rice did it a zillion times better. Glad to see my local B&N putting her mtnester Aug 2012 #16

Even my local Walmart had her Beauty books out on the racks the other day. xmas74 Aug 2012 #17

That is a surprise! mtnester Aug 2012 #18

My daughter was looking around the other day in the YA section, xmas74 Aug 2012 #19

They certainly have struck a chord Mz Pip Aug 2012 #20

I know I'm late to the party, but please allow me to opine: That book is the worst piece of drivel Stardust Aug 2012 #21

I couldn't get anywhere with the book. xmas74 Aug 2012 #22

Junk writing! mimi85 Aug 2012 #23

It seems like the book has turned into a big joke about trashy sex writing. Lex Sep 2012 #25

after shades of grey JoySmith Sep 2012 #27

It's so hot. It's really hot. It's a hot book. Kablooie Nov 2012 #28

I was thinking about reading it due to all the hoopla, mantis49 Dec 2012 #29

Don't purchase it. xmas74 Dec 2012 #30

Don't waste your money Mz Pip Dec 2012 #31

I started it last night. Got as far as page 30. mainer Dec 2012 #32

any cheap bodice ripper xmas74 Dec 2012 #33

How to write Napoleon838 Dec 2012 #34

This may be something Mz Pip Dec 2012 #35

Of course, I never saw it.. fadedrose Dec 2012 #36