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here a link of a blog article which is actually very serious aspect of Fifty Shades of Grey, what do you say?
http://capturingnews.blogspot.com/2012/12/fifty-shades-of-grey.html

Asked by: Zohaib Ahmed

  1. Jonathan Hopkins on December 14, 2012

    *Sigh*. It's fiction. I've not read it but by all accounts it's not very well written, either.

    To be fair a few other writers have had self-pubs picked up by the mainstream and done well, but FSOG is exceptional, fuelled by a media frenzy (what else) and its racy nature. Soft porn, if you like, and sex sells - always has done. So it's no wonder publishers are looking for clones before readers get bored with bouncing bodies.

    My main beef with this is if the book had been written by a man, and aimed at men, it would have been denounced as violence towards women by the same media fawning over it now.

    I wouldn't worry too much - in ten years it'll have been forgotten.

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  2. Zohaib Ahmed on December 14, 2012

    Your Review is the Best Sir Jonathan, but the point is what happened to the readers?
    isn't it a disgrace for writers who make their effort by putting their soul in writing?

  3. Michaela E. M. Else on December 14, 2012

    I bought the series, read them back to back, find them very - I can't think of a clean single word to describe them - predictable? (that's what I'm going with and it will be explained)

    As I've earlier stated - I've read all of these books, back to back and I've read them more than once. I don't read them for the explicate material because I've seen better on fan fiction sites, I find it has a lack of plot if you like action/adventure but if you would like an extreme example of a day-to-day life this portrays it.

    Predictable, indeed it is and at times cliche. Virgin girl meets deviant guy - doesn't do 'normal' relationships, falls madly in love, and shit hits the fan. IN ALL THREE BOOKS! I mean, in all three books their 'hot and cold' to quote Katy Perry. Their on, their off - they have a third wheel known as 'Mrs Robinson', another named 'Leila' and the stalker as 'Jack Hyde' (I mean seriously couldn't think of a better name? Just had to use Jekyll and Hyde there didn't she).

    But A BABY SAVES THE DAY. Geez, I believe Christian would have ran a mile instead of embracing fatherhood after Ana got hurt. The end was a downer, much like the whole book.

    The only thing I can relate this series to is the Twilight series. Haven't you noticed that through the whole book the main plot of it all was getting laid by a vampire? Sure there was action and fantasy aspects, maybe thats what makes it more enjoyable to the teenage audience and FSOG to the older female variety because of the believable plot of everyday life and wishing for the high life.

    I agree with Jonathan Hopkins - it will be forgotten by the masses while Harry Potter will remain eternal like J.R.R Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

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  4. Zohaib Ahmed on December 14, 2012

    you are right and thanks for the detailed view Michaela :)
    if you haven't read the article i would say do the read the article
    http://capturingnews.blogspot.com/2012/12/fifty-shades-of-grey.html

  5. Jonathan Hopkins on December 14, 2012

    Zohaib - if you mean it's a shame far better writers may never get their work into print then yes, of course it is.

    But it seems to me an individual's chance of being able to to influence that is down to fate. People read what they want, steered towards the latest 'bestseller' by the whims of multinational conglomerates. That's life - we might not like it but we're stuck with it.

    Of course, one day we might get lucky! Keep the faith ;)

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