50 Shades.

Books, we either love to read or we don't. How I judge a book is by whether or not I can put it down. If it keeps me glued and turning the pages then I say the author has done their job.

People, I am so tired…………. so tired of fighting. So sick of little narrow minded, ill-educated people who are not capable of original thought! People who lack talent, yet feel the need to slander and put shit on others who can actually achieve something! Is it jealously?? WHY CAN'T WE JUST ENJOY BOOKS FOR WHAT THEY ARE?  Why do we need to COMPARE them? Such as the banter going on over Harry Potter, Twilight and the Fifty Shades of Grey books.

 

Just let me take a moment to try and squash some of the accusations being thrown about here, about all three books. All of which I have read and utterly enjoyed I might add! Unlike most who are just repeating hearsay gossip and not actually able to make up their own minds.

Harry Potter was written for CHILDREN.

Twilight was written for TEENS.

Fifty Shades Of Grey was written for WOMEN 20+.

They are ALL LOVE stories!

They all share in common the HATRED of being written. Let's not forget the war cries from CHRISTIAN CHURCH groups, calling on banning the books, even burning them because they were the work of the occult and the devil. Makes you laugh now doesn't it?

Twilight got its bad rap after the poorly made movies where released, which butchered the story, and couldn't translate well what was in the book to the screen. It then became all about the actors and not the story. (Note: Harry Potter fans would have to say the same for their movies)

Like this comment: "I wanna make everybody aware that 50 shades of grey was originally a twilight fanfiction, all the author did was change the names of the characters. (Yet, still written better than how Stephanie Meyer wrote Twilight)"

For the last time FIFTY SHADES OF GREY is not PORN! Nor is it a TWILIGHT rip off! The only comparison between the two books perhaps comes from the male leads intensity.

Edward's love/over protectiveness of Bella ~ Christian's love/ over protectiveness of Ana. THAT IS IT, comparison over! Fifty Shades is about a young business man who came from a troubled past, Twilight is about VAMPIRES and WOLVES, and a young girls love between the two. There isn't even a LOVE TRIANGLE in Fifty Shades. Did you even READ the books???

As for ‘Fifty’ being written better, sorry, I can't let that go. Twilight flows, where as Fifty Shades is jumpy, almost odd in places, and has a hurried messy ending that seems to have been just thrown in like a slap. You are all engrossed and BANG it's completely changed and there, we are done, THE END. So no sorry, not better written.

Here’s another comment that makes me grit my teeth. "Fifty Shades is pretty Porny!"

Yes the book is sexual. It is written for adults after all. However it depicts a love story. They are a young couple falling madly head of heels with each other and can't keep their hands off one another. Now PORN, is the invention of MEN, designed for MEN, and is PURELY for male instant gratification. Not often in PORN do you see a man really care if the woman he is JABBING is actually really enjoying the experience, or is well satisfied afterwards. Were as Christian Grey is all about Ana's PLEASURE, NEEDS, WANTS, and she is about his, it is about give and take, and real union which you will NEVER find in PORN.

PORN is not LOVE, and if you look towards it as an education tool you guys are going to be getting it so wrong! Men you should pay attention to what your women are reading, and maybe you will see that we both want almost the same thing. Women are emotional, and sex that doesn't feed that side is just not that great. So think about that (MEN) next time you hop on for a two min joy ride and roll over all smug. TRUST ME, she got ZERO out of that! Maybe you should read more books, and watch less porn???

The other bug bear that gets me is the fact that mainly young kids are shocked that sales of Fifty Shades has out sold Harry Potter.

So what that it has sold more copies than HARRY POTTER! Why is that such a crime? Hasn't JK Rowling made a tidy living from her beautiful story? But what about the fact that more adults read more than children? That a lot of children watched the movie instead of buying the book to read? That children needed adults to buy the books for them. That Fifty Shades is pretty cheap, selling for around $10 a book, where as Harry Potter came out for about $25-$30 per book.

Books are read to escape life for a while. To remove yourself from the day to day drum, and just dive deep into lives of pure fiction.

But so what. Sure The story of MR. FIFTY has spread like wild fire. It is a good read. Women are rushing to get on the Fifty wagon. Radio is even talking about it. Why?? Is it the sexual side to the story? Is that what we are drawn towards? Is it the type of sex? It was certainly varied and far cry from the wham bam not so much thank you woman! I would love to hear from other woman who have read the books. 

For me it was the way they developed as a couple. The slow trusting, learning, and growing stronger together. I liked the fantasy of play, and they way that sometimes it crossed over and almost destroyed the relationship. I liked the way that in the bedroom, he was strong and giving, but without her strength outside the bedroom, he was lost. Who wouldn't want a man to just WANT you! ^_^

I can tell you after dealing with school runs/homework, shopping, cleaning, working, cooking, it is nice to kick back and be totally lost in a world of tantalizing fiction!