just a quick update….
I am having a very difficult time readingย 50 Shades of Grey. After all the hype, I jumped on the bandwagon afraid I was missing out on THE great summer read. So far I’ve been disappointed. Maybe because of all the talk, I expected too much?
It reminds me of my experience with Twilight.ย Although my friend Jenny and I loved the first book, we ย laughed all the way through the movie while everyone else in the theatre seemed to be completely captivated by odd looking, sparkling vampires. Everyone knows that vampires DoNotSparkle. They just don’t.
Maybe I’m too quick to judge – I’ve only made it to page 145 of 50 Shades.But, it is full of laugh-out-loud cliches. How many times will Ana refer to her inner goddess?
Christian is way more creepy than hot. And apparently he’s too skinny as his pants hang on his hips every time he’s described, on every other page. Or maybe he needs to buy a smaller pant size? But, of course, his pants must accommodate his throbbing triple-extra-large-you-know-what… Pul-leaze.
Poor Ana is truly spineless and a completely unbelievable character. If she was a real person, I would be compelled to slap some sense into her empty head. Of course she would like that.
Apparently something is happening (or not happening) in our society causing women of all ages to queue up to buy this book like cheap crack cocaine. It’s a strange pop phenomenon.
What am I missing? Maybe I have no inner goddess.
talya
Musical Pairings:
Sex on Fire, Kings of Leon
Hahahaha!!! I agree with you and am a little ahead in the book than you, but I can’t seem to put it down! Your musical pairing is perfect!
It’s awful but I keep reading because who doesn’t love a train wreck, right?
Maybe I should reconsider having my name on the reserve list at the library. They tell me I am number three on the list and there are three copies so it shouldn’t be much longer. You are so funny!
Colene I don’t imagine you will like it….
Funny, funny! Yes, it was a ridiculous book with a spineless character, but I couldn’t put it down. I think I read it because everyone was reading it. Do you know if your friend Linda has read it yet?
Christian should have been in the loony bin from the first page. Mom
I don’t know but Linda will love it! haha
Talya –
With both 50 Shades and Twilight, I read every book in the series. I’m still waiting for both of them to get really good so that I can get as crazy about them as the rest of the world. Didn’t care for the books (again, Twilight or 50 Shades), can’t pay me enough to see the movies.
I think I am missing some important girl gene because I just don’t get it!
Constance
me too Constance.
Haven’t read either series and won’t–but I decided way before this. But I did watch The Music Man last night (see my column/blog on July 19).Too old to do what everybody else is doing just because they are doing it.
Pat – I think reading it is helping my editing skills. The entire time I’m reading it I’m thinking about how I would re-write it…. T.
Pat why can I not locate your blog for July 19?? I found July 12. T.
Perhaps 50 shades of grey is the hair color of the aging audience in search of an oasis.