Erotic novel '50 Shades of Grey' unites gals, unnerves some guys
Entertainment Erotic novel '50 Shades of Grey' unites gals, unnerves some guys By Jo Piazza Published March 14, 2012 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments inShare8 50 shades of grey 640 The hugely popular erotic novel “50 Shades of Grey” is quickly becoming universal water cooler conversation for women from all walks of life. Everyone from so-called “mommy bloggers” to hardcore feminists is hailing the tome as a triumph for women, in spite of the book’s strong themes of female submission at the hands of a high-powered man.
They also say men who feel differently should butt out. If you haven’t heard about “50 Shades of Grey” yet, you likely will soon. The independently published erotic novel is plunging into the mainstream this week after being acquired by Vintage Books for a seven-figure sum. Written by a little-known London author named E.L. James, it relies heavily on “BDSM” -- bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism. Vintage Books, part of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, just released a new e-edition of the book and plans to do a 750,000-copy print run as soon as possible. The book, which began as fan fiction of the “Twilight” series, has been called “mommy porn” and “Twilight for adults.” It has more than 16,000 reader reviews on the social networking site GoodReads and has sold out in bookstores nationwide. It has blown up due to word of mouth, Facebook sharing and its popularity on women-centric blogs. According to the website GuruMommy.com every woman in Armonk, N.Y., is reading the book, and some are so obsessed that they are forgetting to pick up their kids at school. More than that, "when you put the book down, you will actually want to have sex with your husband. Like, a lot," writes Linda Meadows, the “Gurumommy,” a Los Angeles mom of three.
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I have mixed feelings about this post. The story was originally posted as Twilight fan fiction before she pulled to publish. If you are familiar with Stephanie Meyer's characters, you will absolutely recognize Edward and Bella in this story. Not to mention, the writing just isn't very good. I'm not sure if it made it in the published version, but in the fan fic story, there was a part where Edward fucked her with a bloody tampon.
ReplyDeleteI can certainly relate and understand your issues. I've written a few fan fic pieces, but have always felt that using someone's characters instead of my own creations to be something of a farce. As a matter of fact, I have read Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga. My daughter was reading it before it became hugely popular and I thought it was a relatively well written story that conformed to its genre. As long as you accepted it as a harlequin romance and that poor little Bella was always going to be poor little Bella, it wasn't half bad.
ReplyDeleteAs for "Fifty Shades of Gray", I haven't read it, nor am I planning too. But I appreciate your opinion on the book. Hopefully, better works are selected in the future to become "mainstream."
Yours Faithfully,
Michael