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fangirl_says) wrote2012-04-01 06:23 pm
fangirl_says) wrote2012-04-01 06:23 pm
More on Fifty Shades of Gray
Spoilers!
So, I'm mostly through the second book, and really...bored. It's boring. There is no plot, other than a brief thing where an ex-sub of Christian shows up at Ana's house with a gun. Even that lasts maybe half a page, and was pretty boring. Anything that might even BECOME interesting is resolved quickly so they can go back to having what is, frankly, boring sex.
There's sex -- oh, yes, there's sex; these two are like bunnies. After a couple of semi-kinky tries, they switch exclusively to vanilla. Which is fine, if that's your thing. No problem. But it does begin to get a little repetitive, since they're having sex every two pages.
And even that isn't the problem I have with it; it's the whole YKINOK attitude. We're to believe that Christian is only interested in BDSM because he was abused and abandoned as a child -- well, of course that would do it, right? Because only sick and broken people would be interested in that! Ugh. There was so much promise with this series, and I even liked the writing well enough. I'm not sure what the hell they're going to do with another entire book still to come.
*grumps*
So, I'm mostly through the second book, and really...bored. It's boring. There is no plot, other than a brief thing where an ex-sub of Christian shows up at Ana's house with a gun. Even that lasts maybe half a page, and was pretty boring. Anything that might even BECOME interesting is resolved quickly so they can go back to having what is, frankly, boring sex.
There's sex -- oh, yes, there's sex; these two are like bunnies. After a couple of semi-kinky tries, they switch exclusively to vanilla. Which is fine, if that's your thing. No problem. But it does begin to get a little repetitive, since they're having sex every two pages.
And even that isn't the problem I have with it; it's the whole YKINOK attitude. We're to believe that Christian is only interested in BDSM because he was abused and abandoned as a child -- well, of course that would do it, right? Because only sick and broken people would be interested in that! Ugh. There was so much promise with this series, and I even liked the writing well enough. I'm not sure what the hell they're going to do with another entire book still to come.
*grumps*