More on Fifty Shades of Gray
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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*
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Date: 2012-04-02 11:01 am (UTC)You know, I was thinking last night that the second book really reminded me of Twilight. I only read the first book, but IIRC, there's no plot there, either, until the antagonist vampire decides he wants Bella. What plot there in Fifty Shades is is only there -- in the briefest measures -- so Christian and Ana can tell each other how much they love each other, how much they were worried for the other, how they couldn't live if anything happened to the other. And so they can have sex, of course.
And OMG YES A THOUSAND TIMES to Ana becoming a Mary Sue in book 2! She's gorgeous, but she just doesn't understand that, you see! She looks just like Christian's former subs, but she's different because she's SUPER SPECIAL! Her special healing magical womanly depths are all Christian needs to overcome his childhood trauma! She's so special that she can do what 15 years of therapy couldn't!
Geez. I'll just be over here rolling my eyes.