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 11:18 pm (UTC)Someone should write Shades of Gray fanfiction in which both Ana and Christian give a little bit with regard to their sexual relationship -- sometimes sweetly vanilla, sometimes burning-hot kinky, and they both come to have an appreciation for the other side. That's what I was kind of expecting, and I'm pretty sure I'd like it much better that way. Oh, hey, and why not get crazy and add some plot, while we're dreaming big?! I'm sure nobody would make a movie of it, but it would be a helluva lot more satisfying to me!