50 Shades of Grey; the movie

[thesummerqueen]

Am I the only one that is completely unable to understand why this book is so popular? Even after watching people on television talk about it, I'm still not sure why anyone actually likes this book. All anyone ever says is that it's dirty. So fucking what? I mean, I have yet to see anyone say, "I like this book, and this is why."

Can someone explain this to me? I just don't get it.

No. As someone who does read erotic fiction (the best I've found has been on the net, not physical books from stores) and frequently reads silly romance novels, the books contain nothing new or attractive. The characters are stock romance characters unfortunately, including all of the abusive and manipulative actions that Mr. Grey displays, and all the vapidity of Ms Steele.

Women love reading books in which the characters are as stupid as they are, because then they can engage in the fantasy that some handsome billionaire will sweep them off their feet and they can avoid doing anything to improve themselves as human beings because miraculously he will find them interesting despite their idiocy or stereotypical natures. It's probably similar to guys watching porn in which I've noticed that many times the guy is fairly average looking, and the girls are always good-looking to hot. Everyone wants to think they can score five or six levels past their own ranking.

The problem with these books is not how badly written they are. It's how many women seem to think that they're a good model of romance. They're terrible. Grey is a shit-head and abusive, and the author portrays everyone who engages in BDSM as a fucked up individual. Fuck her and the person who decided to publish her books.