50 Shades of Grey.

[lawrawrrr]

It's kinda a stereotypically well-known fact that men tend to enjoy visual porn, women enjoy erotica (literary porn). But it's never usually this open... I saw someone on the plane reading it. It's not even underground enough - EVERYONE KNOWS YOU'RE READING PORN

[MKR&*42]

It's kinda a stereotypically well-known fact that men tend to enjoy visual porn, women enjoy erotica (literary porn). But it's never usually this open... I saw someone on the plane reading it. It's not even underground enough - EVERYONE KNOWS YOU'RE READING PORN

Would probably be my mum, she actually was LOL. Just lovely knowing the person next to you is reading literary porn basically isn't it

[lawrawrrr]

Would probably be my mum, she actually was LOL. Just lovely knowing the person next to you is reading literary porn basically isn't it

It really is, and people recommending it? It's like me saying OMG CHECK OUT THIS PORN CHANNEL in PUBLIC. If WHSmith refuse to sell pornography of any other kind why will they sell 50 shades!!!!!! I mean if it was a genuine story with a genuine plot and some tasteful sex i'd allow that but it has NO decent plot, it's just about the sex bits.

~~raging~~

[MKR&*42]

It really is, and people recommending it? It's like me saying OMG CHECK OUT THIS PORN CHANNEL in PUBLIC. If WHSmith refuse to sell pornography of any other kind why will they sell 50 shades!!!!!! I mean if it was a genuine story with a genuine plot and some tasteful sex i'd allow that but it has NO decent plot, it's just about the sex bits.

~~raging~~

There is supposedly an "underlying" love story according to my mum and her friends... but from the pages I flicked through (k I read like 30 pages in a row because I was intrigued), it literally is sex sex sex haha. Yeah my mum told her current BF to read it :S. He would be seriously disturbed (maybe) if he read that book.

Sex sells good I guess haha. I'm sure she's considering writing a 4th one fgs. When that comes out we will never hear the end of it again (same with a film).

[Meloneeze.]

The only reason it's getting so much hype is because (from what I've read) it's set in a YA world setting, meaning it's got someone of teenage age in it (which doesn't deem it YA) which I really find disgusting. Really, if you wanted to aim in that market write something good.

I have no access to it because I can't even pick it up without someone in my family coming right up to judge me, so I have not read it. I'm not sure I want to.

I agree with all of you. The only thing worse than one book that has massive heaps of women (interested or not in the genre) flocking to it to see what the hype is, is that it's not one but three books. Talk about a package deal. It's even worse if the writing doesn't show a mastering of the genre, or even that they know how to write a book at all.

Just show you that our world media is becoming a sex-driven idiocy (for the most part). Can't wait to see what happens in the following years. NOT.

[Ekelektra]

I saw that my mum had bought it, so when she finished I picked it up and started reading. I didn't finish though because it's a pretty terrible book. It's not just all the sex that makes me not like it, it's just the way it's written and the story which annoys me. It's actually the first time I've stopped reading a book half way because of how bad it was.

My mum bought the second and third ones, but she told me she wasn't really a fan of the second one.

[Niall!]

It is porn, people don't realize this. The book is disgusting and will have a worse effect on society than twilight.

[MKR&*42]

It is porn, people don't realize this. The book is disgusting and will have a worse effect on society than twilight.

Haha, guess what the book was originally centred around? Was a fanfiction book for twilight lmfao - had the characters Edward and Bella I believe. @doughnutty; knows more about the original.

[Undesirable]

Yes, the first half of book one is a little bit much. However, it does actually tame from there onwards. Saying it's porn and it should be banned is just a shallow minded opinion. If you don't like it, don't read it. Nobodys forcing ANYONE to sit and read the book. Those that have, clearly enjoyed it. You don't hear this much scandal about porn that you can find in just a few clicks on the internet and thats far worse than some words written in a book. Folk need to get down of their royal high horse.

[lawrawrrr]

It is porn, people don't realize this. The book is disgusting and will have a worse effect on society than twilight.

Haha, guess what the book was originally centred around? Was a fanfiction book for twilight lmfao - had the characters Edward and Bella I believe. @doughnutty; knows more about the original.

Warren's right, it was a fanfiction (originally posted on fanfiction.net, removed as it got too dirty) but it became very very popular very quickly! When it got removed, a publisher contacted her. As it got published she changed the names (to not breach copyright) but they're exactly the same character profiles, but with different names. Bit of a skem...