tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546637838327529879.post3819494983501038459..comments2023-12-23T14:15:24.792+00:00Comments on MORE THAN A READING JOURNAL: FIFTY SHADES COMPLETEDMarleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01821796107712880308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546637838327529879.post-17744469182068544902012-09-19T19:34:24.663+01:002012-09-19T19:34:24.663+01:00Literary Feline,
Thank you so much for your long r...Literary Feline,<br />Thank you so much for your long response to my review. I'm delighted to read that my review helped you work out things about yourself and your reading you didn't previously know. <br />Reading is such an individual thing and it is often very hard to explain to others why we like or dislike a certain title or genre. And that is great, because it means that lots of authors get a chance to share their creations with a public.<br />Thank you again for your response. I'm truly honoured.Marleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01821796107712880308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546637838327529879.post-82211995846521723202012-09-18T16:29:30.913+01:002012-09-18T16:29:30.913+01:00What a wonderful write up! Thank you for this, Ma...What a wonderful write up! Thank you for this, Marleen. <br /><br />I confess I do not read much erotica. And like you, picked up the first book in the series to read out of curiosity more than anything else. I wanted to know why these books were so polarizing. And because I wanted a good laugh. I knew they weren't my cup of tea going in. <br /><br />I didn't like the two books of this trilogy I read, and a lot of it had to do with the writing, as you mentioned above. The books were readable though--I was hooked enough after the first book to read the second, after all.<br /><br />Christian really got to me. I have a strong dislike for his character and the way he behaved throughout the books as many others who disliked the books did.<br /><br />Then I read your review of Beauty's Release, one of a trilogy I wondered if I should try just to get a feel for a similar type of book but better written. The description of the books completely turned me off. It is the slave thing. I just can't get past that. It's one thing if it's consensual, another if it's not.<br /><br />But I kept reading your review, looked for this one because I was curious if you'd read James's books, and I get it! I mean, I could see the appeal of E.L. James's books to a certain degree before, but Anne Rice's trilogy, not so much.<br /><br />As I continued to read your review though, I was reminded of a friend of mine who doesn't get why I read fantasy novels. She can't wrap her mind around something so outside of her reality. And that's when it dawned on me, thanks to you, what my problem is. I've been trying to fit these types of books into my reality--my sense of what is right and wrong--forgetting that these are fantasies. I don't know if I'm making any sense. <br /><br />The sex--or erotica--doesn't bother me so much, really. I was kind of surprised to find that out when I read 50 Shades of Grey. I expected there to be a lot--and the type of sex--going in because of the type of books I was reading, but it didn't make a big impression on me. So for me, it isn't so much about the sex itself that bothers me, but the circumstances surrounding it. <br /><br />Anyway, I don't know why I am telling you all this. :-) I really appreciate your reviews and feel I am coming away knowing something about myself I hadn't quite known before. Thank you for that.Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.com