50 shades
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:12 am
I am surprised no one has mentioned this yet given its extreme popularity, and I know that 50 Shades is by no means the first book to have spanking in it. Though, it seems like CSR seems to weigh heavily on the male side, if not in readers, at least in posters and 50 is definitely a woman's set of books.
If you haven't read them, which I assume most men have not, the books themselves are pretty awful writing. The main character, Christian, is supposed to be this uber-dominant and he ends up being kind of needy and whiny, albeit for good reasons--he has typical PTSD reactions throughout the story. Ana, his co-lead, is supposed to be brand new to bdsm, and she ends up seeming much stronger than he is. Plus, the author includes stuff like where Christian makes Ana "finish" simply by playing with her boobs and quite honestly, if that is even humanly possible which I doubt, I don't want to know because I'd be so jealous.
The characters always seem to be having sex, always as in several times a day....really? Are they never tired? Anyways, there are a few decent spanking scenes in there and those I did like. (he spanks her for rolling her eyes at him....if only it were that easy I'd be rolling my eyes ALL the time!) The one where he has her undressed and bent over his pool table was exciting. One other was way too extreme for me personally. But Christian's bossiness, and his insistence on having Ana every which way is pretty fun. And if one can just take it as harmless fun, it is nice to kind of lose yourself in it.
I want to sell my series back at Half Price Books but I think I'd die of shame handing those over to the cashier and admitting to any person in real life that I own them.
If you haven't read them, which I assume most men have not, the books themselves are pretty awful writing. The main character, Christian, is supposed to be this uber-dominant and he ends up being kind of needy and whiny, albeit for good reasons--he has typical PTSD reactions throughout the story. Ana, his co-lead, is supposed to be brand new to bdsm, and she ends up seeming much stronger than he is. Plus, the author includes stuff like where Christian makes Ana "finish" simply by playing with her boobs and quite honestly, if that is even humanly possible which I doubt, I don't want to know because I'd be so jealous.
The characters always seem to be having sex, always as in several times a day....really? Are they never tired? Anyways, there are a few decent spanking scenes in there and those I did like. (he spanks her for rolling her eyes at him....if only it were that easy I'd be rolling my eyes ALL the time!) The one where he has her undressed and bent over his pool table was exciting. One other was way too extreme for me personally. But Christian's bossiness, and his insistence on having Ana every which way is pretty fun. And if one can just take it as harmless fun, it is nice to kind of lose yourself in it.
I want to sell my series back at Half Price Books but I think I'd die of shame handing those over to the cashier and admitting to any person in real life that I own them.