Opposing opinions vie for dominance in my head, about this "dark" romance. Yes, it is a racy, sexy turn-on. No, it is the depraved antithesis of an acceptable attitude about the act of love. Both reactions are just what the author wants, I am sure. No, I don't want impressionable young girls to think the physical acts of a relationship are acceptable when it includes pain, flogging, hitting. I rarely put a good book aside and quit for days at a time. But by returning to the purposeful inflicting and receiving of pain, the author had me closing down. Then I see and hear references to the book on TV and in the newspapers and think, "Well, there must be more to it than I was getting and I should finish it." Maybe not. Stupid "ending." An 8 out of 10. If you decide to read it, don't forget I warned you. Stuff in here I never knew about and didn't need to know. I have the next in the trilogy on reserve.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Hyped Up, Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
Opposing opinions vie for dominance in my head, about this "dark" romance. Yes, it is a racy, sexy turn-on. No, it is the depraved antithesis of an acceptable attitude about the act of love. Both reactions are just what the author wants, I am sure. No, I don't want impressionable young girls to think the physical acts of a relationship are acceptable when it includes pain, flogging, hitting. I rarely put a good book aside and quit for days at a time. But by returning to the purposeful inflicting and receiving of pain, the author had me closing down. Then I see and hear references to the book on TV and in the newspapers and think, "Well, there must be more to it than I was getting and I should finish it." Maybe not. Stupid "ending." An 8 out of 10. If you decide to read it, don't forget I warned you. Stuff in here I never knew about and didn't need to know. I have the next in the trilogy on reserve.
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