Fifty Shades of Shit

A bestseller is not always a good book, and there are plenty of examples of that. For instance, one of the most recent ones, the trilogy “Fifty Shades of Grey” whose success has generated a lot of controversy. Some people love it, but I do believe it is trash for crazy unexperienced teenagers and desperate housewives.

The success of the saga lies in the fact that it has approached erotic literature to those who weren’t used to it, and that’s why I think they liked it, because those readers have no criteria since they cannot compare FSoG to other similar books. Their most popular opinion is that the relationship between Anastasia and Mr. Grey is different or original, and they find Christian Grey perfect and desirable. For them, it might have been their first contact to BDSM (Bondage, Domination, Sadism and Masochism)  and they find it exciting and new. But I am not of that opinion.

In contrast, FSoG seems disgusting to me. First of all, the plot is nothing original, but very cliché. Young, beautiful, innocent girl meets rich, successful and handsome businessman with a dark side blah blah blah blah. Really? It sounds like a bad porn movie plot. In addition, the story is not even original; it certainly was born as a fanfic of “Twilight” (which also sucks.) What is more, the relationship between the leading characters is sickly toxic, and I am no puritan, but it is. It is impossible to me to find “romantic” a book where the man controls the entire life of his lover. Moreover, the author (I don’t even remember her name) is not a good writer, and this is evident due to her lack of vocabulary, constant repetition of words and expressions and poor descriptions. Furthermore, by telling the story that way, she is actually embellishing a toxic model of relationship that plenty of readers could take as an example. It’s easy to hear girls saying they want a Christian Grey in her life (or bed). I mean, seriously? You want a misogynist boyfriend controlling all your decisions? You’re sick then, my friend.

To sum up, the only explanation I can imagine to Fifty Shades of Grey’s success is that its readers have not read a lot, so they might think it is well-written and new, while it is not. So, if you like it, I am afraid you haven’t read enough. I’m sorry, you haven’t. 

Think about it.

Goodnight.