o_so_wet
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"Fifty Shades of Grey"
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lovecraft68
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Just giving this a bump because I saw something interesting today. I was looking at my authors page on Amazon and rolled my eyes when they had the Fifty shades trilogy listed at the bottom as hot sellers in my genre.
Just before I clicked off I noticed the the books ratings are falling fast. Book one is at 3.5 stars with close to 900 1 stars out of a bit over 3000 reviews.
I read a few of them and it seems that many bought this due to the hype and are sorely disappointed in it. So I find this interesting because from the get go I have felt this books popularity has been contrived. Like one of those "boy bands" that were put together in the nineties and shoved at people.
Of course I'm sure there are some troll reviews as well, but a lot of the bad reviews read fairly well, they're not a bunch of "it sucked". The day the book was on Good Morning America it had under 1000 reviews and was over a 4.
It looks like the hype has done the book more harm than good. I also see it called out repeatedly for its Twilight roots and style.
In the end though it was on entertainment magazines cover and the author is laughing her unoriginal vanilla(yes the sex was called out as boring in many of the reviews) ass all the way to the bank.
Just before I clicked off I noticed the the books ratings are falling fast. Book one is at 3.5 stars with close to 900 1 stars out of a bit over 3000 reviews.
I read a few of them and it seems that many bought this due to the hype and are sorely disappointed in it. So I find this interesting because from the get go I have felt this books popularity has been contrived. Like one of those "boy bands" that were put together in the nineties and shoved at people.
Of course I'm sure there are some troll reviews as well, but a lot of the bad reviews read fairly well, they're not a bunch of "it sucked". The day the book was on Good Morning America it had under 1000 reviews and was over a 4.
It looks like the hype has done the book more harm than good. I also see it called out repeatedly for its Twilight roots and style.
In the end though it was on entertainment magazines cover and the author is laughing her unoriginal vanilla(yes the sex was called out as boring in many of the reviews) ass all the way to the bank.
Stella_Omega
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Falling sales means that everyone who was going to buy this book has bought it. Very common phenomenon-- people don't generally buy genre novels twice.
lovecraft68
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Oh, I don't know if the sales are falling, I'm just commenting on the huge surge of bad reviews its gotten recently.
However in Shades defense the people that are complaining the sex isn't hot enough? I'm not sure what they are expecting. This thing is geared towards mainstream audiences. You're not going to get anything real crazy.
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Fifty Shades Of Grey' Book Now Banned By Libraries In 3 States
Florida, Georgia and Wisconsin
Florida, Georgia and Wisconsin
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That is interesting. Sheeple are good at making things make a lot of money. The author sounds very manipulative and it worked so my hat is off to her no matter how good or bad the book might be.
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All storytelling is manipulation.That is interesting. Sheeple are good at making things make a lot of money. The author sounds very manipulative and it worked so my hat is off to her no matter how good or bad the book might be.
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Really? I didn't know libraries still do that. I don't really care about that story one way or the other, but I still think it sucks. Is this because these states have conservative libraries? Did they say it had anything to do with the content?
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FurryFury
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Is it? I don't agree.
I would like to know, in your opinion is all manipulation bad?
I was actually talking about the marketing ploy she used.
FF
I would like to know, in your opinion is all manipulation bad?
I was actually talking about the marketing ploy she used.
FF
midwestyankee
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And, according to the morning paper, in the library in my home town near Chicago.
Stella_Omega
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What makes Miller worth reading to those women?
Netzach
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I mean the Miller test, not Henry Miller as literature. The "community standards" definition of obscenity, which was basically the supreme court being lazy and pussing out on any national policy on anything.
So it's possible that the women of butt pimple WI will actually ask why their small gubmint is allowed to tell them what they may not borrow and bring into the bathtub.
This thing is still the most downloaded anything every week I look at the android, er googlebigbrother market....
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EroticApology
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I'm still learning about the lifestyle but I have a desire. I read the book and although I know nothing really I can say this book doesn't seem realistic to me. Its a fantasty. The sad part about the book is that its clear the Dom (Christian Grey) is suffering from serious issues surrounding the death of his mother. He's carrying lots of baggage. Not to mention his potential sub Ana Steele who has issues of her own surrounding her mother's numerous marriages and not having a constant father figure. So its clear that the implication is that those who enjoy this lifestyle have some kind of issue. But the issue is ok once the man is rich.
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Best. Marketing. EVER.
Keroin
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Without a doubt.
My writing partner and I frequently discuss our hopes that someone, somewhere, (hopefully a large and powerful religious group, but we're not picky), bans our book someday.
Please, please, pleeeeeaaaase somebody be offended!
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Without a doubt.
My writing partner and I frequently discuss our hopes that someone, somewhere, (hopefully a large and powerful religious group, but we're not picky), bans our book someday.
Please, please, pleeeeeaaaase somebody be offended!
I'm pulling for you.
If you want, I can start a phony grassroots group: the Penguin Family Foundation.
Keroin
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You're the best.
Also, feel free to 'out' me as a deviant pervert. (You didn't hear that from me 
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DeepGreenEyes
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You're the best.
That won't really be all that hard, will it?
I mean, you get aroused by reciprocating saws.
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And don't forget aquatic bioluminescence, and cupcakes, and Clive Owen, and...
DeepGreenEyes
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Clive Owen stood dressed as a cupcake, clutching his reciprocating saw and glowing while he stood in a kiddie pool.
He felt idiotic and he knew the possibility of electrocution was real, but he also knew he was turning K's crank. And that was enough for him.
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