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Ok here goes, firstly im new to this forum so hello to you all!
I have read all your comments with great interest and its obvious most of you have read lots of great books.
I read all the 50 shades books after my friend, who does read a lot, told me to read them.
I really enjoyed them, I did find myself skipping past the sex parts as I got further in to the books, its true they are repetitive and the repeated phrases like "oh my" got on my nerves quite a bit, also Ana came across as immature and naive but then i guess quite a few girls Ana's age are just that. I'm 42 and obviously wouldn't put up with the likes of Christian without pulling him down a peg or two!
However I did enjoy the books and I said to my friend they are like twilight, I had no idea that 50 shades was based on Twilight and my friend had never read Twilight, so we didn't read the books because of Twilight (which by the way I also enjoyed)
I do love reading and I got my Kindle for my birthday in april, sometimes I love an easy read, which is what these are, I didn't really think deeply about them, they didn't provoke any deep thoughts really. I haven't read any erotica before, other than the occasional sex scene in a romance, I think this is where the success has come from, its all about sex all the way through, a lot of people just read what is on the shelf or what their friends read and to be honest in my circle of friends its not erotica but now I think there maybe a bit more erotica going around my friends who have read 50 shades. I may be sounding naive myself now, having not read any erotica before but on my kindle I can read what I like without anyone ever knowing what I am reading! Maybe that's another reason for the success? Reading on an e reader gives you the chance to read what ever "rubbish" you like without anyone ever knowing! ;-)
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